--- description: The renowned Japanese author will receive questions "of any kind" for a limited time via a special website to be set up by his publisher title: Dear Mr. Murakami image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9daa115a5cb8be3b/6987784ccd1bbab9636f478d/458574664.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Want Some Advice From _Norwegian Wood_ Author Haruki Murakami? by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 6, 2015 8:10 AM CUT  Japanese writer Haruki Murakami poses for photographers prior to an award ceremony for the Welt Literature Prize bestowed by the German daily Die Welt, in Berlin on Nov. 7, 2014 Japanese writer Haruki Murakami poses for photographers prior to an award ceremony for the Welt Literature Prize bestowed by the German daily Die Welt, in Berlin on Nov. 7, 2014John MacDougall—AFP/Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 6, 2015 8:10 AM CUT Best-selling Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami will play [“agony uncle”](http://news.yahoo.com/haruki-murakami-online-agony-uncle-publisher-043208093.html "undefined") on a special website to be set up by his publisher, Shinchosha. The media-shy author will give readers and fans the opportunity to ask him for life advice between Jan. 15 until the end of the month. A spokesman for Shinchosha said Murakami, whose works have been translated into nearly 50 languages, will “receive questions of any kind,” and that queries in several different languages will be accepted. The 65-year-old author’s responses will be published on the website over the next two months, the spokesman said. The site will be called Murakami-san no Tokoro (Mr. Murakami’s Place), but a URL has not yet been made public. Interested fans will just have to wait for an announcement or, if they are readers of Japanese, check in at the [Shinchosha site](http://www.shinchosha.co.jp "undefined") for updates. Murakami is launching the project as a way of reconnecting to his readers, the _Asahi Shimbun_ [reports](http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind%5Fnews/social%5Faffairs/AJ201501060042 "undefined"). _Read next:_ [_Mark Zuckerberg Invites 30 Million to His New Book Club_](http://time.com/3652919/mark-zuckerberg-book-club-facebook/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") Haruki Murakami to Play 'Agony Uncle' With Readers ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3655303/murakami-agony-uncle-questions-website/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3655303/murakami-agony-uncle-questions-website/"},"headline":"Want Some Advice From Norwegian Wood Author Haruki Murakami?","datePublished":"2015-01-06T08:10:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:18:44.166Z","description":"The renowned Japanese author is taking questions \"of any kind\" from Jan. 15","url":"https://time.com/3655303/murakami-agony-uncle-questions-website/","keywords":["Books","advice","Website"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9daa115a5cb8be3b/6987784ccd1bbab9636f478d/458574664.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9daa115a5cb8be3b/6987784ccd1bbab9636f478d/458574664.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GERMANY-JAPAN-LITERATURE-MURAKAMI","caption":"GERMANY-JAPAN-LITERATURE-MURAKAMI","creditText":"John MacDougall—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3655303/murakami-agony-uncle-questions-website/","name":"Want Some Advice From Norwegian Wood Author Haruki Murakami?"}}]}] ```