NHK Publishing Co., Ltd.
Reprint immediately upon release! The latest collection of essays written by Eiko Kadono from “Kiki’s Delivery Service” on the theme of “food” “Oishii Fu-sen”
A message has also arrived from Eiko Kadono!
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We have decided to reprint Eiko Kadono’s latest essay collection “Oishii Fusen”, which was released by NHK Publishing on November 7, 2023. Eiko Kadono is the author of “Kiki’s Delivery Service” and is also a hot topic for opening the “Magical Literature Museum.” After receiving the reprint, we also received a comment from the author himself. Contains 56 essays depicting the hectic and endearing years of 88 years through the lens of food. This cute, all-color book is also recommended as a Christmas present.
Eiko Sumino’s latest essay collection “Delicious Fusen” will be reprinted! [Image 1
Due to strong sales of “Oishii Fusen”, we have decided to reprint it less than a month after its release. This is a book containing 56 short essays in all color, filled with Eiko Kadono’s unique humor and warmth, and colorful and fun hand-drawn illustrations.
■Comment from author Eiko Kadono
“Something good is going to happen, something good is going to happen.” I live my life as if I were taking a walk, always muttering to myself. And I wrote this essay.
Would you like to take a walk with me?
“Something good is going to happen!”
…I’m sure there is.
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Lots of hand-drawn illustrations by Mr. Kadono!
■One piece is now available in “NHK Publishing Digital Magazine”! “Yusuranme Juice” ▶https://mag.nhk-book.co.jp/article/40256
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“Delicious Fusen”
We are looking forward to the broadcast of “Colorful Witch – Eiko Kadono’s Life Where Stories Are Born” on NHK E-Tele, the release of the movie “Colorful Witch – Life Where Eiko Kadono’s Stories Are Born”, and the future activities of Eiko Kadono. I can’t let go! Please enjoy this book as well.
■Broadcast schedule of “Colorful Witch – Eiko Kadono’s life where the story is born”
https://www.nhk.jp/p/ts/GX1J391X7M/schedule/
Broadcast on Sunday, December 3, 2023 on NHK E-Tele from 6:00 p.m. Rebroadcast on Monday, December 4, 2023 on NHK E-Tele from 1:30 p.m. ■Movie “Colorful Witch – Eiko Kadono’s life where the story is born” information https://movies.kadokawa.co.jp/majo_kadono/
Released on Friday, January 26, 2024
Content
[Table of Contents]
Introduction 1 Yusuranmen’s Juice/Cafe Jinyo/Sandwich Sandwich/One Piece/My Name Is Bakayaro/Dandelion Salad/Haihi/Midsummer
Christmas/Mysterious Business/Apricot Tree/Convenience is a Ghost/Maze Biscuit/Where Are You? / Mysterious Mochi 2 Soppa Soppa Soppa / The Shoes of the End / Jojo / The Miso Soup Problem / I Love You, I Don’t Love You / Christmas Pot Dishes / How to Make a Party / Mikan-chan / Good Girl! / In a cut glass bowl / Figs and small birds / Final home / A long way / Memories are waiting 3 Sea foam / Somen lunch / Corona and insects / Tattered dish towel / Chestnut rice / “ Dishes that don’t come with a “fashionable road” / Rice bran pickles / I love the moon / The voice of a vendor / Durian / Driving again? / Today’s dish / Coloring page 4 Eating snacks / Showa / Thinking in the lotus hole / Lonely soup / Mamemame, Mizutama / I like Tsugihagi / Eggs / I like crunchy food / Size problem / My house in Shimonoseki / Just… Cooking/Fingers speak/A ray of smoke/Spots, spots
in conclusion
Eiko Kadono’s past
Author introduction
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Eiko Kadono
Eiko Kadono
Born in Fukagawa, Tokyo. After graduating from university, he worked in the publishing department of Kinokuniya Bookstore and then lived in Brazil for two years from the age of 24. He made his debut as a writer in 1970 with the book “Luisinho: Visiting Brazil,” which he wrote based on his experiences. In 1985, he won the Noma Children’s Literature Award and the Shogakukan Literary Award for his masterpiece “Kiki’s Delivery Service.” He received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2000 and the Order of the Rising Sun with Small Ribbon in 2014. In 2016, he won the Sankei Children’s Publishing Culture Award and Nippon Broadcasting Award for “Tunnel Forest 1945”. In 2018, he won the International Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writer, which is known as the Nobel Prize for children’s literature. In 2023, she won the Murasaki Shikibu Literary Award for “Ico Traveling 1948”, and the Eiko Sumino Children’s Literature Museum in Edogawa Ward opened in November.
Product information
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“Delicious Fusen”
Book title: Delicious Fusen Author: Eiko Kadono Publisher: NHK Publishing Release date: November 7, 2023 List price: 2,035 yen (tax included) Specifications: B5 variant paperback Number of pages: 144 pages ISBN: 978-4-14- 005740-7
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4140057408
Rakuten Books: https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/17649721/NHK Publishing EC site: https://www.nhk-book.co.jp/detail/000000057402023.html