Two Virgins Publishing2024 Catalog vol.4
October- March
New Book Introduction
Back List
Architecture
Urban Design
History
TaiwanTravel Guide
Essay
Art
Food
Picture Book
Michikusa Comic

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Architecture

YOKOHAMA ARCHITECTURE
Kunio Nakai

Stylish western style, Classic, Port city ......
Yokohama is a cosmopolitan city known as a tourist destination.
Yokohama has a glamorous side, while it is also city where
history is still alive, and the lives of the city's residents can be
glimpsed everywhere.
This touches on the thoughts and feelings of the people throughthe architecture built during the transitional period of opening of
Yokohama Port, the Great Kanto Earthquake, the Great Yokohama
Air Raid, the confiscation and restitution by (WWII) the Allies.

148×210mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price : JPY 2,000
Release date : 2024/3/26
978-4-86791-001-6

Kunio Nakai
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, Doctoral Program, Ph.D. (Engineering), First Class Registered Architect.
Professor at Kanagawa University. Architectural Theory, Architectural Design.
Awards:the Architectural Institute of Japan's Work of the Year Award, Association of Urban Housing Sciences Award, GOOD DESIGN AWARD
Books:
Decipher the fireproof belt buildings in Yokohama (co-authorship /Kadensya),Architectural Composition: Methods of Architectural Design (co-authorship /Jikkyo Shuppan), etc.

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Essay

YOU DON'T WANT TO ADMIT IT.
Kenji Yamashita

Kenji Yamashita opened the bookshop "Gake Shobo" in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto in 2004, after thatwhich was renamed and relocated to "Hohohoza" in 2015.
The famous owner of the bookstore presents this book containing proses and sometimes
poetries on 20th Anniversary of the establishment.
The book consists of various proses,essays,not included in the book published before like Gake
Shobo no Koro and also newly written pieces.

128×188mm/Paper back/224pages
Retail price : JPY 1,800
Release date : 2024/1/26
978-4-910352-98-5

Kenji Yamashita
Born in Kyoto in 1972. He founded bookshop “Gake Shobo” in 2004. After on April 1,2015 the shop was relocated to Jyodo-ji and renamed “Hohohoza” and continued.
He is the author of Gake Shobo no Koro complete version- and to the Hohohoza(Chikuma Bunko), Yamashitakun doesn't talk (Iwasaki Shoten), What I Heard fromMr.Takashi Matsumoto at the Coffee Shop (Natsuhasha), Letter from apology of
Hohohoza (co-authored/Mishima-sha), and editor of the book, The Day I Started
the Cafe (Shogakukan).

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Urban

LOCAL COMMUNITY AREA PRINCIPLES

Enlarged And Revised Edition

Riken Yamamoto

Author Rikien Yamamoto Receives 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize!
Local Community Area Principles criticizes the existing system of one house = one family andadvocates the de-exclusiveization of housing. This book takes the "local community area model"
one step further into reality and explores a new model of living space and its supply system.

118×240mm/Paper back/160pages
Retail price : JPY 3,000
Release date : 2023/10/31
978-4-910352-90-9

Riken Yamamoto
Born in Beijing in 1945. Architect, Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop Co., Ltd.
Graduated from Faculty of Science and Technology Department of Architecture Nihon
University, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and a research student at
Hara Laboratory, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo.
Professor at Yokohama National University Graduate School (2007-2011), President of
Nagoya Zokei University (2018-2022).
Visiting Professor at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music since 2022.
Major works include GAZEBO, Saitama Prefectural University, Future University Hakodate,
Yokosuka Art Museum, THE CIRCLE at Zürich Airport, and Nagoya Zokei University.
He has also worked on complex facilities, public buildings, and apartment houses in
Taoyuan, Tianjin, Beijing, and Seoul.
His major publications include The space of power, power of space, Departure from an
exclusive residential district, and Urban Beauty.

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Travel Guide

OKINAWA, TRAVEL TO VISIT THE CREATORSWHO CONVEY THEIR THOUGHTS
Masayuki Sesoko

Okinawa Island, Iheya Island, Ie Island, Kume Island, Miyako Island, Irabu Island, Ikema Island, Ishigaki
Island, Iriomote Island.
The "Simanoyosooi exhibition" will bring together creators from all over Okinawa Prefecture. The"Simanoyosooi Project" is a project that promotes the appeal of unique and diverse Okinawan craftsmanshiprooted in the local community through the "Simanoyosooi Store". The members of the project travel aroundthe prefecture, meeting with creaters, experiencing their craftsmanship, and weaving their stories. Thisis a "reading guidebook" that can be used not only as a companion for your trip to Okinawa, but also as an
introduction to Okinawan craftsmanship, including yachimun, Ryukyu glass, Bingata, daily sundries, food,and more.
It is planned and edited by Sesoko Masayuki, an Okinawan editor and co-chair of the "Simanoyosooi Project,"
whose publications include New Okinawa Travel and Ishigaki Miyako: An Island Travel Guide with Stories.

