Japan Stories

A heartbroken fashion designer escapes to Tokyo to be an assistant on a movie set, only to get caught up in an illicit, whirlwind romance with the lead actor. ***** After discovering her fiance is cheating on her, heiress and fashion designer Lily Porter is whisked away to Tokyo to help a production company adapt one of her great-aunt's novels. She isn't thrilled about lying about being her aunt's assistant until it throws her into the path of the movie's lead actor, who is enough of a distraction to keep her mind off her ex for good. But can there really be a future for them when their relationship is built on lies, false identities, and a secret engagement? [[Wattys' Longlisted]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

The strip of non-tattooed skin fell from his neck down to the fly he unfastened. "Do I scare you?" "No." "I should." . . . After a salacious event makes her want to leave home, Mina takes a traveling nurse position as far away as possible: Tokyo. In a different country with a different name, lies protect her from her past. Placed in an apartment near a Yakuza base, she meets Ryuzo, an alluring and disillusioned member of the criminal organization. As the two grow closer, Ryuzo admits he is trying to free himself of his gang ties. Mina vows to help him, but when she discovers his true identity, she realizes she isn't the only dirty, dirty liar. . . . Content Warning: This story is intended for mature audiences only. This story contains frequent cursing, explicit sexual content, mild violence, and mentions of drug use.

❝ 𝙞'𝙢 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡, 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙙𝙚-𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 ❞ - IN WHICH, Lizzie Skiendiel's dreams are crushed on a live stream for thousands to see. But she is soon recruited to a new girl group under YG. [ fame - katseye ] [ fem!oc x daniela avanzini ] [ fem!oc x megan skiendiel ] [ fem!oc x sophia laforteza ] [ fem!oc x lara raj ] [ published - 10.20.25 ] [ completed - ??? ] cover by @dollbvgs #1 in devon aoki as of 12.25.25 #1 in pop star academy as of 10.28.25 #1 in yg as of 11.11.25 #1 in girl group as of 01.21.26 #1 in bailey sok as of 03.17.26 #1 in diego tinoco as of 02.12.26 #1 in hybexgeffen as of 02.12.26

What will happen if the Imperium of man suddenly appears in the New World? There is a technological gap that no one in the new world can bridge. Magic vs Psykers. Arrow and spear vs lasguns and bolters. But with new world come new beginning's and new chances. For in the grim dark in the far future there is only war. But in this new world there maybe a chance for peace. Sorry, I'm not from English speaking country, so my English is not very good.

What if someone was summoned to another world... ...with the power to control every element-Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Light, and more? What if that person wasn't a cold and vengeful warrior, but a quiet, kind soul-someone who still longed for home, yet chose to help those in need with compassion and strength? Even if the world is against him....? Welcome to my third version of my first Arifureta fanfic. A compelling story of power, combined with a heart of gold. This is a story where a male Original Character (OC) replaces Hajime as the protagonist. While his goal is still to return to Earth, his journey is filled with wonder, friendship, and growing bonds-with a deep focus on treating his partners with love and warmth. Yes, that includes the original harem from the anime. Kaori, Shizuku, Shea, the others as well. Do expect a good plenty of games, songs and movie references in this story! (A lot actually...) ♥♦♣♠♥♦♣♠♥♦♣♠♥♦♣♠♥♦♣♠ Any images included in the story are for fun, character visualization, and lore-building-including depictions of the girls in his harem. You know, to make the chapters feel less wordy... In every one, I will always put at least twenty pictures to make it more interesting. (And yes, Wattpad only allows twenty pictures per chapter maximum unfortunately (⁠눈⁠‸⁠눈⁠) ) And before I forget, I also do not own the original anime or any other properties that are used in this story. It belongs to their respective owners and creators. I hope you like this story. Just like any other stories made, they are often not easy to make. And yeah, as always, this is just a story of fiction, guys. So let us have some good old fun with the story and how it goes, okay? (⁠◠⁠‿⁠・⁠)⁠-⁠☆ Thanks for reading my story! And please enjoy this alternate timeline of this story! Even if it is fanfiction :D

"𝑯𝒚𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏...𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐? 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕?" ~~~~ Follow Kang Hyemin's journey in a heartfelt tale of resilience and self-discovery. Born in Japan and raised in Korea after a tragic loss, Hyemin navigates cultural identity, grief, and her passion for music. With the urge to never give up, she finds strength to pursue her dreams. 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫!: This story is a work of fiction, though it may include references to real places, companies, and public figures. Any events, characters, or situations involving real people are used purely for fictional purposes and should not be interpreted as representations of those individuals. All trademarks, logos, and brands mentioned are the property of their respective owners. While some aspects may be inspired by real-world elements, the story's events and characters are entirely imagined, and any likeness to actual events or people is coincidental. Reader discretion is advised.

