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

Edition 10 (2024)

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

Winners

6 people
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi くろやなぎ てつこ grand prize

A memoir-like story that follows Totto's life after Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window. Moving between laughter and sorrow, it recounts her evacuation to Aomori after the Tokyo air raids, her school years, and the beginning of her career as an NHK actress.

From wartime evacuation to her first steps as an actress, Totto's memories illuminate a girl's coming of age and the shadows of her era.

256 pages
war and evacuationgirlhoodfamily memorieslearning and growththeatre and broadcasting
岡本尚文 おかもと なおふみ grand prize

A photo book that places images of postwar Okinawa alongside present-day photographs taken from the same locations and angles. Following 55 sites in Naha, Itoman, Okinawa City, Nago, and beyond, it reconsiders postwar history as it is inscribed in streetscapes, military bases, everyday life, and culture.

Paired fixed-point photographs trace the changing life and history of Okinawa.

144 pages
Postwar history of OkinawaFixed-point photographyMemory and landscapeMilitary bases and everyday life
當間早志 とうま さとし grand prize

This photographic book places images of postwar Okinawa alongside present-day photographs taken from the same locations and angles, tracing changes in the island's daily life, culture, and landscape. Across 55 fixed points, it reads historic events and ordinary lives as time preserved in place.

Stand in the same places, compare the photographs, and trace the time Okinawa has accumulated.

144 pages
postwar history of Okinawafixed-point photographychanging daily life and culturememory and landscape
Pia Editorial Department ぴあ へんしゅうぶ runner-up grand prize

The official guidebook to Okinawa Television's food program Ageage Meshi introduces the appeal of Okinawan dining, centered on establishments selected through viewer voting. Covering meat, Okinawan cuisine, noodles and rice, seafood, bread, and sweets, it brings together restaurants associated with the program and the pleasures of local food.

An official guide to award-winning, viewer-selected restaurants and other Okinawan favorites that lift the spirits.

100 pages
Okinawan food culturelocal restaurantstelevision program guidedining guide
安里幸男 あさと ゆきお excellence award

This book traces the career and coaching philosophy of Yukio Asato, a long-standing leader in Okinawan basketball. From the Hentona High School team's surprising run to third place at the Inter-High School Championships to his later challenges at Chatan High School, he reflects on tactics for overcoming adversity and on the commitment required to coach players wholeheartedly.

Follow the life and winning methods of a coach who showed that even a smaller team can compete on the national stage through the way it plays.

232 pages
high school basketballOkinawacoaching philosophytactics for overcoming adversityteam building
Noritake Suzuki すずき のりたけ grand prize

A humorous picture book that introduces the many everyday predicaments children suddenly face, arranged by their level of severity. This second volume adds the Big Predicament Graph, which considers six factors such as nervousness and frustration, turning familiar mishaps into laughter and discovery.

A cake is about to fall, and a lunch has been left behind. Looking at familiar predicaments, the book playfully considers why they happen and how to face them.

48 pages
everyday mishapshumourobserving childhoodunderstanding emotionsfacing problems