Ginny Tapley Takemori
@ginnytkmr.bsky.social
Literary translator from Japanese
Convenience Store Woman, Earthlings, Life Ceremony, Vanishing World (Sayaka Murata), The Little House, Things Remembered And Things Forgotten (Kyoko Nakajima), Mornings Without Mii (Mayumi Inaba), and plenty more!
Convenience Store Woman, Earthlings, Life Ceremony, Vanishing World (Sayaka Murata), The Little House, Things Remembered And Things Forgotten (Kyoko Nakajima), Mornings Without Mii (Mayumi Inaba), and plenty more!
Come join us! #translation #booksky
September 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Come join us! #translation #booksky
Publication day! This was one of the hardest stories I’ve ever translated, both for the language and content. It’s also one of the most important stories I’ve translated. I hope as many people as possible will read it and reflect on the reality of war.
#booksky #translation #literarytranslation
#booksky #translation #literarytranslation
September 4, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Publication day! This was one of the hardest stories I’ve ever translated, both for the language and content. It’s also one of the most important stories I’ve translated. I hope as many people as possible will read it and reflect on the reality of war.
#booksky #translation #literarytranslation
#booksky #translation #literarytranslation
The sale on imported books is still on at Kinokuniya Takashimaya in Shinjuku over the weekend. Here’s my haul from yesterday!
May 31, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The sale on imported books is still on at Kinokuniya Takashimaya in Shinjuku over the weekend. Here’s my haul from yesterday!
April 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Book birthday!
Sayaka Murata’s Vanishing World, US publication 15 April by @groveatlantic.bsky.social
Enjoy!
#translation #literarytranslation #japaneseliterature #books
Sayaka Murata’s Vanishing World, US publication 15 April by @groveatlantic.bsky.social
Enjoy!
#translation #literarytranslation #japaneseliterature #books
April 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Book birthday!
Sayaka Murata’s Vanishing World, US publication 15 April by @groveatlantic.bsky.social
Enjoy!
#translation #literarytranslation #japaneseliterature #books
Sayaka Murata’s Vanishing World, US publication 15 April by @groveatlantic.bsky.social
Enjoy!
#translation #literarytranslation #japaneseliterature #books
Copyright matters. Authors, translators and illustrators should to be paid for the use of their work. Meta is using stolen work. Information in comments.
April 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Copyright matters. Authors, translators and illustrators should to be paid for the use of their work. Meta is using stolen work. Information in comments.
It is exactly 14 years to the minute that we first felt the movements of what would be a M9 earthquake that lasted for over 5 minutes, set off a series of tsunami that claimed the lives of over 20,000 people and destroyed the homes of over 200,000 more, and also led to nuclear meltdown in Fukushima.
March 11, 2025 at 5:47 AM
It is exactly 14 years to the minute that we first felt the movements of what would be a M9 earthquake that lasted for over 5 minutes, set off a series of tsunami that claimed the lives of over 20,000 people and destroyed the homes of over 200,000 more, and also led to nuclear meltdown in Fukushima.
Sayaka Murata writes them, I translate them, and Nancy Wu narrates them ❤️
#japaneseliterature #books #translation #audiobooks #narration
#japaneseliterature #books #translation #audiobooks #narration
February 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Sayaka Murata writes them, I translate them, and Nancy Wu narrates them ❤️
#japaneseliterature #books #translation #audiobooks #narration
#japaneseliterature #books #translation #audiobooks #narration
The Alliance Literary Festival in Bengaluru is AMAZING! So grateful to have been invited.
#translation
#translation
February 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The Alliance Literary Festival in Bengaluru is AMAZING! So grateful to have been invited.
#translation
#translation
Peace. Hold it close, cherish it, nurture it. It is more fragile than you may imagine.
January 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Peace. Hold it close, cherish it, nurture it. It is more fragile than you may imagine.
From FB, but I reckon Bluesky deserves it too.
January 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
From FB, but I reckon Bluesky deserves it too.
Totally looking forward to the Alliance Literary Festival in Bangalore in February, along with some wonderful Japanese authors!
January 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Totally looking forward to the Alliance Literary Festival in Bangalore in February, along with some wonderful Japanese authors!
Good morning world!
November 30, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Good morning world!
Epic day/night out in Tokyo, at Nonfiction For No Reason #2. Via Asako Yuzuki (of Butter fame) singing karaoke, ending at a mystery bar in Shinjuku sanchome ❤️
November 16, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Epic day/night out in Tokyo, at Nonfiction For No Reason #2. Via Asako Yuzuki (of Butter fame) singing karaoke, ending at a mystery bar in Shinjuku sanchome ❤️
Loving these autumn mornings
November 13, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Loving these autumn mornings
Happy book birthday!
‘Inaba is writing about love, the sort of love one could equally have for a human companion, about her pleasure in Mii’s company and ultimately, about grief.’
Nicky Harman, Books on Asia
‘Inaba is writing about love, the sort of love one could equally have for a human companion, about her pleasure in Mii’s company and ultimately, about grief.’
Nicky Harman, Books on Asia
October 3, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Happy book birthday!
‘Inaba is writing about love, the sort of love one could equally have for a human companion, about her pleasure in Mii’s company and ultimately, about grief.’
Nicky Harman, Books on Asia
‘Inaba is writing about love, the sort of love one could equally have for a human companion, about her pleasure in Mii’s company and ultimately, about grief.’
Nicky Harman, Books on Asia
Just received my copies of the hard cover. Love the paw prints! Out on October 3.
September 24, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Just received my copies of the hard cover. Love the paw prints! Out on October 3.
Grove Atlantic made an announcement ❤️
August 30, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Grove Atlantic made an announcement ❤️
What to do when you have a zucchini glut (spotted in a little bookstore in Vermont)
August 10, 2024 at 4:06 PM
What to do when you have a zucchini glut (spotted in a little bookstore in Vermont)
Always a thrill to spot my translations in the wild: at Barnes & Noble, Union Square, NYC
August 7, 2024 at 5:05 AM
Always a thrill to spot my translations in the wild: at Barnes & Noble, Union Square, NYC
NYC, it’s been too long! Loving being back.
August 6, 2024 at 1:58 AM
NYC, it’s been too long! Loving being back.
I am beyond delighted that FSG has decided to keep the original title Mornings Without Mii for their US edition of Mayumi Inaba’s memoir, and I love the cover too! Out February 2025.
August 2, 2024 at 9:29 PM
I am beyond delighted that FSG has decided to keep the original title Mornings Without Mii for their US edition of Mayumi Inaba’s memoir, and I love the cover too! Out February 2025.
Beautiful full moon night
July 21, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Beautiful full moon night
My village festival last night. Pity I can’t post a video here, as the battle between the omikoshi and shishi is quite spectacular.
July 21, 2024 at 8:28 AM
My village festival last night. Pity I can’t post a video here, as the battle between the omikoshi and shishi is quite spectacular.