148×210mm/Paper back160pages
Retail price: JPY 1,800
Release date: 2024/3/27
978-4-86791-004-7

Masayuki Sesoko
Editor in Okinawa and co-president of the Simanoyosooi Project.
Author of New Okinawa Travel and Ishigaki Miyako: An Island
Travel Guide with Stories.

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Art

SOON

POLAR BEAR CROSSING AN ICE BRIDGE

Akiya Tamba

This is the latest work by nature photographer and polar bear photographer Akiya Tamba.
These magnificent polar bear photographs were taken in the Canadian wilderness after
the end of the corona.
The book also includes other photographs of polar bears that Mr. Tamba has treasured
for many years, and a heartwarming story written in Japanese and English.
”When you cross that ice bridge, you know that you are in a world full of joy.”
This photo book reminds us of the "little bit of kindness" that we tend to forget as we go
about our daily lives without thinking. The image of a wild polar bear enduring a blizzard
and walking alone to the ice bridge will surely overlap with our own daily lives.

210×148mm/Paper back/128pages
Retail price : JPY 1,800
Release date : 2024/2/27
978-4-910352-99-2

Akiya Tamba
Nature and polar bear photographer. Born in Kushiro City, Hokkaido.
Since 1998, he has been fascinated by wild polar bears in northern Canada and has
been visiting the area every year.
He has learned Global environmental degradation due to climate change the hard way.
He makes use of his experiences to participate in environmental education activities,
giving lectures and contribute to the media.
Books:
Promised Land (X-Knowledge)
Northern Story (X-Knowledge)
Polarbear Landscape (Kasga Publishing)
HUG! friends (Shogakukan)
HUG! earth (Shogakukan)
HUG! today (Shogakukan)

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Michikusa Comic

MY FIRST BLUE 1
ito"Today, I got my first boyfriend." Miho Ogino is a first-year high school student who longs for love.
In the spring of her first year of high school, she meets Murata-kun, a member of the soccer team
who sits in front of her in class, and through a certain incident, their hearts gradually grow closer.
The sparkle, pain, and heartthrob.
Illustrator Ito, who has been capturing and scooping up the everyday moments of lovers, depicts
in full color the youth and fresh days that seemed to last forever.
This is the love story of "you" that reminds your first time in the past.

128×182mm/Paper back/208pages
Retail price : JPY 890
Release date : 2023/12/13
978-4-910352-91-6

itoManga artist and illustrator.
Born in 1997 in Kochi.
Lives in Tokyo.
Likes dogs, sauna, and beer.
Wore a blazer as a uniform in high school.

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Michikusa Comic

WHAT IS NORMAL LOVE? 1
Hana Ikuta

RIGHTSSOLD* manga, which has gotten a total of 21 million views on TikTok and is a hot
This yuri
topic on SNS, has been highly praised by voice actor Ayane Sakura!
We fell in love at first sight at the entrance ceremony of our high school.
But their love was not normal....
A new frontier in yuri manga, depicted from the viewpoints of three high school girls.
*yuri=Intimate relationship between women・Korean・Traditional Chinese

128×182mm/Paper back/160pages
Retail price : JPY 750
Release date : 2023/11/8
978-4-910352-92-3

Hana Ikuta
Manga artist.
She debuted in 2017 with an essay manga.
Her main publications include the Sengoku x high school girl manga Dragon
and Tiger (Takeshobo) and Natsukanai Kanojo. (KADOKAWA) and others.

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Michikusa Comic

MOFUTTO CAMP 4
Isami Sakura

This is the fourth volume of the camp comic that fluffy animals unfold both urban life and nature!
Kumai, who has awakened to bushcraft, Nekoda, who is pursuing a more natural form, and Maya, anovice camper of uncertain species, meet ......

128×182mm/Paper back/186pages
Retail price : JPY 900
Release date : 2023/10/11
978-4-910352-86-2

Isami Sakura
Manga artist living in Tokyo.
Likes drinking, tenugui (hand towels) , and animals.
Her main books include Tea Room Sweets Garden (KADOKAWA),
29:00 Breakfast - Misoshiru-ya Asage (KADOKAWA), Grandma
and Knight (KADOKAWA) etc.

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Michikusa Comic

YUMA & RIKUTO 2
Ayaki

The day after exchanging talk with his father as usual, he disappeared.
Yuma finds Rikuto's dark childhood thinks that he can do something for him who is still stuck in his past.
Meanwhile, Rikuto also gets caught up in an exciting duel between two neighborhood grandfathers andis suddenly reunited with Yuma's mother.
Little by little, he begins to take a big step forward for him.
When you realize the clumsy love of those around you, you seem the world is a little kinder.
This is the final volume of the story.

128×182mm/Paper back/184pages
Retail price : JPY 770
Release date : 2023/11/8
978-4-910352-89-3

Ayaki
Debuted in 2017.
This work is their first serial work. They love Udon.

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Michikusa ComicASTRO BIOLOGIST PRATESS 2
Sarami

RIGHTSSOLD・Spanish・EnglishNagi, her childhood friend Yutaro and her best friend Rin.
On their last summer vacation in high school, the three of them contemplate themeaning of life when they meet aliens Pratess and Lauro.
What are their own ways will go?
This is the final volume of the story that expands from the seaside town to outer space.

