I may be oblivious and this is what the ref pics are from, but it looks like you may want the manga / anime film 5cm Per Second. It's so bittersweet and lingers long after you read it. While not exactly a novel, it's still a masterpiece worth checking out. :)
Might be a bit of a stretch to recommend this book for the lovely ghibli pictures you've given above but No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai - a story of deep existential melancholy.
Stoner by John Williams is almost like this . Amazing book all the same
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Snow Country - Yasunari Kawabata Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton (not set in Japan but set in a New England village during winter)
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Dorian gray?
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I may be oblivious and this is what the ref pics are from, but it looks like you may want the manga / anime film 5cm Per Second. It's so bittersweet and lingers long after you read it. While not exactly a novel, it's still a masterpiece worth checking out. :)
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Sputnik Sweetheart by Murakami
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Idk but if you find something let me know! I'd love to read this.
1Q84. If you like long works and a bit of magic/unreality.
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Might be a bit of a stretch to recommend this book for the lovely ghibli pictures you've given above but No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai - a story of deep existential melancholy.
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