{"title":"Satoshi Yagisawa","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the works of \u003cstrong\u003eSatoshi Yagisawa\u003c\/strong\u003e, everyday moments are transformed into quiet, heartfelt explorations of human connection and the simple joys found in familiar places. Set against the backdrop of bookshops and cafés, these stories invite readers into warm, reflective worlds where the ordinary sparkles with significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpect gentle narratives that blend nostalgia with a tender examination of friendship, love, and community. Yagisawa’s books offer a soothing literary experience, perfect for those who appreciate thoughtful general fiction rooted in the small details of daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"more-days-at-the-morisaki-bookshop","title":"More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Tokyo, there is a neighbourhood with the highest number of bookstores in the world. It is called Jinbocho where book lovers can browse to their heart's delight and where hunters of first editions or autographed copies prowl the bookcases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Morisaki bookshop, a small family-run shop, is so packed with books that barely five people can fit inside. Books crowd the shelves and invade every corner of the floor; when a customer arrives, the owner, Satoru, immediately pops out from behind the counter. Recently, his wife Momoko has joined him, and often, in her free time after work, their niece Takako also helps out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the first time, the girl does not feel lonely; she has new friends and new rituals to keep her company: the annual Jinbocho festival, the cafe around the corner, or an unexpected visitor. Because, as she has discovered, a bookstore is populated not only by the characters contained in the books, but also by those who frequent it. And those stories create bonds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a sign of gratitude, Takako gives her aunt and uncle a trip, promising to look after the shop while they are away. Everything seems to be going swimmingly, but then why is Satoru behaving so strangely? And what does that woman with the red umbrella want who has appeared at the end of the street? How many other stories, emotions, and treasures does the \u003cem\u003eMorisaki bookshop\u003c\/em\u003e hold?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45608565932268,"sku":"9781786584328","price":22.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781786584328_1.jpg?v=1723778887"},{"product_id":"days-at-the-morisaki-bookshop","title":"Days at the Morisaki Bookshop","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHidden in Jimbocho, Tokyo, is a booklover's paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building lies a shop filled with hundreds of second-hand books.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty-five-year-old Takako has never liked reading, although the Morisaki bookshop has been in her family for three generations. It is the pride and joy of her uncle Satoru, who has devoted his life to the bookshop since his wife Momoko left him five years earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Takako's boyfriend reveals he's marrying someone else, she reluctantly accepts her eccentric uncle's offer to live rent-free in the tiny room above the shop. Hoping to nurse her broken heart in peace, Takako is surprised to encounter new worlds within the stacks of books lining the Morisaki bookshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs summer fades to autumn, Satoru and Takako discover they have more in common than they first thought. The Morisaki bookshop has something to teach them both about life, love, and the healing power of books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45641319186668,"sku":"9781786583239","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781786583239.jpg?v=1724582510"},{"product_id":"days-at-the-torunka-cafe-by-satoshi-yagisawa-9781786585226","title":"Days at the Torunka Café","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling author of the Morisaki Bookshop novels comes a charming and poignant story set at a quiet Tokyo café where customers find unexpected connection and experience everyday miracles.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTucked away on a narrow side street in Tokyo is the Torunka Café, a neighbourhood nook where the passersby are as likely to be local cats as tourists. Its regulars include Chinatsu Yukimura, a mysterious young woman who always leaves behind a napkin folded into the shape of a ballerina; Hiroyuki Yumata, a middle-aged man who's returned to the neighbourhood searching for the happy life he once gave up; and Shizuku, the café owner's teenage daughter, who is still coming to terms with her sister's death as she falls in love for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Café Torunka serves up a perfect cup of coffee, it provides these sundry souls with nourishment far more lasting. Satoshi Yagisawa brilliantly illuminates the periods in our lives where we feel lost—and how we find our way again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46741083717868,"sku":"9781786585226","price":21.