Description

Tokyo, remastered for 2026 — fiction and essays with the city’s edge.

How do we picture Japan without defaulting to the usual shortcuts? This edition was built as an alternative map — drawn by contributors across countries, professions, and cultures, trying to reach Japan as it is: complex, modern, and quietly radical.

Originally published as Japan: Drifting Islands, this remastered World Series edition features cover art by Mari Katayama, an exclusive post-Covid interview, an essay by travel writer Pico Iyer, and fiction from acclaimed novelist Mieko Kawakami. Tokyo is your entry point — Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ginza, Asakusa — but the reach is wider than the city.

Inside this edition:

• Japan beyond the clichés: A curated mix that pushes past the familiar images and gets closer to lived culture.
• Major voices, real craft: Pico Iyer, Mieko Kawakami, and a wide field of international contributors in conversation.
• Form and tradition, re-routed: A tracing of haiku’s movement and transformation across Africa and beyond.
• Restored for 2026: Cleaned and re-exported from the archive for clearer type, better contrast, and smoother mobile reading.

Formats included:

• High-Res PDF (Print-Ready)
• Screen PDF (Tablet/Phone Optimized)

For libraries/institutions: Includes Litro’s Library of Congress ISSN registration for cataloguing and referencing.

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