My Village - Most Beautiful in the World
Little Yamo whose elder brother had left for the war, goes to the bazaar to sell cherries in his stead. The story of the people who live vividly and powerfully against all odds...
"If we want the world to be a better place, we must inspire the children!"
Kobayashi Yutaka
絵本
Illustrated Children's Books
A Circus Came to My Village
A circus pays a visit to a small village in war-torn Afghanistan. A book that illustrates the glory of living...
Dad, Me and the Wind Traveled Together
Spring... Me and my dad left for a journey to find out where the warm breeze comes from. A book about a father and a son traveling through the landscapes of Japan...
The City
Early in the morning, we, five friends, got together at an open space in the city. How shall we play today? A book that vividly illustrating a day of youngsters in downtown Tokyo...
Claudia's Prayer
A Japanese man and a Russian woman who unexpectedly met after the war. They lived together for long years, supporting each other and their love evolved into something irreplaceable...
36 Degrees Northern Lattitude
To Central Asia from Japan... A journey of mind along the 36th Degree Northern Lattitude, showing the land and the people living on it, revealing a profound bond binding humans regardless of national borders...
White City - Warm Snow
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster... "I want to rescue the children suffering from the invisible radioactivity!" A doctor struggling on site and miracles he had witnessed... A story that must be told now...
Returning Back to the Most Beautiful Village in the World
Learning that the long war has finally came to an end, Mirado heads back to his beloved village with his memories in mind, but... (Third book of "My Village" Series)
Illustrated Bible Stories -1
From the beginning of the world to Abraham's life... Creation of heaven and earth, Adam & Eve, Noah's Ark, and Abraham. Kobayashi Yutaka's magnificient and elaborate art depicts the world of the Bible in its reality...
Illustrated Bible Stories -2
From Jacob to Joseph and Moses... The second book of a series decorated with brilliant artwork and impressive text...
Illustrated Bible Stories -3
Joshua, David, Salomon... The newly born hope. The artist's paintings reflect his first-hand impressions of the Biblical sites, and guide the readers through the world of the Bible...
Illustrated Bible Stories -4
Jesus Christ... God's "Love" and "Salvation"as told in the Old and New Testaments, are depicted in the fourth volume...
The Day the Ship Left
Period is the end of "Warring States"... Stage is Hizen land at Japan's western edge... Although the ports were closed, Umitaro, a young boy who had grown a deep admiration of the sea since his childhood, meets a Chinese sailor named Hau, and nurtures a desire to become a sailor just like his grandfather...
The Day the Ship Arrived
Flowing waters bring the unexpected. Sometimes even from distant lands... Children on one side of the river, who know nothing about the others side suddenly meet the illustrious Grand Ship Envoy... It was the embassy mission from the neighboring country Korea. Just like a festival, the river was crowded with numerous ships of all sizes...
The Day the Ship Returned
A day in the 11th month in 1802, a ship called Junkichimaru, departed from Hakodate heading towards Edo, goes into a storm and losing its rudder drifts south. It finally reaches a land called "Chopran"... A story based on true accounts of that journey, combines the landscapes of Eastern shores of Taiwan and the ocean...
Friends I Long to Meet
The sky we see above us is the same sky in all countries in the world. How do the people live on the other side? What makes them happy?
Come on, let's hear the voices coming from distant countries over the lands and the seas...
Jemre Has Descended on My Village
You know, my grandpa can hear the voice of nature! Though he says "Jemre" is the sign of spring, where is it this year? Thinking about spring in a highland 10.000km to the West, away from Japan...
I can See the Sea from My House
My family moved to a port town. Dad is a carpenter in the shipyard. He built our house on a hill. A foreign girl I met in the marketplace will soon leave the town to go back to her country. A sequel for the book "I Walked with My Elder Brother"....『
Tata - The Donkey of the Desert
Tata, a donkey living in an oasis city, in order to help people troubled by the war, leaves for a journey through the desert for the first time...
I Walked with My Elder Brother
War is imminent... Two brothers try to escape from destruction and reach their grandfather living in a faraway town. Their bus breaks down in the middle of the desert. The story of two days, growing threat in the background, and the deepening bonds between two brothers along the road...