128×182mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price : JPY 840
Release date : 2023/11/8
978-4-910352-88-6

SaramiManga artist, astrologer.
Born in 1986.
Also known as Kirimura Umimaru.
Winner of the 59th Chiba Tetsuya Award Grand Prize.
Previously published Tongarashi and Pikaeru (1) and (2) (Kodansha Morning KC).
They also works as a horoscope researcher, transmitting and doing sessions.

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Michikusa Comic

BUBU AND MICHELLE 1
codomopaper

Fallen angels fall on Sunday morning.
Michelle is a lonely boy has lost his parents because of illness.
In the place where he lives, it starts raining on Saturday night, and the rain turns into fallen angels on
Sunday morning.
Michelle finds an egg in a place littered with the corpses of them.
And then a fallen angel "Bubu" hatched from the egg.
This is a story of love and bond between a boy with deep emotional scars and an innocent fallen angel.

128×182mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price : JPY 770
Release date : 2024/1/10
978-4-910352-93-0

codomopaper
With paper-cutting art and fountain pen, they delicately draw like picture books.
They love Western literature and literature of the Meiji, Taisho and Showa eras.
Currently serializing the Taisho roman manga Juji and Aichi (Shinsyokan).

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Michikusa ComicBAKUMATSU HIGH SCHOOL GIRL
ONI AND DAWN 3
Hana Ikuta*
This is the third volume of the extremely popular "Bakumatsu Girls' High School Student Demon and
Dawn" on the Michikusa Web Comic !
The main characters are high school girls who possess the souls of Sakamoto Ryoma and Hijikata
Toshizo, the two biggest stars of the Bakumatsu era.
Sakamoto falls in love at first sight with Hijikata on her first day at her new school, but the romance isstrictly forbidden by Koharu school rules.
Sakamoto tris to change the high school to get the person she loves.
And she gets a date promise she has desired under one condition.
While the student council vice president Ii Nao was attacked by someone in the school, the situation in
the school takes a more and more dubious turn.
Meanwhile, Okita Mune and Todo Yoshino, both members of the Discipline Committee, quarrel over atrivial matter...
*Bakumatsu=the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate

128×182mm/Paper back/176pages
Retail price : JPY 750
Release date : 2024/2/14
978-4-910352-94-7

Hana Ikuta
Manga artist.
She debuted in 2017 with an essay manga.
Her main publications include the Sengoku x high school girl manga Dragon
and Tiger (Takeshobo) and Natsukanai Kanojo. (KADOKAWA) and others.

Back List

Back List

Architecture

Architecture
RIGHTSSOLDRIGHTS
SOLD

・Traditional
Chinese・Korean

FLAT HOUSE LIFE 1+2

THE AMERICAN
VINTAGE FURNITURE

SIGNBOARDARCHITECTURE

SHUWA RESIDENCEENCYCLOPEDIA

FUJIYA HOTEL MAINTENANCE
AND REPAIR THE PEOPLE WHO
SAFEGUARD ARCHITECTURE

JAPAN HERITAGE OFIZAKAYA - Eastern Japan

Full of unique Japanese architectural
styles such as "Bunka Jutaku" - dreamof the common people during the highgrowth economic period -, "Beigun
House" - houses occupied by many
artists after being built for American
soldiers, this book is a permanent
edition for lovers of nostalgic houses.

ACME Furniture has collected vintage
American furniture for over 30 years.
This is a permanent preservationarchive book containing about 500
valuable vintage furniture items.

Exploration Tasteful Tatemono series is
a exploration of the town, how people
live and the spirit of the times from"buildings". Vol.1 is an introduction to"billboard architecture" that survived
an era of upheaval and reconstruction
from the Great Kanto Earthquake,
World War II and more.

This book introduces the details of the
Shuwa Residence, a series of apartment
or flat completed in 1964, with abundantphotographs. And explores the charm of
the building from both the exterior andinterior perspectives through interviews
with residents and detailed descriptionsof the rooms.

Fujiya Hotel opened in Hakone in 1878
as Japan's first authentic resort hotel.
This book introduces the highlights
of Fujiya Hotel's unique architecture,along with the behind-the-scenes workof Eizensan. And conveys the skills,
ingenuity, and spirit of the people
behind the hospitality space.

Here is recorded 15 Izakaya meet thefollowing 3conditions as Japan izakaya
heritage sites.
·Established long time ago and thebuilding has remained unchanged.
·Business for generations.
·Traditional, but popular with common
people.

