DAYS AT TORUNKA CAFE: A NOVEL BY SATOSHI YAGISAWA Firefight wielding huge armies of samurai

wielding huge armies of samurai and ashigaru against each other and devastating the land in great battles and campaigns

But while the cultures and traditions are varied

A brand-new revised and expanded hardcover edition of the bestselling graphic novel based on the enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings

Eliot Stein has traveled the globe in search of remarkable people who are preserving some of our most extraordinary cultural rites

visit every tavern in the kingdom

DAYS AT TORUNKA CAFE: A NOVEL BY SATOSHI YAGISAWA Firefight wielding huge armies of samuraiFrom the internationally bestselling author of the Morisaki Bookshop novels comes a charming and poignant story set at a quiet Tokyo caf where customers find unexpected connection and experience everyday miracles. Tucked away on a narrow side street in Tokyo is the Torunka Caf, a neighborhood 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