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781786585226_1.jpg?v=1755656783"},{"product_id":"with-love-from-the-morisaki-bookshop-by-satoshi-yagisawa-9781786584960","title":"With Love from the Morisaki Bookshop","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANYONE WHO LOVES BOOKS, TRANSLATED FICTION OR JAPAN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe two phenomenal international bestsellers now in one beautiful, foiled gift edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA beautiful, collectable hardback that brings together \u003ci\u003eDays at the Morisaki Bookshop\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMore Days at the Morisaki Bookshop\u003c\/i\u003e in one volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA young woman, lost and heartbroken. Her eccentric, optimist uncle. His wife, with a mysterious secret. Here, in this ramshackle bookshop in the Jimbocho area of Tokyo, these three people will heal their hearts, find connection and overcome loneliness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHidden away, the Morisaki Bookshop is a booklover's paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building, the shop is filled with hundreds of second-hand books. Here is where Takako comes to nurse a broken heart, finding within its crowded shelves books to soothe and uplift her flagging spirits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver the course of two novels, \u003ci\u003eDays at the Morisaki Bookshop\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMore Days at the Morisaki Bookshop\u003c\/i\u003e, Takako and her uncle Satoru discover their similarities and differences, and learn all about life, love and the healing power of books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46864906354924,"sku":"9781786584960","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2378643482824.jpg?v=1759654648"},{"product_id":"days-at-the-morisaki-bookshop-by-satoshi-yagisawa-9780063278677","title":"Days at the Morisaki Bookshop","description":"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47397804081388,"sku":"9780063278677","price":48.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5b34bcaf94668e49e7dbed20ed6804a7.jpg?v=1773781889"},{"product_id":"more-days-at-the-morisaki-bookshop-by-satoshi-yagisawa-9780063278714","title":"More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this charming and emotionally resonant follow-up to the internationally bestselling \u003cem\u003eDays at the Morisaki Bookshop\u003c\/em\u003e, Satoshi Yagisawa paints a poignant and thoughtful portrait of life, love, and how much books and bookstores mean to the people who love them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet again in the beloved Japanese bookshop and nearby coffee shop in the Jimbochi neighbourhood of Tokyo, \u003cem\u003eMore Days at the Morisaki Bookshop\u003c\/em\u003e deepens the relationship between Takako, her uncle Satoru, and the people in their lives. A new cast of heartwarming regulars have appeared in the shop, including an old man who wears the same ragged mouse-coloured sweater and another who collects books solely for the official stamps with the author’s personal seal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSatoshi Yagisawa illuminates the everyday relationships between people that are forged and grown through a shared love of books. Characters leave and return, fall in and out of love, and some eventually die. As time passes, Satoru, with Takako’s help, must choose whether to keep the bookshop open or shutter its doors forever. Making this decision will take uncle and niece on an emotional journey back to their family’s roots and remind them again what a bookstore can mean to an individual, a neighbourhood, and a whole culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47643063025900,"sku":"9780063278714","price":49.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780063278714-more-days-at-the-morisaki-bookshop.jpg?v=1779163619"},{"product_id":"the-morisaki-bookshop-series-box-set-9781786588760","title":"The Morisaki Bookshop Series Box Set","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis boxset includes the bestseller \u003ci\u003eDays at the Morisaki Bookshop\u003c\/i\u003e and its sequel \u003ci\u003eMore Days at the Morisaki Bookshop\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA young woman, lost and heartbroken. Her eccentric, optimist uncle. His wife, with a mysterious secret. Here, in this ramshackle bookshop in the Jimbocho area of Tokyo, these three people will heal their hearts, find connection and overcome loneliness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHidden away, the Morisaki Bookshop is a booklover's paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building, the shop is filled with hundreds of second-hand books. Here is where Takako comes to nurse a broken heart, finding within its crowded shelves books to soothe and uplift her flagging spirits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver the course of two novels, \u003ci\u003eDays at the Morisaki Bookshop\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMore Days at the Morisaki Bookshop\u003c\/i\u003e, Takako and her uncle Satoru discover their similarities and differences, and learn all about life, love and the healing power of books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48021994963180,"sku":"9781786588760","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781786588760-the-morisaki-bookshop-series-box-set.jpg?v=1785286176"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/satoshi-yagisawa.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}