New Release — Namakemono no Otsukemono (Kin no Hoshisha), September 17

A new picture book, Namakemono no Otsukemono, has been published by Kin no Hoshisha on September 17, 2026. The latest work by Michiko Tamada, author of the hit Gyoza ga Inaku Nari Sagashiteimasu.

A "lazy" cucumber who's no good at pickling gets kicked out of the nukadoko bran bed — "If you're not going to become a tasty pickle, out you go!" — then tossed around by a cat and a baby all the way to an elementary school. Turning into a relay baton, a recorder and more on its go-with-the-flow journey, where will the cucumber finally find its place? A wildly unpredictable, humor-filled and heartwarming picture book connected by "mono" (things).

Price: ¥1,760 (tax included)
ISBN: 978-4-323-07609-6