Kanako Yajima, haco
148×210mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price : JPY 1,900
Release date : 2022/2/22
978-4-908406-93-5

LIXIL Planning Gallery Committee
205×210mm/Paper back/76pages
Retail price : JPY 1,800
Release date : 2022/5/20
978-4-910352-28-2

Kazuhiko Ota
148×210mm/Paper back/224pages
Retail price : JPY 2,000
Release date : 2022/7/22
978-4-910352-29-9

Arata Coolhand
182×257mm/Paper back/400pages
Retail price : JPY 2,778
Release date : 2017/3/25
978-4-908406-07-2

ACME Furniture, Mo-Green
220×290mm/Case bind/240pages
Retail price : JPY 10,000
Release date : 2017/12/15
978-4-908406-12-6
978-4-908406-13-3
978-4-908406-14-0

Masakazu Hagino
148×210mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price : JPY 1,900
Release date : 2019/5/29
978-4-908406-27-0

Architecture

Architecture
RIGHTSSOLDRIGHTS
SOLD

・Traditional
Chinese・Traditional
ChineseRIGHTSSOLD・Korean

OKINAWA
ARCHITECTURE

REVIVAL journal
reappraisal report

RECONSTRUCTION
ARCHITECTURE

JAPAN HERITAGE OFIZAKAYA - Western Japan

BRUTALIST ARCHITECTURE
IN JAPAN

This book summarizes the "records
and memories" of the people who lived
invarious eras of Okinawa, throughthe town and architecture of diverse
cultures on the island.

Self-renovation techniques of oldhouses, charm of old goods, andconnoisseur points of interest are
introduced with wonderful illustrations
and photos!

One can trace the origin of modern
Tokyo and the lives of the people after
the Great Kanto Earthquake through the"Imperial Capital Reconstruction Plan"and "Reconstruction Architecture".

Here is recorded Izakaya meet thefollowing 3conditions as Japan izakaya
heritage sites in Aichi, Kyoto, Osaka,
Shimane, Fukuoka, Oita, Okinawa, andTokyo.

Naobumi Okamoto, Tokimitsu Fukuhara
148×210mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price : JPY 1,900
Release date : 2019/12/4
978-4-908406-40-9

Arata Coolhand
182×257mm/Paper back/256pages
Retail price : JPY 2,200
Release date : 2020/8/4
978-4-908406-69-0

Madoka Kayanoki
148×210mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price : JPY 1,900
Release date : 2020/12/2
978-4-908406-64-5

Kazuhiko Ota
148×210mm/Paper back/224pages
Retail price: JPY 2,200
Release date: 2023/6/19
978-4-910352-57-2

Brutalist architecture dominated the1960s and 1970s and architecture has
been reevaluated around the worldin recent years. This book introduces
Japanese Brutalist architecture, which
has been being lost due to rebuild,w i t h a b u n d a n t p h o t o g ra p h s a n d
explanations.
Tatsuo Iso, Shinjiro Yamada
182×257mm/Case bind/144pages
Retail price: JPY 6,000
Release date: 2023/3/28
978-4-908406-90-4

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Urban Design

Urban Design

History

TaiwanMEZZANINE VOLUME 1
SUMMER 2017

MEZZANINE VOLUME 2
SPRING 2018

MEZZANINE VOLUME 3
WINTER 2018

URBAN FARMING LIFEREMEMBERING OKINAWA+10 TENMOREThis new magazine features "cities"
that have never been explored in depth
professionally before - London, Hong
Kong, and Shibuya.

The second featured city is Portland.

The third edition features New York andToronto.

"Urban Farming" is aims to regenerate
people, regions, cities, and theenvironment as a commons (common
material) which connect people to natureand people to each other. The bookincludes 12 urban farms in Tokyo, 6 key
persons, and other examples and howtos that can be practiced nationwide.

From historical events to the lives ofordinary people. This book traces thehistorical transition of Okinawa throughfixed point photographs the postwar
reconstruction period and the presentday.

This brand book introduces all thecharms of +10 tenmore, the sock brandfounded in Taiwan in 2012.

Ryohei Suita
210×270mm/Paper back/160pages
Retail price : JPY 2,500
Release date : 2017/6/28
978-4-908406-09-6

Ryohei Suita
210×270mm/Paper back/144pages
Retail price : JPY 2,500
Release date : 2018/4/25
978-4-908406-16-4

Ryohei Suita
210×270mm/Paper back/144pages
Retail price : JPY 2,500
Release date : 2018/12/17
978-4-908406-21-8

Hidenori Kondo+Tokyo Urban Farming
176×228mm/Paper back/240pages
Retail price : JPY 2,800
Release date : 2023/5/29
978-4-910352-58-9

Urban Design

Naobumi Okamoto, Hayashi Toma
182×205mm/Paper back/144pages
Retail price:JPY 1,800
Release date:2023/2/2
978-4-910352-51-0+10 tenmore, FUJIN TREE
182×235mm/Paper back/128pages
Retail price : JPY 1,800
Release date : 2017/11/22
978-4-908406-11-9

TaiwanMEZZANINE VOLUME 4
SPRING 2020

MEZZANINE VOLUME 5
AUTUMN 2021

GREEN NEIGHBORHOODNEIGHBORHOOD TAIPEITAIWAN FACEGUIDE FOR 台湾文創TAIWAN EYESGUIDE FOR 台湾文創The fourth special edition features "TheNew Theory of Urban Relationships".

MEZZANINE garnered attention in theirprevious "The New Theory of Urban
Relationships" feature at the beginningof the COVID. This is the definitive
edition demonstrating "The State of
the City" in the post-COVID era from aperspective unique to MEZZANINE.

Refer to Portland, which contains
numerous hints on work styles,
lifestyles, urban development, industry,
economic promotion measures, etc.,
this book will allow you to deeply
consider the future of the Japanese
way of life and the city, and accelerate
the discovery of the new normal.

