Book Review: The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo

 

Review by JapaneseCustomer.com

Title: The Honjin Murders

By Seishi Yokomizo

Translated by Lousie Heal Kawai

Pages: 189

ISBN: 978-1-78227-500-8

Publisher: PushkinPress.com

"Set in 1937, a sleepy village town in Japan becomes the scene of a bizarre crime.

The wedding of a local landlord who is a relative of the local hotel which was famous for being a stop for feudal lords on the way to Tokyo to pay respects to the emperor creates a buzz that is soon hushed.

The spying of a mystery visitor prior to the wedding who has only three fingers and a strange appearance gets the locals gossiping wildly with suspicion.

Amateur detective Kosuke Kindaichi is called to investigate.

What will he find?"

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Reasons to visit Japan #1: Sea Urchin Vending Machine

 

Photo: Japanese Vending Machines

Japan is famous for its range of amazing vending machines

You can obtain many products from them including hot pizza, fruit, clothing, beer and fish!

A Sea Urchin vending machine was recently found in Osaka, Japan at 

Address

Sushi Kappo Shidashi Nangiku

 / 寿司割烹 南喜久
Address: Osaka-fu, Tondabayashi, Wakamatsuchonishi 2-1726-6
大阪府富田林市若松町西2-1726-6
Vending machine open 24 hours a day, 

seven days a week

Food items you can buy:

Sea Urchin 50 grams 1500 yen (US$13.20) per pack.

Yellowtail Kobujime Sushi 500 yen (US$4.38) per pack

Source: Sora News 24

Convenience store Family Mart hires a robot stocker

Video: Please note that the video is in Japanese Source: ANN News

''it appears Family Mart chose Telexistence’s very plain looking TXScara robot arm to do the stocking. As we can see in the video above, the arm automatically refills the display case by grabbing items from the stock shelves directly behind it and sliding them into the correct section.''

Source: Sora News24