CITY · JAPANBooks set in Tokyo
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40 books · 22 authors · 1905–2025
40 books here
Most-set authors
Haruki Murakami (6) · Yukio Mishima (4) · William Gibson (3) · Ryu Murakami (3) · Keigo Higashino (3) · Sayaka Murata (2)
Genres
literary fiction (15) · thriller & suspense (3) · mystery & crime (3) · romance (2)
Books set here
Set in Tokyo (30)
All She Was Worth
Miyuki Miyabe
bubble-era Tokyo backdrop
Almost Transparent Blue
Ryu Murakami
Yokota air base vicinity
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Tokyo basement cafe time travel
Coin Locker Babies
Ryu Murakami
urban setting
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Haruki Murakami
present-day station designer life
Confessions of a Mask
Yukio Mishima
wartime Tokyo coming-of-age
Convenience Store Woman
Sayaka Murata
convenience store Keiko calls home
Debt of Honor
Tom Clancy
Japanese cabal base of operations
I Am a Cat
Natsume Sōseki
Meiji-era Tokyo neighborhood
Idoru
William Gibson
near-future Tokyo setting
Kitchen
Banana Yoshimoto
urban Tokyo apartment grief
Kokoro
Natsume Sōseki
Meiji Tokyo Sensei student bond
Malice
Keigo Higashino
murder investigation setting
No Longer Human
Osamu Dazai
Yozo's dissolution Tokyo bars
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
late-1960s student Tokyo
Palaver
Bryan Washington
the mother's arrival, present day
Spring Snow
Yukio Mishima
Taisho-era aristocratic Tokyo
Strange Weather in Tokyo
Hiromi Kawakami
izakaya romance in the city
The Box Man
Kobo Abe
urban wandering setting
The Face of Another
Kobo Abe
scientist crafts mask in Tokyo lab
The Sea of Fertility
Yukio Mishima
Tokyo and Japan
The Tokyo Zodiac Murders
Soji Shimada
central mystery setting
Water Moon
Samantha Sotto Yambao
the hidden pawnshop
The Devotion of Suspect X
Keigo Higashino
primary murder investigation area
In the Miso Soup
Ryu Murakami
red-light district tour guide
1Q84
Haruki Murakami
Portal used by Aomame to descend from the expressway
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami
Toru Okada's home ward
After Dark
Haruki Murakami
Iconic landmark above which the narrative hovers
Real World
Natsuo Kirino
Tokyo suburban teen milieu
Tokyo Ueno Station
Yu Miri
homeless ghost haunts park
Also featuring Tokyo (10)
All Tomorrow's Parties
William Gibson
parallel storyline location
Earthlings
Sayaka Murata
Natsukis everyday urban life
Ghostwritten
David Mitchell
jazz buff chapter
Grotesque
Natsuo Kirino
elite girls high school
Journey Under the Midnight Sun
Keigo Higashino
later years, economic-boom Japan
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
Kafka's origin, Nakata's base
Pachinko
Min Jin Lee
Later family chapters
Pattern Recognition
William Gibson
central Tokyo scenes
The Decay of the Angel
Yukio Mishima
Honda estate final scenes
The Fallen Man
Tony Hillerman
Japanese antagonist headquarters
Nearby books
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
0 km · Funiculi Funicula Cafe, Tokyo
Real World
Natsuo Kirino
3 km · Suginami, Tokyo
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami
3 km · Setagaya
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Haruki Murakami
4 km · Shinjuku Station
Coin Locker Babies
Ryu Murakami
4 km · Shinjuku, Tokyo
Grotesque
Natsuo Kirino
4 km · Shinjuku, Tokyo
1Q84
Haruki Murakami
4 km · Sangenjaya Emergency Staircase
After Dark
Haruki Murakami
5 km · Shibuya Scramble Crossing