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Okinawa Bookstore Grand Prize おきなわしょてんたいしょう

Edition 8 (2022)

Novel CategoryLocal Book CategoryLiterary Book CategoryChildren's Book CategoryPicture Book CategoryOkinawa Category

Winners

9 people
Toma Aisaka あいさか とうま grand prize

During the German-Soviet war, Serafima, a girl who lost her mother, chooses to become a female sniper. The novel portrays wartime violence and female solidarity with intense momentum.

The girl takes up a rifle for revenge.

496 pages
war novelfemale soldiersGerman-Soviet warcoming of agerevenge
Mikito Chinen ちねん みきと runner-up grand prize

Set in a snowbound mansion, a group invited by a mystery-loving magnate confronts a series of murders and a thirteen-year-old crime. A classic mystery that races through its setup, clues, and shocking finale.

At the glass tower, the tragedies keep coming.

504 pages
classic mysterylocked-room mansionserial murderclue payoffchallenge to the reader
下瀬環 しもせ たまき grand prize

A field guide to 734 kinds of fish and seafood from Okinawa, presented with photos and notes on fishing methods, ways of eating, and local names.

A photo guide to the fish of Okinawa's seas.

207 pages
field guideOkinawafishseafoodreference book
Pia Editorial Department ぴあ へんしゅうぶ runner-up grand prize

An official guidebook to Okinawa TV's food program 'Ageage Meshi,' collecting 100 selected restaurants along with interviews, staff talk, and coupons.

One hundred carefully selected spots from the show's restaurant visits.

94 pages
food guideOkinawa TVguidebookMOOKlocal food
前田勇樹 まえだ ゆうき excellence award

An introductory book coedited by Yuki Maeda, Kei Konagura, and Michihiro Akiyama that rereads Okinawa's modern and contemporary history through its links to world and Japanese history. Fifteen chapters and twenty columns organize perspectives for thinking about issues facing Okinawan society.

A guide to rereading Okinawa's modern history as a way to think about the present.

232 pages
Okinawamodern historyintroductory guidehistorycolumns
古波蔵契 こなぐら けい excellence award

An introductory book coedited by Yuki Maeda, Kei Konagura, and Michihiro Akiyama that rereads Okinawa's modern and contemporary history through its links to world and Japanese history. Fifteen chapters and twenty columns organize perspectives for thinking about issues facing Okinawan society.

A guide to rereading Okinawa's modern history as a way to think about the present.

232 pages
Okinawamodern historyintroductory guidehistorycolumns
秋山道宏 あきやま みちひろ excellence award

An introductory book coedited by Yuki Maeda, Kei Konagura, and Michihiro Akiyama that rereads Okinawa's modern and contemporary history through its links to world and Japanese history. Fifteen chapters and twenty columns organize perspectives for thinking about issues facing Okinawan society.

A guide to rereading Okinawa's modern history as a way to think about the present.

232 pages
Okinawamodern historyintroductory guidehistorycolumns
柴田ケイコ しばた けいこ grand prize

The second picture book in Keiko Shibata's 'Pan Dorobo' series. After Pan Dorobo becomes a bread maker, a fake bread thief appears and sparks a new commotion at the forest bakery.

A fake bread thief appears, and another incident begins to brew at the forest bakery.

32 pages
picture bookhumorbreadserieschildren's literature
Shinsuke Yoshitake よしたけ しんすけ runner-up grand prize

A picture book that traces the many "that much" moments of parenting while looking at the passage from childhood to adulthood.

It captures days that change before you know it, after wanting something so much.

48 pages
growthparentingfamilychangepicture book