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22/07/2024

Searching for the dharma in a literary “cabinet of curiosities”

16/07/2024

We have a big sale going on through the month of July. Over 80 books of Japanese literature, history, culture, travel, language, etc. Sign up for our newsletter to get access to the promo!

Please note that we are primarily interested in books with a Japan/China/Asia connection (however tenuous).

15/07/2024

And we won! So very proud to share that ‘s The Heron Catchers, an intimate yet understated look at an American who seeks recovery after his marriage to a Japanese woman has failed, has won the 2024 in Fiction!

15/07/2024

So very proud to share that David Joiner's The Heron Catchers, an intimate yet understated look at an American who seeks recovery after his marriage to a Japanese woman has failed, has won the 2024 International Rubery Book Award in Fiction!
https://www.stonebridge.com/catalog/the-heron-catchers

09/07/2024

Looking for hidden gems in Tokyo? Gilles Poitras recommends a stroll through Zoshigaya on The Real Japan . For more check out his book 'Tokyo Stroll: A Guide to City Sidetracks and Easy Exploration' linked in the article.

Tired of the same old Tokyo tourist spots? Meet Zōshigaya, a hidden gem in Tokyo's Ward 23 most miss: history, charming streets, local treasures

08/07/2024

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08/07/2024

The Heron Catchers by David Joiner is on the shortlist for the International Rubery Book Awards in fiction! Joiner’s second novel set in the fabled Kanazawa area is an intimate yet understated look at an American who seeks recovery after his marriage to a Japanese woman has failed. Check out The a heron Catchers at our website or your favorite bookseller.

08/07/2024

The Heron Catchers by David Joiner is on the shortlist for the Rubery Awards! Joiner's second novel set in the fabled Kanazawa area is an intimate yet understated look at an American who seeks recovery after his marriage to a Japanese woman has failed. https://www.stonebridge.com/catalog/the-heron-catchers

The 2024 Shortlist - *|https://www.ruberybookaward.com/2024-winners.html|*

01/07/2024

Who founded China? Who are the Chinese people? What is Chinese culture and how has it changed over time? The 5 volume Understanding China Through Comics series covers Chinese history in a fun and easy comic format!

Who founded China? Who are the Chinese people? What is Chinese culture and how has it changed over time?

01/07/2024

Featured in the new Kyoto Journal issue 107: Fire & Kyoto.
https://www.kyotojournal.org/product/kyoto-journal-107-fire-kyoto/

01/07/2024

Hiromi Kawakami's The Third Love is now out! Translated by Monkey New Writing from Japan founding editor Ted Goossen and published by Granta Books, this review cleverly points out that one of the characters is inspired by our recently published Tatsuhiko Shibusawa novel Takaoka's Travels!

Riko, the first-person narrator of Hiromi Kawakami’s densely intertextual The Third Love, is a forty-year old woman in contemporary, Reiwa Era Japan recalling her life. Riko isn’t even two years ol…

27/06/2024

The next JapanCraft21 presentation is on 10 Urushi Lacquerware Superstars. If you're interested in Japanese Crafts and want to learn more about the beauty of traditional Japanese lacquerware sign up here.
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26/06/2024

John Dougill, author of Foreword Indies Book of the Year in Travel Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan, talks about his 3,000-km train trip from Hokkaido to Kyushu along the west coast of Japan and his observations and adventures along the way.

Author John Dougill talks about his 3,000-km train trip from Hokkaido to Kyushu along the west coast of Japan and his observations and adventures along the way.

26/06/2024

Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan: A Journey by Train from Hokkaido to Kyushu by John Dougill wins Book of the Year in Travel in the Foreword Reviews INDIES Book Awards!

Stone Bridge Press is pleased to announce Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan: A Journey by Train from Hokkaido to Kyushu by John Dougill has been named a winner in the 26th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.Foreword Reviews, a book review journal focusing on independently published books, a...