A travel culture guide that approaches
Taiwan from the perspective of thepeople and the city, covering the storesand values of the millennials whoare currently the focus of attention in
Taiwan.

Through interviews with 50 groups
that can be called the 'faces' of current
Taiwanese culture and who are leading
Taiwanese culture, this book brings us
closer and deeper into contact (face-toface) with Taiwan.

This new cultural guidebook interviews
51 key people from various industries
in Taiwan. It introduces the eyes (wayof thinking) and perspective (the future
they see) of each of the interviewees.

Ryohei Suita
182×257mm/Paper back/128pages
Retail price : JPY 2,000
Release date : 2017/5/31
978-4-908406-08-9

Tasuku Koji
150×220mm/Paper back/160pages
Retail price : JPY 1,800
Release date : 2018/12/11
978-4-908406-24-9

Ryohei Suita
182×240mm/Paper back/148pages
Retail price : JPY 2,000
Release date : 2020/5/29
978-4-908406-65-2

Ryohei Suita
182×240mm/Paper back/208pages
Retail price : JPY 2,200
Release date : 2021/10/27
978-4-910352-10-7

Ryohei Suita
148×210mm/Paper back/240pages
Retail price : JPY 2,200
Release date : 2022/8/22
978-4-910352-42-8

Tasuku Koji
150×220mm/Paper back/160pages
Retail price : JPY 1,800
Release date : 2020/10/27
978-4-908406-73-7

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Back List

Travel Guide

Travel Guide

ANNA BOOKS GUIDE BOOKSERIES 01 CALIFORNIA [L.A.]

ANNA BOOKS PHOTO SERIES 01
OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA

ANNA BOOKS GUIDE BOOKSERIES 02 HAWAIINEW NEW THAILAND

3 DAYS IN REYKJAVIK

3 DAYS IN STOCKHOLM

anna magazine production team presents
a new kind of California guide focusing
on Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Everyday life in California by Junsuke
Koo, a photographer who works in avariety of media. A California photobook that will tickle the hearts of all
those who cherish the rhythms of theocean and nature.

"HAWAII" is the second volume of a
new guide series full of visual photos,
from classic spots to locals-only spots.

The book features interviews with leading
figures in cutting-edge Thai culture(coffee, skating, music, art, etc.) andspots that will renew the conventional
image. This is a book that will allow you
to learn more about Thailand, the mostunique cultural center in the world today,from a new and deeper perspective.

"Iceland" is a part of the "3 Days
Around Scandinavia" series, a guideby the author who has been visiting
Scandinavia for many years. Design,
music, and food are also featured. A
wide range of information from heatedswimming pools to spectacular sceneryand the Northern Lights.

This is the Swedish edition of the popular
Around Scandinavia in 3 Days series,
guided by a Scandinavian journalist.
The design appeal, how to walk aroundthe cities to feel like a local, and otherhighlights of the trip are introduced inan easy-to-understand way!

Taku Takeura
148×210mm/Paper back/160pages
Retail price : JPY 1,800
Release date : 2019/12/27
978-4-908406-25-6

Yuriko Mori
134×188mm/Paper back/128pages
Retail price : JPY 1,600
Release date : 2020/2/27
978-4-908406-52-2

Mo-Green
148×210mm/Paper back/240pages
Retail price : JPY 1,667
Release date : 2016/7/13
978-4-908406-04-1

Junsuke Obi, Mo-Green
148×210mm/Paper back/240pages
Retail price : JPY 2,315
Release date : 2016/7/13
978-4-908406-03-4

Mo-Green
148×210mm/Paper back/240pages
Retail price : JPY 1,667
Release date : 2016/11/26
978-4-908406-06-5

Travel Guide

Yuriko Mori
134×188mm/Paper back/128pages
Retail price : JPY 1,600
Release date : 2020/5/26
978-4-908406-61-4

Travel Guide

ANNA BOOKS GUIDE BOOKSERIES 03 WEST COAST [U.S.A.]

EDO/TOKYOHISTORICAL WALK 1

EDO/TOKYOHISTORICAL WALK 2

DOWN TO EARTH

EXPLORING THE NATIONALCANDY STORESEXCITING UNIVERSITYMUSEUM TOUR IN TOKYO

From classic spots to local joints
known only to those in the know, you'll
feel like you've been on a trip just byreading this third installment of annamagazine's guide series, WEST COAST.

An in - depth look at the untold stories
in ordinary landscapes. The first issue
features Chuo, Taito, Sumida, and Kotowards of Tokyo.

An Adult's Guide to Walking AroundTokyo's 23 Wards in Search of Remnantsof Edo! This second volume introduces
Chiyoda, Shinjuku, and Bunkyo wards.

Kana Oya, a model who has madetraveling her life's work recommends
places to visit from 15 countries andregions of the world.

