Judging Like a Japanese. How Japanese Culture Teaches You to Listen to Yourself

Anyone who has ever visited Japan or taken an interest in its history knows what an unusual feeling remains after coming into contact with this unique country. A strange and distant land draws attention with its cultural code. A part of this code is present in every Japanese person, calling on to listen to it.
What are the similarities and dissimilarities between Russian and Japanese mentalities? And how can we apply their unique traditions to ourselves? What do we need to do to know our place in the universe and reflect on ourselves and others, on life and death?
Nina Voronina, an orientalist and specialist on Japan reveals the subtle and unusual details of Japanese culture. Profound, interesting and free of stereotypes. There is indeed much to learn from the Japanese people. The “Eastern Witch” offers a variety of methods and tools for doing so, which have undoubtedly already become cultural phenomena.

Nina Voronina. Judging Like a Japanese. How Japanese Culture Teaches You to Listen to Yourself. — Moscow: Bombora, 2025.