[Special website & PV unveiled for the first time] Set in Kichijoji! Shelf owners unravel everyday mysteries surrounding a shared bookstore in the bibliographical light mystery “Meeting in the Book Garden: A Small Mystery at Kichijoji’s Shared Bookstore,” on sale October 20th!
Micro Magazine, Inc. Press release: October 20, 2025 To Members of the Press [Special website & promotional video unveiled for the first time] The setting is Kichijoji! “Meeting in the Book Garden: A Small Mystery at Kichijoji’s Shared Bookstore,” a bibliographical light mystery in which shelf owners solve everyday mysteries surrounding a shared bookstore, will be released on October 20th! “Meeting in the Book Garden: A Small Mystery at Kichijoji’s Shared Bookstore,” will be released on October 20th! Micro Magazine (Chuo-ku, Tokyo) has released a promotional video and special website for “Meeting in the Book Garden: A Small Mystery at the Kichijoji Shared Bookstore,” to be published by Kotonoha Bunko. Click here for the PV and special website! Work PV YouTube:
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https://kotonohabunko.jp/special/honnoniwa/ A campaign is being held at some online bookstores where you can read selected titles at a discount! To celebrate the release of the new book, some online bookstores are running a campaign where you can read selected titles at a discount! We hope you enjoy Kotonoha Bunko books in e-book format.
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https://ebookjapan.yahoo.co.jp/free/64969/ Benefit information 〇 Exclusively available at participating bookstores: Original short story paper Exclusively available at participating bookstores: An original short story paper by Fujino Fujino! For more details, please visit the URL below. ▼https://kotonohabunko.jp/spcont/2510_tokuten/ *Distribution status and timing may vary by store. *Please inquire at the store to find out whether or not a bonus is included. Book information
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9784867168523 Price: ¥781 (¥710 10% tax) Release date: October 20, 2025 https://kotonohabunko.jp/detail/honnoniwa/ ○Synopsis This is “Honnoniwa,” a shared bookstore located in Kichijoji, Tokyo. This quirky shop, where “small bookstore owners” known as “shelf owners” arrange and sell their own books, is always filled with small “mysteries.” An elderly woman wants to recapture the memories of a precious book she exchanged with her best friend in her youth. A battle between the shelf owner and a customer who keeps buying the same zine, the creator of which is unknown. The thoughts behind the “reading trace books” filled with notes. The reason why this bookstore’s first books were “not for sale”… When someone’s “thoughts” that you overlooked at the time transcend time and appear before your eyes as a “mystery,” the friends at this bookstore will surely help you gently solve it. Welcome to the wonderful and gentle world of “little puzzles” where the aroma of books and coffee wafts through the air. Author information Novel: Fujino Fujino (Fujino Fujino) Born in Tokyo. Her hobbies are writing, walking, movies, and London. Kotonoha made her debut with the paperback “Cat and Curry Rice: Spices and the Secret Tail.” This work was her first to win the “Curry of the Year 2022 Planning Division” award for a novel. Her short story “Invited by a Funeral” won an honorable mention in the 5th Kotoba to Newcomer Award, sponsored by Shoshi Kankanbo. Her other published works include “Cats and Curry Rice: Biryani and the Morning Glow of the Ganges.” Her favorite spice is cardamom. Illustration: Nina Lives in Tottori. Mainly works on music video illustrations and CD jackets. Her dramatic worldview, featuring a sky motif and delicate use of light and color, has gained popularity. His book cover illustrations include Madoka Okita’s “I’ll Fall in Love with You for the First Time No Matter How Many Times” (Starts Publishing Bunko). Fujino Fujino’s debut work, the “Cat and Curry Rice” series, is now on sale from Kotonoha Bunko! Enjoy the exquisite spice curry, infused with the aroma of youth and love. A coming-of-age story for adults, led by a white cat.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/48095/2439/48095-2439-6a50f90c62aec0b450069382e706ff4a-983×1400.jpg Winner of the Curry of the Year 2022 Planning Category! “Cat and Curry Rice: Spices and the Secret Tail” Fiction: Fujino Fujino
Illustrations: Fusui Price: ¥759 (¥690 10% tax) ISBN:9784867161524 https://kotonohabunko.jp/detail/nekocurry/ His specialty is spicy curry. He’s unemployed. He’s just been dumped by his girlfriend. Led by a mysterious white cat, I, Matsumoto, reunite with my childhood friend, Nakamura, for the first time in over a decade. The two of us rented space and opened a curry restaurant, but when a student from the “Curry Prep School,” Mr. Narimiya, came to the restaurant, he said, “It’s amazing that you can make such a great dish as a hobby.” We wanted to do this seriously, not just as a hobby. We started attending a prep school attended by famous people in the curry world. To grasp our true “seriousness.” And so, together with his friends, he sets out to create the “ultimate meal.”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/48095/2439/48095-2439-19ba06cbe6ea55c72af60791573da0e6-986×1400.jpg “Cats and Curry Rice: Biryani and the Ganges Sunrise” Novel: Fujino Fujino Illustrations: Fusui Price: 781 yen (710 yen tax 10%) ISBN：9784867165188 https://kotonohabunko.jp/detail/nekocurry2/ Five years after graduating from curry prep school, Matsumoto and Nakamura are running a modest curry restaurant called “Neko to Curry Rice.” One day, Nakamura is approached from India to work on spice development, and Matsumoto is approached by his mentor, Sakamoto, to support his junior students at the curry prep school. The project lasts for about two weeks. While the two are pondering what to do with the restaurant during that time, a mysterious white cat appears before them for the first time in a long while. At that moment, the store was in trouble…!? The two-week closure felt as if it had been forcibly imposed upon them by heaven. Split into two locations, India and Tokyo, will they be able to create their new challenge: “Our Biryani”!?
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