148×210mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price : JPY 1,800
Release date : 2019/3/27
978-4-908406-26-3

148×210mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price : JPY 1,800
Release date : 2019/6/27
978-4-908406-28-7

Kana OyaPhoto by Masanori Akao (whiteSTOUT)
148×210mm/Paper back/142pages
Retail price : JPY 1,800
Release date : 2020/4/10
978-4-908406-33-1

This book explores the attraction
and culture of candy stores whichhave changed with the times andwill continue to remain as part ofthe culture of Japan, by interviewing
people from all over Japan about thepast and prospects of candy stores.

Must Know, Almost Free Museum! Thisis a guidebook to museums, art galleries,
and archives that universities havethat are not well known, where anyone
can go there easily. (Include Tokyo anda part of Kanagawa and Chiba) We
introduce even if you are not a student,
you can go these 110 museums at ease.

Mo-Green
148×210mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price : JPY 1,800
Release date : 2020/3/27
978-4-908406-56-0

Makoto Dobashi
148×210mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price: JPY 1,900
Release date: 2023/1/26
978-4-910352-39-8

Satoru Otsubo
148×210mm/Paper back/128pages
Retail price: JPY 1,900
Release date: 2023/6/27
978-4-910352-70-1

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LEAVE EVERYTHINGVS BUDDHISM

A DROP A DAY

HE IS...

108 Words For Photographers

Artwork by Signboard Painters

The life of a 94 - year-old female monk
who entered Kuramadera Temple in
Kyoto at the age of 20 and has lived in
the great nature of Kurama for over 70
years!

Can Buddhism solve today's problems?
A completely new book on Buddhism
that is different from the books on
solving problems that are just thankful
Dharma talks!

Shinya Fujiwara's unique perspectiveon the daily events and ordinary life. A
book that will make you aware of new
perspectives.

This collection of photographs isthe culmination of over 40 years ofphotographing Kenzo Kitakata, thewriter. It is a hard-boiled collection ofphotographs that contains "strength"
and "loveliness."

A collection of quotes by Harvey
Yamaguchi on how to take photographs.
He is a popular photographer for his
warm-eyed photographs and essays.
longtime seller and 6 printing havebeen published.

Kounin Shigaraki
130×188mm/Paper back/191pages
Retail price : JPY 1,300
Release date : 2018/9/25
978-4-908406-19-5

130×188mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price : JPY 1,600
Release date : 2019/12/27
978-4-908406-31-7

Osamu Nagahama
182×237mm/Paper back/224pages
Retail price : JPY 4,500
Release date : 2021/4/27
978-4908406-91-1

Herbie Yamaguchi
128×188mm/Paper back/196pages
Retail price : JPY 1,600
Release date : 2021/6/2
978-4-910-352-05-3

This book provides a comprehensive
overview of postwar film history throughphotographs of movie billboards. One
can enjoy the visual images of thetheater district, which is now gone, andthe bustle of that time. Included are
more than 300 pictures of famous movie
billboards from Japan and abroad.

Essay

Shinya Fujiwara
130×188mm/Paper back/256pages
Retail price : JPY 1,800
Release date : 2020/3/27
978-4-908406-49-2

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WHAT IS A GOOD
PHOTOGRAPH?

SHOWA-ERA MOVIEPICTORIAL SIGNBOARDS

Hidenori Okada, Natsuko Kida
148×210mm/Paper back/352pages
Retail price : JPY 2,700
Release date : 2021/6/16
978-4-908406-62-1

WHERE MY BLACK SNAKE GONE?

DRINKING FOOL,SINGING FOOL (New Edition)

SHUJI TERAYAMAMUSEUM

ON THE ROAD:The Genealogy
of a Counterculture ThroughPublications

PHOTOS THAT MAKE
PEOPLE HAPPY

HUDRED VIEWS OF
PARALLEL

35 classic songs sung by historicalsingers who have been called giants ofthe blues. This book guides you throughthe profound world of the blues throughthe lyrics.

The masterpiece Drinking Fool,Singing
Fool by Mitsuyoshi Azuma, Japan's
best jive player and true bluesman, is
now available in a new edition! This isa long-awaited book that describes theblues humorously and sometimes withtears.

Enjoy the world view of Shuji Terayama,
the active eccentric genius, through thisbook containing drafts, manuscripts,
letters, photos, posters, calendars, andmore of Terayama's representative
works.

This book includes On the Road that has
called the Bible of the Beat Generation, allof Jack Kerouac's books, first editions ofvaluable Beat literature, counterculture
since the 1960s and onwards. For its
public debut, this book catalog containedsome 1,200 items, a valuable resource inJapanese counterculture.

In this photo essay, the photographer
writes about the importance of finding
your own style and continuing totake photographs with pride. He was
beloved by men and women of all ages,
and reveals inside stories behind thescenes and shutter opportunities whenshooting.

Popular series on Twitter by poet
Kimihito Sasa and illustrator/animator
Minami Kitamura are long awaited
published! We can encounter a newworld of waka poetry, which is acollaboration of tanka and illustration.

