Armchair Traveller: Tokyo, Japan
Walking Japan’s Nakasendo Way, Part 1.
The day we set off to walk Japan’s historic Nakasendo Way from Kyoto to Edo (now modern Tokyo) the weather seemed as full of optimism as we were. There were ten of us on the Walk Japan trek, four Americans, three Australians, two Singaporeans and our guide, an American who has lived…
A bird’s eye view of Tokyo
Review: Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami
Tsukiko Omachi was living a life of single ordinariness. Thirty seven, an office worker in Tokyo, she stops semi-regularly at a little bar near the railway station. And one evening meets Mr Harutsuna Matsumoto. Her old high school teacher. Sensei.’That evening we drank five bottles of sake between us. Sensei…