Kyoto Machiya Restaurant Guide ebook update
We're excited to finally share that the classic Judith Clancy guidebook, Kyoto Machiya Restaurant Guide
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Dec 3, 2019
Amy Chavez featured on NHK's The Expert Way to Travel Japan
Amy's Guide to Best Behavior in Japan author, Amy Chavez was recently featured on the NHK program, The Expert Way to Travel in Japan where s
Nov 30, 2019
'The Fourth String' officially out now! First review by Hippocampus Magazine
It's official! Janet Pocorobba's new memoir The Fourth String: A Memoir of Sensei and Me is officially available from your favorite book ret
Nov 18, 2019
The Japan Times reviews 'Forty-Seven Samurai'
"Hiroaki Sato weaves a rich portrait of a paradoxical society governed by value systems vastly different to our own."
Thanks to Damian Flan
Nov 11, 2019
The Association of Jewish Libraries reviews 'The Buddhist Swastika and Hitler's Cross'
"Buddhist priest and scholar Rev. Dr. T. K. Nakagaki delineates the history of the Swastika as both a positive symbol of peace and through t
Oct 17, 2019
'China Smart' reviewed by The Midwest Book Review
"An impressive compendium of expertly organized information, "China Smart: What You Don't Know, What You Need to Know― A Past & Present Guid
Sep 26, 2019
Ripe Mangoes reviews 'A Shameful Life' by Osamu Dazai
Ripe Mangoes, a blog that highlights great manga, comics and other works from Japan has reviewed A Shameful Life, the new translation of Osa
Sep 23, 2019
Author Doris Bargen blurbs 'Forty Seven Samurai'
Doris G. Bargen, Professor Emeritus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and author of Suicidal Honor: General Nogi and the Writings o
Sep 16, 2019
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer, Forrest Gander blurbs 'Forty-Seven Samurai
Pulitzer Prize-Winning writer/poet, Forrest Gander has provided his thoughts on Hiroaki Sato's, Forty-Seven Samurai.
Sep 9, 2019
Prof. Allan Sosei Palmer blurbs on Hiroaki Sato's newest, 'The Forty-Seven Samurai'
Tea Master Allan Sosei Palmer, a student and teacher of the Urasenke school of Chanoyu for more than forty years contributes his thoughts on
Sep 4, 2019
'A Shameful Life' reviewed by Japan Visitor
"Listed by some as the second-best selling novel of all-time in Japan, behind only Natsume Soseki's Kokoro."
Thanks to Marshall Hughes at J
Aug 19, 2019
"Understanding the challenging world of the literary translator"
This intriguing article from Louise George Kittaka for The Japan Times sheds a little light on the struggles of bringing some of the greates
Aug 15, 2019
New Book Announcement: Hiroaki Sato's 'Forty-Seven Samurai'
Stone Bridge Press is happy to announce publication of Hiroaki Sato’s in-depth analysis of the history and haiku behind the classic Japanese
Aug 6, 2019
'China Smart' reviewed by The Manhattan Book Review
5/5 "An invaluable resource for travelers to China as well as those who want to learn more about the country in a succinct format without ha
Aug 4, 2019
Amy Chavez starts "Politeness Marathon," & tips on Japanese etiquette
Interested in diving deeper into the intricacies of Japanese culture? Amy Chavez, author of Amy's Guide to Best Behavior in Japan is beginni
Jul 29, 2019
Frederik L. Schodt interviewed on Osamu Tezuka Disney Lion King controversy
translator and close friend and interpreter of Osamu Tezuka has lent some insight into the Lion King controversy that has recently been reig
Jul 22, 2019
Tracy Franz to speak at Chapters in Halifax Nova Scotia
Join author Tracy Franz as she signs copies of her book, My Year of Dirt and Water: Journal of a Zen Monk's Wife in Japan Saturday, July 27t
Jul 15, 2019
Kyoto Journal reviews 'My Year of Dirt and Water'
Thanks to Rebecca Otowa of Kyoto Journal for her review of Tracy Franz's My Year of Dirt and Water: Journal of a Zen Monk's Wife in Japan. A
Jun 24, 2019
The Japan Times reviews 'The Fourth String: A Memoir of Sensei and Me'
"The book’s descriptions of learning, however, transcend musical study into a study of life.
Jun 20, 2019
China Smart: What You Don’t Know, What You Need to Know— A Past & Present Guide to History, Cult
Essential essays on all things Chinese that inform and entertain travelers, students, and anyone working or living in China.
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