is a

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novelist, lyricist and translator. She was born in 1973 in

Yamagata, Yamagata is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Yamagata Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 248,772 in 103,165 households, and a population density of 650 persons per km2. The total a ...

. Several of her books have gained international recognition, such as ''The Restaurant of Love Regained'' (2008; Japanese Title: 食堂かたつむり - Shokudō Katatsumuri), described as a "

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", which was made into a

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in 2010 under the title "Shokudo Katatsumuri" ("Rinco's Restaurant").

Publications

* ''The Restaurant of Love Regained,'' 2008 * ''Tsurukame josan'in'', 2010 * ''Atsuatsu o meshiagare'', 2011 * ''Le ruban roman'', 2014 * ''La papeterie Tsubaki : roman'', 2016 * ''Le jardin arc-en-ciel : roman'', 2016 * ''La locanda degli amori diversi'', 2016 * ''Kirakira Kyōwakoku'', 2017

References

1973 births People from Yamagata Prefecture Writers from Yamagata Prefecture Japanese novelists Living people {{Japan-writer-stub