25/06/2024

Penguin Books Classics has just released an anthology of Literature of Japanese American Incarceration. We're proud to have been able to contribute select sections of The Four Immigrants Manga by Henry (Yosh*taka) Kiyama to this fantastic collection of work!

“An essential volume” —Hua Hsu, The New Yorker The collective voice of Japanese Americans defined by a specific moment in time: the four years of World War II during which the US government...

24/06/2024

Our latest Substack post takes a look at Japan's pandemic experience through film.

Recently I had the great pleasure of seeing Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s latest film Evil Does Not Exist. It confirmed my feeling that Hamaguchi is one of the greatest directors working today. I, like many others, was introduced to his films with Drive my Car

24/06/2024

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20/06/2024

Next week in Tokyo, author Hiromi Ito and translator Jeffrey Angles will discuss her novel The Thorn Puller at the The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.

日本語の告知文が英文の下に続きます。

19/06/2024

In the latest episode of The Stone Bridge Podcast, we speak with Steve Beimel, the driving force behind JapanCraft21, whose goal is to preserve and nourish Japanese crafts.

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18/06/2024

In the latest episode of program on trains in Japan, they look at Iwate Prefecture which includes a train line said to be the inspiration behind Kenji Miyazawa’s Milky Way Railroad.

17/06/2024

In the latest episode of NHK NEWS WEB program on trains in Japan, they look at Iwate Prefecture which includes a train line said to be the inspiration behind Kenji Miyazawa's Milky Way Railroad.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/2049145/

10/06/2024

https://www.stonebridge.com/post/off-the-beaten-tracks-in-japan-wins-book-of-the-year-at-foreword-indies
So proud to share John Dougill's Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan, a book of observations on the people, culture, and history of Japan from a long-time resident riding the rails along the less-traveled western coastline has won the 2023 Travel Book of the Year at the Foreword Reviews INDIES Awards!

Stone Bridge Press is pleased to announce Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan: A Journey by Train from Hokkaido to Kyushu by John Dougill has been named a winner in the 26th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.Foreword Reviews, a book review journal focusing on independently published books, a...

06/06/2024

David Joiner’s The Heron Catchers, his second novel set in the fabled Kanazawa area reviewed by !

06/06/2024

David Joiner's The Heron Catchers, his second novel set in the fabled Kanazawa area reviewed by Kirkus Reviews!
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-joiner/the-heron-catchers/

04/06/2024

Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan by John DougillEager to know what it's like traveling Japan by train? What lies beyond the well-trodden tourist paths of Japan?Embark on a captivating journey through the lesser-known landscapes and cultural treasures of Japan's western coastline in Off the Beaten Trac...

29/05/2024

Takaoka’s Travels by Tatsuhiko Shibusawa and translated by David Boyd is now available everywhere!

Winner of the Yomiuri Prize and recipient of the 2022-23 William F. Sibley Memorial Subvention Award for Japanese Translation.

Introducing Tatsuhiko Shibusawa—Japan’s Italo Calvino—in this fantastical tale of a Japanese prince who encounters both beauty and danger on a pilgrimage to India.

A fantasy set in the ninth century, Takaoka’s Travels recounts the adventures of a Japanese prince-turned-monk on a pilgrimage to India. As Prince Takaoka and his companions pass through faraway lands, the rules of the ordinary world are upended, and they find curiosities and miracles wherever they go. 

The travelers encounter strange creatures—a white ape who guards a harem of bird-women, beasts who feed on dreams, a dog-headed man who can see hundreds of years into the future. On the high seas, their ship is boarded by ghostly pirates and driven back by supernatural winds, and still they push on. 

At every turn, Prince Takaoka is drawn to the beauty around him, whether it takes the form of a perfectly shaped pearl or a giant blood-red flower, but such beauty proves to be extremely dangerous. Seductive and mysterious, offering high adventure yet deeply human, this is a novel that transcends all expectations.

29/05/2024

The fantasy novel Takaoka’s Travels recounts a Japanese prince’s voyage across Asia, as he visits strange lands and becomes immersed in dreams.