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Kokoro

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in response to Christine C

Books/articles to read before going to Japan? Could be fiction (ancient to modern), historical, current events. Something to understand or appreciate aspects of the culture and the land more deeply.

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Maybe my favorite book of all time. A graceful meditation on how everything of beauty/worth is fleeting, which I believe is a real tenet of Japanese philosophy.

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"Kokoro" by Natsume Sʼnseki

"Kokoro" by Natsume Sʼnseki
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“Moody, meditative, tragic. A portrait of a changing Japan, told through the lens of a story about how the wrongs we suffer make us vulnerable to wronging others.”

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