Asia Book Review
Although I enjoy books, I’m a glacially slow reader and in an average year…
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Pilgrimage Photo Book Published
Pilgrimage Photo Book Preview
Over the past month since I completed the Shikoku Pilgrimage I’ve been busy putting…
Murakami’s Tokyo: Part 3 — Otherworldly
All this week we’re celebrating the release of the English translation of Haruki Murakami’s…
Murakami’s Tokyo: Part 2 — Jazz
All this week we’re celebrating the release of the English translation of Haruki Murakami’s…
Murakami’s Tokyo: Part 1 — Beginnings
Even at a time like this, the street is bright enough and filled with…
Murakami is Coming
To celebrate the release of the English translation of Haruki Murakami’s latest novel, Colorless…
Haruki Murakami and the Japanese Mind
Walking home the other evening, a man passed me on a bicycle with a cat…
Book Off
Secondhand books are big business in Japan and nationwide you’ll find the somewhat aggressively…
Chinese Characters for the 99%
Learning to read and write Chinese characters known as hanzi in Chinese, and kanji in Japanese has to…
Getting Lost in Haruki Murakami’s ‘Town of Cats’
Book reviews are not usually my thing, but having recently finished Haruki Murakami’s epic three-volume…
The First Global Revolution?
I came across this fascinating diagram in a 1991 report titled ‘The First Global Revolution‘ from…