The prose is diaristic and hyper-casual — the tone of much contemporary Japanese ... Her library is not an enchanted domain fragranced with the smell of books (which, I will remind you, is ...

Librarians from The Seattle Public Library recommend six books by Pacific Islander and Filipino authors to discover in May ...

In a way, the whole area is one big library.” Hashiguchi says the history of the wahon is a condensed expression of the Japanese love for books. “Murasaki Shikibu carefully chose the paper and ...

A "library pharmacy" section lined with books in "yomigusuri" (reading medicine ... our staff to help connect the circle of people." (Japanese original by Atsuhisa Kato, Wakayama Bureau) ...