Read an Exclusive Excerpt of Totto-chan, The Little Girl at the Window: The Sequel

Read an Exclusive Excerpt of Totto-chan, The Little Girl at the Window: The Sequel

To say that Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's 1981 memoir Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window was a success would be a huge understatement. Decades later, it remains the best-selling book in the country's history and has become a major hallmark of Japan's postwar cultural movement. Now, at long last, the sequel is coming to US shores.Kodansha will release Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window: The Sequel on November 18, 2025. The book features an E…

Kodansha USA Holds NYC Book Signing, Talk, Film Screening for Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window: The Sequel Novel

Talk event, signing feature translator Yuki Tejima, with film screening of Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window

Kodansha USA to Release Long-Awaited Sequel to Tetsuko Kuroyanagi’s Bestselling Memoir

(October 15, 2025) Japanese pop-culture icon Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, whose bestselling autobiography Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window, first published in 1981, did as much as any book to set the tone for Japan’s postwar culture, has now published her long-awaited sequel to that memoir. The original installment, Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window, which chronicled the writer’s Tokyo childhood and eclectic school life in the run-up to …

Kodansha USA to release long-awaited sequel to Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's memoir — Major Spoilers — Comic Book Reviews, News, Previews, and Podcasts

PRESS RELEASE Japanese pop-culture icon Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, whose bestselling autobiography Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window, first published in 1981, did as much as any book to set the tone for Japan’s postwar culture, has now published her long-awaited sequel to that memoir. The original installment, Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window, which [...]

Kodansha USA to Release Sequel to Tetsuko Kuroyanagi’s Memoir

(October 15, 2025) Japanese pop-culture icon Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, whose bestselling autobiography Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window, first published in 1981, did as much as any book to set the tone for Japan’s postwar culture, has now published her long-awaited sequel to that memoir. The original installment, Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window, which chronicled the writer’s Tokyo childhood and eclectic school life in the run-up to …