Kazuhiro Yamaji (Flying Books)
182×257mm/Paper back/272pages
Retail price : JPY 3,500
Release date : 2021/7/12
978-4-910352-06-0

Herbie Yamaguchi
124×190mm/Paper back/200pages
Retail price : JPY 1,600
Release date : 2022/1/25
978-4-910352-16-9- An Introduction To The World Of Blues
In View Of Lyrics

Nobutoshi Nakagawa
130×188mm/Paper back/416pages
Retail price : JPY 2,500
Release date : 2021/8/30
978-4-908406-78-2

Mitsuyoshi Azuma
127×188mm/Paper back/432pages
Retail price:JPY 2,500
Release date:2023/2/28
978-4-910352-68-8

Hiroyuki Sasame
124×190mm/Paper back/128pages
Retail price : JPY 2,800
Release date : 2020/7/14
978-4-908406-66-9

Kimihito Sasa, Minami Kitamura
148×210mm/Paper back/144pages
Retail price : JPY 1,800
Release date : 2022/3/15
978-4-910352-18-3

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HIDEKAZU MASHIMA
PHOTO BOOK HOMERAKUEN

Japanese popular actor Hidekazu
Ma s h ima t races his root s in his
hometown of Yonezawa, Yamagata
Prefecture. This latest photobook
conveys the charms of his favorite
hometown. At the end of the bookthere is included a useful guide forsightseeing.

RAKUEN is a collection of two bookso f S h u n t a r o Ta n i k a w a ' s s t a r t i n g
point that put in a box bound byrisograph printing. The meaning of thephotographs seems to deepen whenread together with the photographsof everyday scenes he loved and thepoems that describe his heart.

Hidekazu Mashima
178×228mm/Paper back/128pages
Retail price : JPY 2,400
Release date : 2022/4/25
978-4-910352-17-6

Shuntaro Tanikawa
185×259mm/cloth binding
collection of photographs lost&found
Cloth binding/80pages/Two color
printing
collection of poems shuffle Clothbinding/80pages/One color printing
risograph printing Cloth binding/Casebind (264×187×21mm)
Retail price:JPY 10,000
Release date:2023/3/17
978-4-910352-66-4

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FLAVOURS WITHOUTBORDERS New Edition

OKINAWA
FOOD & LIFE STORY

A collection of recipes, written inboth Japanese and English, taught
by refugees who have fled to Japan.
It includes 45 home - cooked dishes
from 15 countries and regions aroundthe world, including Myanmar, Iran,
Kurdistan, and Ethiopia.

Through food, which is an integral partof daily life, the book traces Okinawa's
prewar and postwar history andrecords the progress of its people.

Japan Association for Refugees
178×251mm/Paper back/108pages
Retail price : JPY 1,600
Release date : 2020/2/4
978-4-908406-53-9

Naobumi Okamoto, Masami Tamaki
148×210mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price : JPY 1,900
Release date : 2021/10/13
978-4-910352-07-7

Picture Book
RIGHTSSOLD・Korean・English・Traditional
Chinese・Simplified
ChineseA CERTAIN FAMILY STORYYUZURU HANYU’S COSTUMESMADE BY SATOMI ITOPOSTCARD BOOK First Volume

T h e I n s t a g ra m S h o w a Fa m i l y @shouwanokazoku, Naruto Tanaka
converted the black-and-white photos
to color and posted them. This book is
a collection of photographs of a "Showa
family", re-edited and composed
together with the father's diary.

The postcard books are publishedby costume designer Satomi Ito tocommemorate her 10th anniversary ofworking on figure skating costumes.
This time, there are collected only
the costumes of Yuzuru Hanyu, theskater for whom Ms. Ito has made themost costumes most in 10 years andincluded newly photographed costume
photos and designs.

Kouzaburo Tanaka,Naruto Tanaka
180×148mm/Paper back160pages
Retail price : JPY 2,200
Release date : 2023/9/25
978-4-910352-75-6

YUZURU HANYU’S COSTUMESMADE BY SATOMI ITOPOSTCARD BOOK Second Volume
Satomi Ito
120×180mm/Paper back (top gluing)
112pages
Retail price : JPY 2,500
Release date : 2023/8/2
first volume : 978-4-910352-82-4
second volume : 978-4-910352-83-1

A STORY OF A DOGOUR EARTH, OUR HOME

NATTOKUN'S ADVENTURE

A handmade picture book drawn in
the hope of eliminating the culling ofanimals.

Live joyfully and vigorously! A
permaculture workbook filled withwisdom, ingenuity, and fun! A bookwhere children and adults can learn
together how to live sustainably.

Illustrator Makoto Wada and poet
Kimihito Sasa collaborated on a
fantastic picture book project! The story
is about the adventures of Nattokun,
a boy who discovers his own charm.
The illustrations are by popular picturebook artist Rokudai Tanaka.

Kaisei130×188mm/Case bind/64pages
Retail price : JPY 1,000
Release date : 2015/11/22
978-4-908406-00-3

Kai Sawyer, Wakana Kawamura,Azusa Fukuoka
182×242mm/Paper back/144pages
Retail price : JPY 2,000
Release date : 2018/6/29
978-4-908406-18-8

Kimihito Sasa, Rokudai Tanaka
203×226mm/Case bind/40pages
Retail price : JPY 1,500
Release date : 2022/7/22
978-4-910352-35-0

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SOLD・Italian

MOFUTTO CAMP 1

MOFUTTO CAMP 2

MOFUTTO CAMP 3

BAKUMATSU HIGH SCHOOL GIRL BAKUMATSU HIGH SCHOOL GIRL VEGETABLE SANDWICH 1
ONI AND DAWN Evening Moon
ONI AND DAWN 2

A camping manga about cute, fluffy
animals.

