CITY · JAPANBooks set in Kyoto
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12 books · 9 authors · 1021–2020
12 books here
Most-set authors
Yasunari Kawabata (3) · Junichiro Tanizaki (2) · Naoya Shiga (1) · Asha Lemmie (1) · Arthur Golden (1) · Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1)
Genres
literary fiction (7) · romance (1) · mystery & crime (1)
Books set here
Set in Kyoto (11)
A Dark Night's Passing
Naoya Shiga
central setting of later narrative
Beauty and Sadness
Yasunari Kawabata
Post-war Kyoto, artist's reunion
Fifty Words for Rain
Asha Lemmie
Imperial-era Japanese city; 1948 setting of Nori's aristocratic family estate where she is hidden and raised in shame
Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden
geisha district
Rashomon and Other Stories
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Rashomon Gate and medieval Kyoto streets
The Honjin Murders
Seishi Yokomizo
Murder mystery setting
The Key
Junichiro Tanizaki
1956 Kyoto: a professor and his wife keep secret diaries of obsession and desire
The Old Capital
Yasunari Kawabata
kimono district, city festivals
The Tale of Genji
Murasaki Shikibu
Heian court
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Yukio Mishima
temple city setting
Thousand Cranes
Yasunari Kawabata
tea ceremony setting
Also featuring Kyoto (1)
Notable locations in Kyoto
Gion, Kyoto1Ichiriki Ochaya1Kinkaku-ji1Otani University1
Nearby books
A Dark Night's Passing
Naoya Shiga
0 km · Kyoto
Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden
1 km · Gion, Kyoto
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Yukio Mishima
4 km · Otani University
Palaver
Bryan Washington
36 km · Nara
Runaway Horses
Yukio Mishima
36 km · Nara
Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami
43 km · Osaka
Family Meal
Bryan Washington
43 km · Osaka
Journey Under the Midnight Sun
Keigo Higashino
43 km · Osaka