Yesterday I got to stumble around doing a 360˚ gawk in a forest of plum trees wearing all their favorite clothes at once. Kairakuen Garden in Mito was planted by a genius of a daimyo who totally got that too much of a good thing is never enough. 2,490 fluffy-branched trees later, I think I can safely say that this is the plum blossom extravaganza to end all […]
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Time to curl up by the fire with a new mystery series?
It's been ten years since his mother never made it home, but now Detective Kenji Nakamura's life is about to unravel...
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When Tokyo Detective Kenji Nakamura’s phone rings with the news that his mother’s death ten years ago wasn’t an accident, his world begins to unravel. New evidence links her to...read more
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Holding girls' hands for the very last time was his specialty. Read more...
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