This is the camp comic that fluffy
animals unfold both urban life andnature !

This is the third volume of camp comic
that fluffy animals unfold both urbanlife and nature ! Maya, a new heroineof unknown species, is a innocent andathletic girl! She starts camping to findher roots, and awakens to the fun of it ......

Sequel to Oni and Dawn eve that is
drawn the second life with the spiritsof Bakumatsu samurai as high school
girls. While the relationship between
Yoshino Todo and Sou Okita rapidly
become closer, an atmosphere ofdisquiet begins to emerge at Koharu
Girls' High School.

Isami Sakura
128×182mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price : JPY 900
Release date : 2022/2/9
978-4-910352-12-1

Isami Sakura
128×182mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price : JPY 900
Release date : 2022/3/9
978-4-910352-21-3

Isami Sakura
128×182mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price:JPY 900
Release date:2023/3/8
978-4-910352-62-6

Hana Ikuta
128×182mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price:JPY 900
Release date:2023/2/8
978-4-910352-65-7This is the second volume of the very
popular Bakumatsu Girls' High SchoolStudent: Demon and Dawn on Web
Comic Michikusa. The second volumeof the critical situation to grow tense!
Hana Ikuta
128×182mm/Paper back/176pages
Retail price: JPY 750
Release date: 2023/6/14
978-4-910352-80-0

Tsukushi, a high school delinquent who
sincerely wants to be strong but isextremely weak in fights, is confronted
one day by a lion that has escapedfrom the zoo! It was a little elementary
school girl, Warabi, who knocked him
down with a single flying kick...
Banjo Saito
128×182mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price:JPY 720
Release date:2022/11/9
978-4-910352-56-5

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Michikusa Comic

RIGHTSSOLD・Spanish・English

TOWN WALKING
WITH GHOST DOG

BAKUMATSU HIGH SCHOOL GIRL
ONI AND DAWN Eve

BAKUMATSU HIGH SCHOOL GIRL
ONI AND DAWN 1ASTRO BIOLOGIST PRATESSFirst Volume

OUR INSIGNIFICANTJUSTICEYUMA & RIKUTO 1

Ippan Nakamura who is up-and-coming
manga artist and illustrator carefully
depicts casual everyday scenes, places,
and things that have caught theirattention in this town walking comic
essay.

The extremely popular manga video
on TikTok has published as an allcolor book! This comic is drawn thecharacters is in the web comic series*
Bakumatsu
High School Girls, Oni andDawn. They live the second life with thespirits of Bakumatsu samurai as highschool girls.

The main characters are a highschool girls who possess the souls of
Sakamoto Ryoma and Hijikata Toshizo,
the two biggest stars of the Bakumatsuera. The Japanese history × high school
girls Bakumatsu Youth Drama is about
to begin!

Nagi, who grew up in a seaside town.
During the summer of her seventeenth
year with childhood friends Yutaro andRin, they met aliens who brought them
to a crossroads in their lives. This is the
youth comic with a delicate touch like apainting.

S i n g e r - s o n g w r i t e r S a y o ko Ta n osuddenly disappeared one day. For
someone who doesn't know her, it may
seem insignificant, but for us, she wasour "God". Six men and women weave
this faintly beautiful ensemble drama
set in Miyazaki and Tokyo.

Yuma Kayamori is 24, and runs mobile
catering vehicles. One day, he drops ina familiar pub, reunites with his bestfriend Rikuto who disappeard suddenlyin their school days. Because of theunexpected job, they receive a variety ofrequests from residents. This is the firstseries comic by Ayaki.

Hana Ikuta
128×182mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price : JPY 720
Release date : 2022/9/29
978-4-910352-49-7

Sarami
128×182mm/Paper back/200pages
Retail price:JPY 840
Release date:2022/12/14
978-4-910352-59-6

Rin Kawano
128×182mm/Paper back/248pages
Retail price:JPY 880
Release date:2023/1/11
978-4-910352-60-2

Ippan Nakamura
148×210mm/Paper back/176pages
Retail price : JPY 1,100
Release date : 2022/9/26
978-4-910352-50-3

Hana Ikuta
128×182mm/Paper back/192pages
Retail price : JPY 900
Release date : 2022/6/27
978-4-910352-38-1*Bakumatsu=the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate

Ayaki
128×182mm/Paper back/184pages
Retail price:JPY 770
Release date:2023/5/10
978-4-910352-73-2

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EAST TOKYO WARD 1
Sarah, a Muslim university student,
Selam, an elementary school studentwith Ethiopian parents, and Shunta,a junior high school student who has
not been attending school. This is anadventure story of three people walking
around East Tokyo and discovering newcharms of the city!
Keita Katsushika
148×210mm/Paper back/160pages
Retail price : JPY 1,100
Release date : 2023/7/12
978-4-910352-67-1