Note: - This story is a derivative work based on Summoning Japan, featuring Japan from Front Mission being transported. - Summoning Japan references lore from both the WN and LN versions. - Front Mission is based on World Historica. - Please be aware that some inconsistencies may occur within the story. - Scenes and dialogue from other anime, manga, and films may appear. - Original political terminology, military terms, etc., are used. If you are okay with the above, please proceed. - Aiming for weekly updates. RELEASE: 2023 (UP TO DATE)

"Since you wanna go to war, let's see who hurts the other more."

Everyone loves Dekisugi Hidetoshi. Perfect grades. Perfect smile. Perfect reputation. But Nobi Nobita knows the truth - the side no one else sees. The smirk behind the teacher's back. The whispered words sharp enough to draw blood. The way Dekisugi's eyes find him in a crowded hallway, like a predator who has already chosen his prey. Nobita is invisible to everyone except the one person he wishes would look away. He's just a nerd with broken glasses and a GPA no one brags about. He keeps his head down, his mouth shut, and his feelings locked. So why does the most brilliant boy in school waste his time making Nobita's life hell? And why - God, why - does that same boy look at him sometimes like he's the only thing worth looking at? Nobita doesn't want answers. He wants to survive. (But the heart is a terrible liar.) Follow for more(>_<)

It's New Year's Eve 2024, the night before the new year. UN has all the countries at the UN building to celebrate, including Russia and America. They both came for the party, but will they leave with something else?

Until the Last Bell Everyone knows Class 3-D. The troublemakers. The fights. The detention. The students every teacher has already given up on. Then Kanzaki Yuri arrives. She's not afraid of them. She doesn't care about their reputation, and she definitely doesn't plan on getting involved in their chaos. But somehow, she catches the attention of the one person she never expected. Sawada Shin. Quiet. Intelligent. Observant. And completely impossible to read. At first, they're nothing more than classmates. Then they become friends. Then something changes. Between after-school walks, late-night conversations, school trips, fights, laughter, and secrets neither of them knows how to say out loud, Yuri begins to realize that maybe the person standing beside her in Class 3-D is becoming something more. But high school doesn't last forever. And eventually, the final bell will ring. Until then, how much can two people change each other?

For centuries, Japan's werewolf clans have lived in silence, hidden behind ancient traditions, sacred shrines, and the bustling streets of modern cities. Their greatest law is simple: never reveal their existence to humans. Ren Kurogami has spent eight years searching for the mate fate promised him. As the Alpha of the Kurogami Clan, he has accepted that perhaps the Moon Goddess has abandoned him. Aoi Mizuno has never questioned her ordinary life. Between university classes, photography, and evenings spent beneath Kyoto's cherry blossoms, she believes her future is already written. Everything changes during the Hanami Festival. One glance. One impossible scent. One secret buried for centuries. As forgotten enemies emerge from the shadows, Ren and Aoi are pulled into a destiny neither of them chose. In a world where loyalty is tested, bloodlines are sacred, and love can start a war, they must decide whether fate is worth the price it demands. Some bonds are written in blood. Others are marked by the moon.

Aku tidak pernah menyangka bahwa satu nama band rock Jepang bisa mengubah seluruh arah hidupku. Nama itu sederhana: ONE OK ROCK. Empat huruf yang dulu hanya berarti kumpulan lagu keras dan lirik yang kadang menyentuh, kadang membuat darah berdesir. Tapi pada suatu malam di tahun itu, nama itu menjadi jembatan antara dua dunia yang seharusnya tidak pernah bertemu.

𝑭𝒆𝒎𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌⋆｡°✩// Sae is one of the 180 chosen people to go on a field trip to visit places in Japan, and at the hotel they're staying at, Sae finds himself rooming with shidou...

Y/N was not like other boys. His existence was unique, for he was the first and only Umamusuko in the world. An extraordinary destiny awaited him on the racetrack, where he would have to face the fiercest competitors of his generation to achieve glory. Also known as Deep Impact, his talent destined him to be one of the greatest in Japanese history. As a fan of Symboli Rudolf, he also dreamed of becoming an undefeated Triple Crown champion. However, the world saw him only as an anomaly, but Y/N is determined to prove that his existence isn't a mistake. His goal was to become the best and surpass Rudolf to prove to everyone that they're wrong. His life will change after he meets a former racing champion who will guide him to Tracen. The Hero was about to take flight and dominate his era!

