also known as "cozy fiction", heartwarming, comforting stories focusing on everyday life, most well known examples would be Before The Coffee Gets Gold or Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
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last updated August, 2025
The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park
Michiko Aoyama
Rental Person Who Does Nothing
Shoji Morimoto
The Goodbye Cat
Hiro Arikawa
Honeybees and Distant Thunder
Riku Onda
Tokyo Ueno Station
Yū Miri
The Housekeeper and the Professor
Yōko Ogawa
The Calico Cat at the Chibineko Kitchen (Meals to Remember at the Chibineko Kitchen, #2)
Yuta Takahashi
The Chibineko Kitchen (Meals to Remember at the Chibineko Kitchen, #1)
Sweet Bean Paste
Durian Sukegawa
The Nameless Restaurant (Hidden Dishes, #1)
Tao Wong
The Cat Who Saved the Library (The Cat Who..., #2)
Sōsuke Natsukawa
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
Mizuki Tsujimura
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
The Healing Season of Pottery
Yeon Somin
The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)
Shion Miura
The Guest Cat
Takashi Hiraide
The Passengers on the Hankyu Line
The Blanket Cats
Kiyoshi Shigematsu
If Cats Disappeared from the World
Genki Kawamura
Letters from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery Shop
Kenji Ueda
Water Moon
Samantha Sotto Yambao
Yeonnam-Dong's Smiley Laundromat
Kim Jiyun
The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen (Meals to Remember at the Chibineko Kitchen, #1)
The Second Chance Convenience Store
Kim Ho-yeon
The Rainfall Market
You Yeong-Gwang
The Convenience Store by the Sea
Sonoko Machida
The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1)
Mai Mochizuki
The Lantern of Lost Memories
Sanaka Hiiragi
DallerGut Dream Department Store
Lee Mi-ye
The Cat Who Saved Books
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