"If nothing changes whether one laughs or cries, then in this lifetime, I refuse to cry." This collection consists of six historical short stories which tragicomically depict people trying to do their best in...

In the spring of 1952, 11-year-old Chizuru moves with her family (her father, his new wife, and her new younger brother) to the town of Nochiu in Hokkaido, a place with strong Ainu roots. They plan to live in a...

"My roommate, Hebio, is a snake person. He looks and acts like a snake. Everyone says he's scary, but I..." Manabu came to Tokyo from the countryside and now lives in a dormitory. His roommate is a non-human ...

Spring, 1923. Haru Shimazu runs away from home after a quarrel with her father, and is struck by lightning on a bridge. When she comes to, she finds herself in Tokyo one hundred years later, in the year 2023...

This is a story that weaves together people and a town. A coal mining town crowded with small-scale excavators, commonly known as the "Hakoniwa." In this town that changes daily like a labyrinth, there's a girl...

The novels are set in the Japanese court of 1000 years ago and follow the exploits of court astronomer, diviner, and exorcist Abe-no-Seimei and former prince and most talented musician of his time Minamoto-no...

There was once an ordinary and remote village to which a man, who had no relatives, appeared. Since then, everything has changed. Labor became pleasant, people stopped starving and became healthier, resulting...

When he was young, Prince Takaoka had been told stories of India by Fujiwara no Yakushi, the favorite concubine of his father, as a bedtime story, and he had longed for that land. Decades later, as he grew up...

A collection of eight short stories. Witch of the Flower Forest (Hana no Mori no Majo-san)The quiet old lady who lives alone has long being rumoured to be an evil witch. Two siblings are determined to discover...