Senhara National University looks exactly like it's supposed to. Clean walkways. Green status lights. Banners that read Stay Stable. Stay Well. The flux system runs through all of it - the infrastructure, the institutions, the implant at the base of every throat - and the dashboard always reads stable. Everyone's implant sits flush. Seamless. The new models barely look like hardware at all. Naoki Kisaragi's doesn't. It's older, bulkier, and it has never quite fit the way the system expects it to. He keeps his collar up, his sleeves down, and his questions to himself. Somewhere in the part he built from gray market parts, something pulses in five colors that don't exist in any official manual. Naoki is a second-year engineering student at SNU with a robotics competition to win and a group of friends who are starting to feel like home. He grew up watching the Rekkō - the flux response teams who walk into the zones everyone else is told to leave - and has been building toward something ever since. SNU was supposed to be where that started. But the compliance sessions are getting more specific. A classmate's seat has been empty for two weeks. The public safety advisories are using a word he's only heard once before - as a kid, in a bland hallway that smelled like disinfectant, with his grandmother's hand locked around his wrist. Something is running underneath SNU that isn't on any official chart. And Naoki is starting to understand what stable is actually measuring.

Yua Takahashi likes taking pictures. Rain, empty streets, random places, little moments that nobody else really pays attention to. She'd much rather have a camera in her hands than have a camera pointed at her. Then Mei Xin joins her class. She's half-Japanese, half-Chinese, recently moved from China to Japan, and somehow manages to make Yua question things she never really thought about before. This isn't really a story about love at first sight. It's about two people who meet, become friends, slowly get closer, and eventually become something more. No unnecessary drama. No forced misunderstandings. No random cliché scenes just because it's a romance. And definitely no characters suddenly falling in love for no reason 😭 It's meant to be direct, wholesome, and actually make sense. The relationship will develop naturally, and most things won't happen just because "the plot needs it to." Also, this isn't really a spoon-fed story. Not everything will be explained directly. Sometimes you'll have to notice little things in the dialogue, expressions, actions, or the way a character reacts to something. So yeah... Pay attention. 👀 Everything won't always be handed to you. Mostly, I just want this to be a story you can read and feel happy about. Something warm, simple, and hopefully a little comforting. And of course... there's going to be a lot of photography. 📷🌧️

▌│█║▌║▌║一緒 ּ ֶָ֢.❝ℳ𝐀𝐘𝐁𝐄 𝐈𝐅 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐌𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑❞𖥔 ݁ ˖ ❝𝐘𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇 𝐁𝐔𝐌𝐒❞ ❝𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐌𝐄?❞ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ, ʏ/ɴ ᴍᴇᴇᴛꜱ ᴀ ᴍʏꜱᴛᴇʀɪᴏᴜꜱ ʙᴏʏ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴄʜ. ɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜱᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ɪꜱ ʙᴀᴄᴋ, ꜱʜᴇ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ꜱᴛᴏᴘ ᴛʜɪɴᴋɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʜɪᴍ-ᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴꜰᴏʀɢᴇᴛᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇʏ ꜱʜᴀʀᴇᴅ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ꜱʜᴇ ᴡᴀʟᴋꜱ ɪɴᴛᴏ ꜱᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ᴅᴀʏ, ꜱʜᴇ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏᴠᴇʀꜱ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ꜱʜᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀᴍᴇ ʙᴏʏ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴄʜ ɢᴏᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʀ ꜱᴄʜᴏᴏʟ. 𖥔 ݁ ˖ּ ֶָ֢.[𝐎𝐂 𝐗 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑]𖥔 ݁ ˖ּ ֶָ֢.

It isn't a want anymore. Whatever this is has become a need-something deep and relentless, a hunger I can neither quiet nor escape. WHEN THE CAMERA'S TURN OFF SOCIAL MEDIA JAMES ZHAO YUFAN / FEM!OC WRITTEN BY MADIXU

An anthology of classical Japanese stories with my own imagination based on the literature, folklore and mythology. Containing 15 supernatural and historically fictional stories. Involving various ghost stories, romances, strange tales, folktales, myths and legends which are set in three different periods: Heian period, Sengoku period and Edo period in the old Japan.