Pictures of the places possibly appeared or mentioned in the novels of Haruki Murakami’s South of the Border, West of the Sun. She and I went to take a walk in Hibiya Park, where we had some coffee. ―Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun (Ch.5) Hibiya Park is close to the […]
Pictures of the places possibly appeared or mentioned in Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood. She had suggested that we leave the train, which we happened to do in Yotsuya, where the green embankment makes for a nice place to walk by the old castle moat. ―Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood (Ch.2) Yotsuya, literally means “four valleys”, is […]
Pictures of the places possibly appeared or mentioned in Haruki Murakami’s Dance Dance Dance. Before noon I drove to Aoyama to do my shopping at the fancy-schmancy Kinokuniya supermarket. ―Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance (Ch.17) After rebuilding in 2009, Kinokuniya supermarket is located on the basement floor of the shopping complex named AO: coincidentally the […]
Pictures of the places possibly appeared or mentioned in Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84. Aomame had caught the cab near Kinuta and told the driver to take the elevated expressway from Yohga. — Haruki Murakami, 1Q84 (Book 1, Ch 1) Kinuta is a south end residential area of Tokyo where the cozy park is located beside Metro […]
Pictures of the places possibly appeared or mentioned in Haruki Murakami’s Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. “And where were these unicorns?” “In here,” I said, tapping my temple. “The unicorns were all in my head.” — Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Ch. 31) The sculptures of unicorns […]
Last week, I had a chance to see “Kafka on the Shore” directed by Yukio Ninagawa and enjoyed the play which condensed the original story into 185 minutes stage without losing the taste. The beautiful Rie Miyazawa as Miss Saeki exuded a classy aura both when she performed the part of the age of 15 […]
This is a fan site dedicated to Haruki Murakami created by a Tokyo local. After the spread of the coronavirus, the travel around the world becomes not like that before the pandemic. During the lockdown, I wondered if the people in any other parts of the world may try to extend their imagination on the […]