The “countdown” of launching the sale of Killing Commendatore reminded me of the expression of advanced capitalism in Dance Dance Dance. Last night, I was at one of the bookstores hosted the “countdown” at sharp midnight. It looked that the craze was made mainly by the TV crews and quite a number of the people, […]
Found Bob Dylan illustrated on the top of all the odd-numbered chapters of Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Japanese edition.
At this time of every year, I recall the phrases “It was amid summer when Sheep Man was asked to compose a song for Christmas. The requester and Sheep Man were both soaked with sweat under their summer sheep costumes. Being a sheepman in midsummer is quite a challenging option.” and thank that I am […]
Up until August 7, the exhibition, “Murakami and Illustrators” is on at Chihiro Art Museum where its cafe serves the “Pancake with Coke” in the same manner that Rat favours. I enjoyed it and found that it was worth trying once (but maybe not twice). The Rat’s favorite food was pancakes, hot off the griddle. […]
Bought recently published essay “Novelist As a Vocation” at the bookshop near Jingu Stadium displaying the author’s autographed paper board saying “Congrats on the Victory of Yakult Swallows!”
Pictures of the places possibly appeared or mentioned in Haruki Murakami’s Sputnik Sweetheart. This Sputnik conversation took place at a wedding reception for Sumire’s cousin at a posh hotel in Akasaka. ―Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart (Ch.1) Retrospectively, in 1999 when the novel was released, the term “posh hotel in Akasaka” reminds a place which is […]
Pictures of the places possibly appeared or mentioned in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle In the afternoons I would go to a park—the Shinjuku Imperial Gardens or Yoyogi Park—to sit on the grass and cry. ―Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Book one, Ch.8) Shinjuku Gyoen provides a sanctuary in the busy Shinjuku area. It consists of […]
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 […]