The Convenience Store by the Sea

De: Sonoko Machida, Bruno Navasky - translator

Narrado por: Yuriri Naka

The international bestseller with over half a million copies sold.

"An unexpected treasure." —Laurie Gilmore, bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Cafe

Welcome to Tenderness!

A quaint seaside town in Kitakyushu, Mojiko is full of hidden delights. And one unexpected treasure is the 24/7 convenience store, Tenderness.

Sure, it's a bit odd that the incredibly handsome manager has his own fan club. And perhaps the customers are somewhat eccentric, if not entertaining. But there's a warmth about the store that draws you in.

The truth is, Tenderness is different. Operating only in Kyushu, Tenderness stands firm and proud by its motto “Caring for People, Caring for You”, no matter the cause. And for Mitsuhiko, dishing out delicious food is simply the appetizer to his unsolicited but hearty wisdom on the town’s shenanigans.

An international bestseller with over half a million copies sold between Japan and South Korea, The Convenience Store by The Sea tells the delightfully quirky and heartfelt stories of the store’s customers and employees, offering us all a unique recipe for a good, fulfilling life.

©2025 Bruno Navasky (P)2025 Penguin Audio

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One of PEOPLE’s Best Books of July 2025
One of AARP's "Summer Escapes" Reads

"For lovers of Japanese translated fiction with an element of fable, comparable to The Blanket Cats and We’ll Prescribe You a Cat, this feline-free novel adopts the tone of small-town magic built on community caring and store manager Shiba." —Chicago Review of Books

"This Japanese bestseller unfolds in a 24/7 market where everyone knows your name. Its quirky staff and clientele will melt your heart. Fans of Gilmore Girls and quiet small-town dramas will gobble it up." —People Magazine

"Japanese convenience stores already verge on magical realism. A perfect jammy egg nestled between white bread so fluffy it may as well be a cloud? Absurd. Self-heating ramen containers? The future. The Convenience Store by the Sea is about one such konbini in southern Japan. . . . If you miss those dramedies from the mid-aughts where all the characters are connected through fate and everyone is in love or having a nervous breakdown—the Magnolia, Me You and Everyone We Know, I Heart Huckabees school of sondering—this is the book for you." —Vulture