
Every day, stuff you’d never see anywhere else.
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International food fails, gorgeous iris gardens & sake making on Sado Island
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Hike through bowers of flowers, Tevye-san, and a recipe even kale-haters will love
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Pre-battered suitcases, fabulous Japanese quilts & plum blossoms in the snow
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Japanese holiday cookies, a tunnel of golden gingko trees & so many foxes
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Sake tasting how-to, the angry cat ghost parade & a voyage to Sado Island
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Japan’s funniest Mundane Halloween costumes 2021!
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How to read a haiku, goldfish galore & a garden of thatch-roofed farmhouses
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Japanese wedding weirdness, how to live forever, and killer ginger-soy steak sauce
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Treasure rice, cherry blossoms at a northern castle, and Japanese ceremonies we didn’t know we needed
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40,000 dolls dressed in Imperial court robes, Japanese chicken soup, & strange barbers of the pleasure quarter
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What do you need for cherry blossom season? Your own light-up Lego cherry tree!
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The grand pooh-bah of Japanese flea markets, glowing icicles & Japan’s obsession with pets
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Girls’ Day dolls with a side of quirky
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In Japan, You’re Never Too Young To…
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Live eel sushi rolls
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The Japanese art of gift giving, millions of twinkling fairy lights, and hilarious Xmas weirdness
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Speed Tribes come of age, Yanki style
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The best winter gift of 2020? A Japanese stomach warmer!
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Tokyo’s best-dressed nude statue: It’s that Santa time of year
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Japanese Lego Town Kits
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A killer Japanese garden lit up at night, delicious chicken & ginger yakitori meatballs, and how to get lucky, J-style
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Uber Dandy Kimono: Wildly modern, breathtakingly bold, insanely stunning
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A convent with a secret, sesame-miso hotpot, and why it’s harder to get a Japanese boyfriend than a Japanese girlfriend
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A secret castle garden, a killer Japanese cocktail recipe, & why the more friends you have, the lonelier you might be
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Perfect 2020 Halloween costumes from Japan
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When Nothing But Unnecessarily Large Tanuki Testicles Will Do
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The World of The Last Tea Bowl Thief
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Subway manners meet covid—with a side of prejudice—in these new posters
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Entertainingly altered missionary signs elevate cats to their rightful place
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A town full of tricksters, strange Japanese beauty goals, and humble fall flowers that become spectacular in numbers
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The Last Tea Bowl Thief was chosen as an Editor’s Pick for Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense on Amazon

“A fascinating mix of history and mystery.” —Booklist
Jonelle Patrick writes novels set in Japan, produces the monthly e-magazine Japanagram, and blogs at Only In Japan and The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had