The Kamogawa Food Detectives: The Heartwarming Japanese Bestseller
Author: Hisashi Kashiwai (Translated by Jesse Kirkwood)
ISBN: 9781035009597
Price: Rs. 1282.50 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition
Book Overview
What’s the one dish you’d do anything to taste just one more time? Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant called the Kamogawa Diner run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare. Customers who can find the hidden diner are treated to an extravagant meal, but it’s not the main reason for visiting . . . The father-daughter duo have started advertising their services as ‘food detectives’, capable of recreating a dish from their customers’ pasts that may well hold the key to forgotten memories and ongoing happiness. From the widower looking for a specific noodle dish that his wife used to cook to a first love’s beef stew, the restaurant of lost recipes provides a link to the past and a way to a more contented future. A bestseller in Japan, The Kamogawa Food Detectives is a celebration of good company and the power of a delicious meal.
Browse this title within our Children's Books collection. Edition details: English, 208 pages. Reference ISBN: 9781035009597.
About the Author
Hisashi Kashiwai was born in Kyoto and is a novelist, essayist, and renowned authority on Kyoto culinary culture.
Book Specifications & Quick Facts
- Reading Level
- Ages 6–10 / Early Readers
- Language & Format
- English • Paperback
- ISBN Reference
- 9781035009597
- Publisher
- Mantle / Pan Macmillan
- Pan-India Delivery
- Dispatches in 24–48 Hours across India
What is this book about?
What’s the one dish you’d do anything to taste just one more time? Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant called the Kamogawa Diner run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare. Customers who can find the hidden diner are treated to an extravagant meal, but it’s not the...
Who should read this book?
Ideal for young readers, parents, and elementary school students looking for an engaging, humor-filled adventure that builds reading confidence and vocabulary.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll fall in love with this gentle, soul-soothing story that blends food, memory, and human connection. Set in a hidden Kyoto diner, it invites you to slow down and savor how a single dish can unlock forgotten moments and heal old wounds. Each chapter feels like a warm meal shared with strangers who quickly feel like friends. It’s a premium, feel-good Japanese bestseller that leaves you comforted, reflective, and quietly happy long after the last page.
- Published by Mantle / Pan Macmillan.
- Language: English.
- Page count: 208.
Catalog Description
What’s the one dish you’d do anything to taste just one more time? Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant called the Kamogawa Diner run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare. Customers who can find the hidden diner are treated to an extravagant meal, but it’s not the main reason for visiting . . . The father-daughter duo have started advertising their services as ‘food detectives’, capable of recreating a dish from their customers’ pasts that may well hold the key to forgotten memories and ongoing happiness. From the widower looking for a specific noodle dish that his wife used to cook to a first love’s beef stew, the restaurant of lost recipes provides a link...
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