Your Ultimate Reading Guide for January in Japan!
With a new installment in the internationally bestselling series Before the Coffee Gets Cold set to be released this year, alongside a highly anticipated work from the literary giant Kawakami, we present a list of other brilliant Japanese books for you to explore and expand your literary horizons.
The Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series
Coming May 2026
Before I Knew I Loved You
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The sixth book in the multi-million-copy bestselling series about a cosy Japanese cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time.
In a special seat in a fabled Tokyo cafe, you’re offered something irresistible – not just a warm, comforting coffee, but the chance to go back in time to revisit the ones you love . . .
Author in Focus: Mieko Kawakami
Coming March 2026
Sisters in Yellow
by Mieko Kawakami
A story of enduring friendship and deep betrayal, Sisters in Yellow is a masterpiece of teenage dreams and adult cruelties that confirms Mieko Kawakami as one of the great writers of her generation.
