Japan stories, books, poems, and more

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Fed up with his dreary life in Japan, David is contemplating going back to the States when his friend John makes an absolutely crazy suggestion. Read More
A short story I wrote several years ago. It is a story about writing a story which is a bit 'meta'. Have fun! Read More
Maria and her family go on vacation to Osaka. Her dad picks the Bakken residence to live in. What will wait for them inside the house? Read More
The town of Tsukigata is under the claw of a beast. Who is this beast and who's going to be its next victim? Read More

Tags: japan

Book / Gay and Lesbian

February 14, 2024

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Tags: gay, drugs, travel, sex, japan

19-year old Wyatt's life was in his eyes, a misery. Sure, he definitely was very smart, smart enough to become a inventor, and got good grades, his parents made sure that they lived in a comfortable house. But Wyatt was alwaly's picked on because his dad, wasn't his dad. He… Read More
war and drought ravage the island of kaguta! amid the turmoil, two people on separate journeys, k? and saiban, travel the island in search of the fabled warrior, ank?ro. desperate to find her ... and kill her. along the way, they both become entangled in a conspiracy that could have… Read More

Script / Other

October 06, 2023

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Visual sort of compo for an electronic music that Tetsuo promised to do... Read More
The most notorious vampire in the world conducts a plan that requires two teams from the order of light to be called into action. This world spanning battle holds the fate of humanity in the balance. Read More
An intriguing spy story. Read More

Tags: history, japan

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One bomb, six million deaths. one survivor The aftermath begins. Read More

Book / Horror

July 19, 2023

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Having received a suicide note from his sister, Kyodai Nagase begins a desperate race to get to the notorious Aokigahara forest in the hope of saving her. A close car crash forced him to rest at a hotel, but all isn't as it appears. Love and death take new meaning,… Read More

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Japan. The Edo Period. There’s a thriving pleasure district in the city that employs hundreds of women. This is the story of one. Read More
Having found a piece of matcha cake and being bowled over by the taste, Horace learns that matcha comes from the East. He sets off, trying to find the country wher such a delicacy comes from. He travels over Europe, sampling the delicacies of different countries in the hopes of… Read More

Book / Poetry

December 28, 2022

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This is a collection of short poems written in a samurai's perspective. Most of the poems are based on philosophy that tries to define life, marriage, peace, death, love and other topics. I've applied the format that consists of three lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5)… Read More

Book / Romance

November 30, 2022

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Jayan is an English teacher and he decided to settle down in the big neighborhood of Minato-Ku, in Japan. Read More

Tags: gay, fiction, novel, dear, japan

There is an unhealthy return to the theories of racial superiority in Japan. Read More

Tags: usa, japan, china, korea

Article / Editorial and Opinion

September 17, 2022

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Support for independence in Okinawa Read More

Tags: usa, japan, okinawa

A brief argument piece in opposition to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Read More
A poem about a Samurai One of the first poems I ever written - date: 1-17-13 If you like what I do please visit my website. ---> https://ko-fi.com/ghoulishtalestudios _____________________________ Read More
Twins Ichiro and Kanon Sakurai are in their first year of high school. After an argument between their Japanese grandmother and their American father, they somehow travel back in time to Hiroshima in 1945. They soon realize they must survive one of the biggest events in history and in the… Read More

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This short story takes you back to the year 1935 and explores young Miyagi's life. Before he left for America and befriended Daniel during the 80s, Miyagi had his own teen story and love interest which resulted in him making enemies with his pal Sato. Just what exactly happened between… Read More
Welcome to my first ever book! This is a ROMANCE/DRAMA/SLICE OF LIFE novel. Go on a trip with Haru Sato as he experiences life in his new home of Tokyo. Haru is now 17 years old and he wants to make a change to his life, which is... blending in… Read More
Inside the mind of a troubled video game designer. Read More
The streets of Tokyo are different at night. There is darkness behind the glitter and the neon lights, and people who prefer to stay in the shadows, to dwell in the underworld – whores, gangsters, the homeless, the lost. People like Sato. He’s part of this world, he always has… Read More
A retelling and continuation of 12th-century novel fragment 'Mushi Medzuru Himegimi': The Lady Who Loved Insects Read More
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