We've joined Substack! Our substack, titled The Stone Bridge, will serve as a middle point between our books and your curiosities. It is where we hope to share excerpts, short stories, flash fiction, articles, and other cultural insights.
The path begins here…
Welcome to The Stone Bridge, the substack offshoot of award-winning independent publisher Stone Bridge Press. Founded over thirty years ago, Stone Bridge Press publishes books about Asia — especially Japan and China — on subjects as diverse as language, business, literature, manga/anime, design, travel, and culture.
What to expect…
The Stone Bridge serves as a middle point between our books and your curiosities. It is where we hope to share excerpts, short stories, flash fiction, articles, and other cultural insights.
Our first post explores Old Japan and Donald Richie's The Inland Sea
The pandemic has made travel difficult in recent years. In the case of Japan, impossible, as it elected to close its borders. Fortunately, reopening seems to be right around the corner. While we sit at home waiting for restrictions to ease, what recourse do we have but to travel vicariously through words and images?