Morimi takes on the classics! Five reimagined masterworks of Japanese literature come to life once more on the streets of Kyoto. From burlesque depictions of... more>> friendship to thought-provoking explorations of ambition and solitude, Morimi brings the classics into the modern age with his signature wit and unmistakable style. <<less

The second book from Uchoten Kazoku series revolves around Professor Akadama's estranged son, Nidaime's return to Kyoto.

Summer. Kyoto. Inferno. Air conditioner. Ozu. Cola. Despair. Time machine. Akashi. Time machine!? Opportunity. Akashi. Universe. Salvation? Obliteration? Akashi?... more>>

The long awaited follow-up to The Tatami Galaxy. Based on Summer Time Machine Blues, a (screen)play by frequent Morimi collaborator Ueda Makoto. <<less

None of us could forget her.... more>>

The six of us spent our college days in Kyoto. Ten years ago at the Kurama Fire Festival, Hasegawa vanished into thin air. Ten years later, the remaining five found ourselves back in Kurama once again, hoping to meet her one more time. As night fell, we began to swap stories about strange things we'd encountered on our journeys, including the mysterious series of artworks by Kishida Michio called "Night Train". Morimi Tomihiko masterfully weaves strands of youth and fantasy into spine-tingling ghost stories of sojourns into night.

"There's no place that night doesn't touch. All the world's in perpetual night." <<less

Fun things are good things! That's the favorite saying of Yasaburō, third son of the celebrated Shimogamo tanuki clan. Risking the good name of his... more>> family, Yasaburō runs wild with his brothers all over the city of Kyōto, where their archrivals, the Ebisugawa clan, hold sway. But things aren't all rosy for the inexperienced tanuki siblings: Yasaburō's mentor, a tengu, has fallen head over talons for a beautiful human woman, and their perfidious tanuki rivals are hatching a dastardly plot. Betrayal, strife, and fluffy love await in Morimi's fantasy masterpiece. <<less

I am an unfulfilled third year university student. Led on by my frenemy Ozu; pushed around by the preposterous demands of the mysterious, freewheeling Master Higuchi; unable to approach the beautiful, aloof maiden Akashi; I find myself far from the rosy campus life I had dreamed of. If this is how it's going to be, I had rather return to my sparkling days as a freshman and do it all over again!... more>>

A rambling chronicle that sends you hurtling through four parallel realities on a bittersweet journey through youth. <<less

During an excursion with an eccentric acquaintance, I am accused of breaking the Gion Festival Ordinance by a burly posse. Seized and taken on a whirlwind tour through Yoiyama, I come face-to-face with a gallery of exotic, grotesque characters. But who's this "Lord Yoiyama" that they all seem to revere? (Yoiyama Goldfish)... more>>

I wake up, only to find that today is Yoiyama... just like yesterday was, and the day before that. How in the world am I going to find a way to escape this loop? (Yoiyama Maze)

A collection of strange and wonderful short stories, weaving in and out through the backdrop of the Gion Festival's Yoiyama. Morimi takes you into a fantastical world where the colors of fantasy and reality blur into each other like a kaleidoscope. <<less