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

Edition 9 (2023)

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

Winners

9 people
あめあな grand prize

A sketch mystery in which nine drawings, growing more unsettling the longer you look at them, connect separate incidents and lead to a hidden truth.

The unease hidden in nine drawings slowly shifts the shape of the story.

288 pages
mysterydrawingsuneasetruth
Shinichiro Yuki ゆうき しんいちろう runner-up grand prize

A mystery that turns small distortions in everyday life into sharp reversals across five stories. It leaves you wanting to go back to the beginning and check the clues again.

Five traps flip the way ordinary daily life is seen.

224 pages
mysteryshort story collectiontwistscontemporary life
Masaya Muroi むろい まさや grand prize

A practical guide to traveling Okinawa by route bus. It shows how to enjoy the islands without a car, using information on stops and routes as a guide.

A book for enjoying Okinawa by route bus, even without a car.

168 pages
guidebookOkinawaroute bustravel
谷田貝哲 やたがい てつ grand prize

A practical guide to traveling Okinawa by route bus. It shows how to enjoy the islands without a car, using information on stops and routes as a guide.

A book for enjoying Okinawa by route bus, even without a car.

168 pages
guidebookOkinawaroute bustravel
林将之 はやし まさゆき runner-up grand prize

A plant guide centered on Okinawa Main Island and Ie Island, covering familiar wild plants, garden trees, forest trees, and ferns. Photos and indexes make it easy to search by color and shape.

Photos and indexes make it easy to look up Okinawa's familiar plants.

344 pages
plant guideOkinawanaturefield guide
名嘉初美 なか はつみ runner-up grand prize

A plant guide centered on Okinawa Main Island and Ie Island, covering familiar wild plants, garden trees, forest trees, and ferns. Photos and indexes make it easy to search by color and shape.

Photos and indexes make it easy to look up Okinawa's familiar plants.

344 pages
plant guideOkinawanaturefield guide
Kazufumi Miyazawa みやざわ かずふみ excellence award

Miyazawa Kazufumi traces 30 years of encounters with Okinawa's history, culture, and the song 'Shima Uta,' while searching for the words to speak about Okinawa through ten conversations.

Thirty years of facing Okinawa are traced through conversations and essays.

496 pages
Okinawainterviewsessayshistory and culture
Noritake Suzuki すずき のりたけ grand prize

A humorous picture book that classifies the 'big troubles' children encounter by level and likelihood. It is fun for the way it turns trouble into laughter.

Even a difficult moment can become a little funny if you change the way you look at it.

48 pages
picture bookhumorchildreneveryday trouble
いぬいさえこ いぬい さえこ runner-up grand prize

A humorous picture book that classifies the 'big troubles' children encounter by level and likelihood. It is fun for the way it turns trouble into laughter.

Even a difficult moment can become a little funny if you change the way you look at it.

48 pages
picture bookhumorchildreneveryday trouble