Inside Out: Healing the Inner Child — From Drop+Kiss…+ Now Available Nationwide in Japan

A nonfiction work on counseling, loss, and the inner child, based on twenty years of diaries and poems

andnp Corp. announces that Inside Out: Healing the Inner Child — From Drop+Kiss…+ is now available nationwide in Japan through bookstores and online booksellers.

Based on diaries and poems written over a period of twenty years, the book documents the life of a woman who confronted childhood emotional wounds through psychological counseling. Combining her own words with editorial narration, the work traces themes of loss, memory, the inner child, and the process of self-recovery.

Inside Out is currently available through bookstores across Japan, including Kinokuniya, Maruzen, Junkudo, Sanseido, Book First, Coach & Four, Yurindo, Kumazawa Shoten, Tsutaya Books, TSUTAYA, Miraiya Shoten, and Miyawaki Shoten, as well as through online booksellers such as Amazon Japan, Rakuten Books, and Kinokuniya Web Store.

The Japanese edition has also gained visibility through professional psychology and clinical-practice publications, a maternity-clinic waiting-room media network, and the share-bookstore initiative Kibō o Tsumugu Honya-san associated with The Big Issue Japan. Through these channels, the book has developed points of contact with the fields of medicine, psychology, care, and socially engaged reading spaces.

With its nationwide availability through bookstores and online booksellers, the book can now reach a wider range of readers, including those interested in psychology and spirituality, as well as readers concerned with family, education, medical care, caregiving, and experiences of loss.

At its center, Inside Out is a record of one person’s process of recovery, but it also speaks to the pain, loneliness, loss, and will to live again that many people carry within themselves. Grounded in primary materials—diaries and poems—the book brings together psychological documentation and literary expression.

Please note that in-store availability may vary by location. Readers are encouraged to contact individual bookstores in advance or use online booksellers.

Book Information

Title: Inside Out: Healing the Inner Child — From Drop+Kiss…+
Authors: Nana Hinase, Masaya Shikishima
Publisher: andnp Corp.
Publication date: April 5, 2026
Format: Trade paperback
Price: ¥1,980 each volume, tax included
ISBN:
Vol. 1: 978-4-9913844-0-0
Vol. 2: 978-4-9913844-1-7

Selected Bookstores

Kinokuniya, Maruzen, Junkudo, Sanseido, Book First, Coach & Four, Yurindo, Kumazawa Shoten, Tsutaya Books, TSUTAYA, Miraiya Shoten, Miyawaki Shoten, and others.

Company Information

Company name: andnp Corp.
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Business: Book planning, editing, and publishing
Website: coral.andnp.com

Contact

andnp Corp.
Website: coral.andnp.com