A brief foray into Japanese music
Tag Archives: Far East South Asia and Australasia
Japanese TV series Aggretsuko
Cute, funny and relatable Japanese anime
Drive My Car – Japanese film
Japan’s entry for the 2021 Academy Awards is a dialogue-heavy meditation on grief, betrayal and art.
A Japanese Meal at Yama Momo, London
A Japanese meal for Japanuary
Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima (Japan)
A single mother carves out a new life with her toddler in 1970s Tokyo
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (Japan)
An International Booker Prize-shortlisted dystopian novel
The Art of Yayoi Kusama (Japan)
I went to see Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Rooms at the Tate, plus an overview of her life and work
Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World (Japan)
A Japanese novel that asks “What would you sacrifice for an extra day of life?”
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (Japan)
a quick and deceptively unchallenging read that reminded me of a Japanese Eleanor Oliphant
The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe (1924-93, Japan)
A 1962 Japanese classic work of absurdist dystopia from Kobo Abe
Imogen is Reading and Watching the World: On Books, Film, Art & More 