Hika Harada

The Night Library is no ordinary library. Within it are found the rarest and most unusual collections – the books of deceased famous writers: the books they wrote, the books that inspired them, the books they loved. All Otaha Higuchi wants to do is work with books. However, the exhausting nature of her work at a chain bookstore, combined with...

What does the way you spend a small amount of money say about your life? In How to Use 3,000 Yen, Hika Harada weaves a warm, wise and deeply relatable story of three generations of women navigating love, work, family—and the quiet anxieties of money. From a young woman confronting the fragility of financial independence, to a mother managing a...