Which station are you standing at now?
It sold over a million copies in just seven days.
The mega-bestseller the world has been waiting for

Haruki Murakami's first full-length novel in three years, "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage," has been published by Minumsa.
It is a world-famous work that rewrote the history of bestsellers, garnering much attention with its unprecedented first edition of 500,000 copies in Japan and surpassing 1 million copies in just 7 days after its publication.


This work depicts the pilgrimage of Tsukuru Tazaki, a man working for a railway company, in search of his lost past. It captures the distance between individuals, the relationship between past and present, and the process of loss and recovery.


Set against the backdrop of the concise and meditative melodies of Franz Liszt's "Years of Pilgrimage" (Lazar Berman), Tsukuru Tazaki embarks on a fateful journey in search of forgotten times and places, from the bustling Tokyo station to Nagoya, where the past lives and breathes, to the Finnish lakeside town of Hämeenlinna, and back to Tokyo.
This work, which makes us look back on ‘what must be recovered’ through the materials of ‘color’ and ‘pilgrimage’, is a particularly honest and reflective story among Haruki Murakami’s works, and has been evaluated as “the first realistic novel presented by Haruki Murakami since ‘Norwegian Wood’.”
This is Haruki Murakami's 'literary return'.


Until its publication, it became a hot topic because no information related to the work, such as its content or background, was revealed, and the fans' expectations were proven when a line of readers formed at a famous bookstore in Tokyo at midnight on the day of its publication to buy the book.
Meanwhile, in Korea, as soon as the publication was decided, the media and the public's attention was focused, and with strong issues such as 200,000 copies of the first edition, 180,000 copies pre-ordered before publication, and the number one bestseller in each bookstore during the pre-order period, the 'Murakami Haruki Power' was clearly proven.


This work was translated by Yang Eok-gwan, a professional translator who has translated works by Haruki Murakami, Ryu Murakami, and Keigo Higashino.
He faithfully and fluently translates the philosophical symbolism and three-dimensional character psychology embedded in each word, providing Korean fans eagerly awaiting Haruki Murakami's new work with an unforgettable pilgrimage.


As an adult reflects on the losses he has experienced in his life, we will gain hope to move forward with life 'again' as we journey with Tsukuru Tazaki through this painful and arduous, yet also precious, time.


■ In the summer of his twenties, when everything was perfect, Tsukuru Tazaki began his pilgrimage.

“It happened during the summer vacation of my second year of college.
And from that summer onwards, Tsukuru Tazaki's life changed completely from what it had been before."

Twenty-year-old Tsukuru Tazaki is suddenly cut off from his four closest friends.
Without even knowing why.
So there was no excuse.
Tsukuru Tazaki, who suffered the despair of being cut off from the perfect community, lives from July to January of the following year with only death in mind.
After enduring a lonely and harsh time, as if he were being pushed into the night sea alone, he becomes a completely different person.

At the age of thirty-six, Tsukuru Tazaki designs stations for a railway company.
The act of creating a station means connecting with the world for him.
One day, an unexpected love comes to him, who has been living silently, covering up the loss of the past.
Sara Kimoto, a travel agent two years his senior who has completely captured his heart, hears about Tsukuru Tazaki's perfect community and its ending during his high school years and suggests that he go on a pilgrimage to find 'what he has lost.'

And the journey to remember one's own 'color', the 'perfection' that once belonged to one, begins, as always, at a station crowded with people.

It is a remarkably simple and concise story among Haruki Murakami's works.
However, the intersecting timelines, mysterious elements, and immersive, fast-paced pace keep the reader's attention from the moment they open the first page until they close the last.
The story progresses as it searches for answers to various questions.
Why was Tsukuru Tazaki suddenly ostracized by his friends? What secrets does Tsukuru Tazaki harbor, unknown even to himself? What are the true intentions of his lover, Sara Kimoto? And why, on earth, did everything once so perfect crumble without warning? As you search for answers, the story progresses from a simple and tranquil beginning to a complex middle where time is multiplied and complex, and finally to a powerful and poignant conclusion where everything is revealed.


Professor Kazunari Yonemitsu (Ritsumeikan University), who was the first to review the work after its publication, asked, “Is this Haruki Murakami’s first mystery novel?” about the work’s honest charm and the pleasure of reading, and added, “This is a must-read for fans, of course.”
And in the sense that it is straightforward and easy to understand, I recommend it to people who have not read Haruki Murakami's work before."


This work started out as a short story, but as I wrote, it naturally became longer.
As the author said, “I don’t have many cases like that, but this is the first time since ‘Norwegian Wood’,” the extremely unadorned color tone reminiscent of his masterpiece ‘Norwegian Wood’ stands out.
A compelling composition that keeps you glued to the page, a deep, intense sense of nostalgia and loneliness, and even a deep inner resonance that penetrates every aspect of life.

Haruki Murakami, a beloved author of his time whose works have been translated into over 45 languages ​​around the world.
This new work, which contemplates life with a more honest gaze than ever before and seems to speak to the reader in his own voice beyond the pages, will allow us to experience the special joy of sharing the literary 'peak' of the master.