Life and Books in Japan
Life and Books in Japan

Hiromi Kawakami

About Author
Hiromi Kawakami is known for her gentle, fantastical prose. She won the Akutagawa Prize for ‘Record of a Night Too Brief’.
Books
Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Wait for Me in Front of Osho

2024

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) May It Be Sunny Tomorrow: The Seven Nights’ Tale Continues

2024

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Love Is Fleeting, or, the Steak at the Bottom of the Pool

2023

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Tokyo Diary 7: Dolls on Display Throughout the Museum

2023

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Please Take Care of My Dead Body

2022

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Tokyo Diary 6: Goodbye, Nagai-kun

2021

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Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Wait for Me in Front of Osho

2024

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) May It Be Sunny Tomorrow: The Seven Nights’ Tale Continues

2024

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Love Is Fleeting, or, the Steak at the Bottom of the Pool

2023

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Tokyo Diary 7: Dolls on Display Throughout the Museum

2023

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Please Take Care of My Dead Body

2022

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Tokyo Diary 6: Goodbye, Nagai-kun

2021

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) My Favorite Seasonal Words

2020

Hiromi Kawakami

The Third Love

2020

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Someone

2019

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Let’s Go to the Forest

2017

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Tokyo Diary 5: Red Zombie, Blue Zombie

2017

Hiromi Kawakami

People From My Neighbourhood

2016

Hiromi Kawakami

Under the Eye of the Big Bird

2016

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) The Sound of Water

2014

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Just Below the Zenith

2014

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Tokyo Diary 4: I Became a Delinquent

2014

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) To Pick Up a Cat

2013

Fumio Yamamoto

(tent) Sunny, Then Cloudy

2013

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Smooth, Hot, Sweet, and Bitter

2013

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) The Tale of Seven Nights (Part Two)

2012

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) The Tale of Seven Nights (Part One)

2012

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) God 2011

2011

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Tokyo Diary 3: The Catfish’s Good Fortune

2011

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) The Good-Tempered Dog

2010

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) The Ghost in the Pasta Machine

2010

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Is This All Right with You?

2009

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) A Town That’s Far No Matter Where You Start From

2008

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Snow Flurries

2008

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Tokyo Diary 2: I Know No Other Dance

2007

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Pilgrimage to the Ancient Temples of Kyoto (15): Jingo-ji

2007

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Books I Love: Hiromi Kawakami’s Book Review Collection

2007

Hiromi Kawakami

Manazuru

2006

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) About Hazuki-san

2006

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Rough and Restless

2006

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) The Park at Night

2006

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Here, There, and Everywhere

2005

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) Tokyo Diary: A Celebration Worth One Egg

2005

Hiromi Kawakami

The Nakano Thrift Shop

2005

Hiromi Kawakami

The Ten Loves of Mr. Nishino

2003

Hiromi Kawakami

(tent) That Shimmering Thing Over There

2003

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Press and Media

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[interview] The Writer’s Reading Path 2001. (Japanese)

Author’s Profile by Shinchosha (Japanese)