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our book recommendation process

The books we selected below are based on are our reading and preparation for Japan, as well as the ratings of hundreds of customers on Amazon.com

Note: Some of the links below are affiliate links. These do not change prices for you. Instead, they just help us pay for our giant yachts, luxurious mansions, and Kobe beef three meals a day. Just kidding. Instead, these cover some of our costs and help us direct some of our profits to create positive social impacts in the world. See the Footer below for a detailed and perhaps entertaining explanation.

travel guides

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​Fodor's Essential Japan

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Lonely Planet Tokyo

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Cool Japan Guide:
Fun in the Land of Manga, Lucky Cats and Ramen

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Lonely Planet Japan

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Lonely Planet Kyoto

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Tokyo on Foot:
​Travels in the City's Most Colorful Neighborhoods

non-fiction books about japan

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A Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony

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Etiquette Guide to Japan: Know the Rules that Make the Difference!​

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The Roads to Sata:
​A 2000-Mile Walk Through Japan

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​Memories of Silk and Straw:
​A Self-Portrait of Small-Town Japan

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The Japanese Mind:
​Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture

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Rice, Noodle, Fish:
​Deep Travels Through Japan's Food Culture

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The Japan Journals:
1947-2004​

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Lost Japan:
​Last Glimpse of Beautiful Japan​

fiction books about japan

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​Shogun: The Epic Novel of Japan

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Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era

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Snow Country

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Kafka on the Shore

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The Book of Five Rings

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Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

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Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel

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Sound of Waves

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Disclosure to our readers:
While we wish that we were super wealthy and had no concerns about money ever, that's not true. (Big bummer.) As such,  as an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. That is, we can earn small sales commissions on some of the links that we reference on our website (e.g., hotels, books, etc.). These are called affiliate links. Our affiliate partners include Amazon for now, with other partners to come soon. These fees help us pay for some of our time and travel in order to bring these tips and inspiration to you from and about Japan. Importantly, any fees we earn do NOT increase the prices of these products, hotels, and services for you. These costs remain the same for you, but we hope to make it more fun and less stressful to find what you need to prepare for your trip to Japan. We only recommend highly rated products, hotels, and services, as determined by our own personal experience or ratings of hundreds and thousands of other travelers. In a way, we aim to be like museum curators, but instead of showing you the finest art by painters whose names you can't pronounce, we instead want to make it easier to travel in Japan and have a super awesome and memorable Japan family travel experience! That said, we do not formally endorse any of the companies we link to. You should exercise careful judgement with any online purchase. Finally, we believe that travel and business should be forces of good in the world. As such, we allocate 25% of profits from Japan Family Travel to organizations that help families in Asia, African, and Latin America rise out of poverty through microfinance by growing their own small businesses. #HighFive #JapanRocks  
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