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Our Friends at the Convenience Store by the Sea

By Sonoko Machida
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Episode 1: My Favourite Idol Heats Up Mojiko PortNakao, a huge fan, rushes over to help when his favourite idol comes to Mojiko Port, but it seems he has a problem. Episode 2: Hello, FriendsWhat new step will a young housewife take, living away from her... Read More
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The third charming and heartwarming volume in the internationally bestselling series by award-winning Japanese author Sonoko Machida

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Episode 1: My Favourite Idol Heats Up Mojiko Port
Nakao, a huge fan, rushes over to help when his favourite idol comes to Mojiko Port, but it seems he has a problem.

Episode 2: Hello, Friends
What new step will a young housewife take, living away from her hometown?

Episode 3: Storm in the Blossoms
The devilish woman who deeply hurt the heart of Tsugi, the second son of the convenience store brothers, proposes a "fake romance"!?

An uplifting collection of three interconnected stories set in a 24/7 Japanese convenience store.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781398728820

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 November 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Orion

Contributors:

  • Translated by Bruno Navasky

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 144

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About the Author

Sonoko Machida is an award-winning Japanese author, born in 1980 in Fukuoka Prefecture. In 2016, she won the Onna ni yoru onna no tame no R-18 bungakusho (By Women for Women R-18 Literature Prize) for Kamerun no aoi sakana (Blue Fish of Cameroon). Her masterpiece 52 herutsu no kujira-tachi (The 52-Hertz Whales), won the 2021 Japanese Booksellers' Award and became a bestseller with about half a million copies sold in Japan. Her two following novels, Hoshi wo sukuu (Scooping Up the Stars) and Sora gohan (Sora's Recipes), were both nominated for the award in consecutive years.

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