Shunzō Miyawaki

was a Japanese travel writer and editor. He wrote over 40 books in his lifetime, mostly focused on rail transport in Japan and overseas. He was the recipient of the 47th Kikuchi Kan Prize in 1999 for "establishing railway travelogues as a genre of literature".

Career and works

Editor Miyawaki was raised in Shibuya, Tokyo. After graduating from the Department of Western History at the University of Tokyo Faculty of Letters, he joined the publisher Chuokoron-Shinsha as an editor. Upon publication, he resigned from his position at Chuokoron-Shinsha. The book became a bestseller, led to widespread recognition in Japan of "riding trains" as a hobby in and of itself, and helped established "railway travel literature" as a non-fiction literary genre in Japan. His future works were published by various companies, including JTB, Bungeishunjū, Kodansha, Kadokawa Shoten, and others.

Miyawaki's other notable works include , published 1980, and , published 1984. His 1985 mystery novel was awarded the 13th Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature. He also wrote short stories, essays, and historical novels.

Death Miyawaki died of pneumonia in 2003, at age 76.