The release date for the English version of 'Strange Weather in Tokyo' by
Hiromi Kawakami is Aug 2013. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
While enjoying a drink by herself in her neighborhood sake bar, Tsukiko accidentally runs into one of her former high school professors. Unable to recall his name, she reverts to her previous behavior of referring to him as "Sensei." Following their first meeting, Tsukiko and Sensei keep in touch. They go to the mountains to eat wild mushrooms, split bottles of cool beer, and eat edamame beans together. Tsukiko realizes that the comfort she has found with Sensei may be more as their relationship grows.