* The Island of Kyushu (1973)
* Ιαπωνία (1974)
* Genji Days (1977)
* Low City, High City:Tokyo from Edo to the Earthquake (1983)
* Kikyō:Poems of Nakahara Chūya (1985)
* Αυτή η χώρα, Ιαπωνία (1991)
* Tokyo Rising:The City After the Great Earthquake of 1923 (1991)
* Tanizaki (1994)
* Tokyo Central:A Memoir (2000)
* The Last Great Island:An Epic Story of Japan's Nineteenth-Century Transformation (2002)
* Ashikaga Yoshimasa και Silver Pavilion:The Creation of the Soul of Japan (2005)
Μεταφράσεις:
* The Tale of Genji του Murasaki Shikibu (1976)
* The Gossamer Years της Fumiko Enchi (1981)
* Kesa and Morito του Ozaki Kōyō (1982)
* Botchan του Natsume Sōseki (1984)
* Kokoro του Natsume Sōseki (1991)
* Φως και Σκοτάδι του Natsume Sōseki (1993)
* Sanshirō του Natsume Sōseki (1995)
* Grass on the Wayside της Naoya Shiga (1997)
* The Makioka Sisters του Jun'ichiō Tanizaki (1998)
* The Makioka Sisters:A Novel of Modern Japan by Jun'ichiō Tanizaki (2003)