Pilgrimage Photo Book Published
Having completed the 1,400km Shikoku Pilgrimage (四国遍路) earlier this year, writing a daily journal while on…
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Pilgrimage Photo Book Preview
Over the past month since I completed the Shikoku Pilgrimage I’ve been busy putting together a…
Murakami’s Tokyo: Part 3 — Otherworldly
All this week we’re celebrating the release of the English translation of Haruki Murakami’s latest novel,…
Murakami’s Tokyo: Part 2 — Jazz
All this week we’re celebrating the release of the English translation of Haruki Murakami’s latest novel,…
Murakami’s Tokyo: Part 1 — Beginnings
Even at a time like this, the street is bright enough and filled with people coming…
Murakami is Coming
To celebrate the release of the English translation of Haruki Murakami’s latest novel, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki…
Haruki Murakami and the Japanese Mind
Walking home the other evening, a man passed me on a bicycle with a cat riding in…
Book Off
Secondhand books are big business in Japan and nationwide you’ll find the somewhat aggressively named Book Off (ブックオフコーポレーション) chain…
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 novel, 1Q84,…
The First Global Revolution?
I came across this fascinating diagram in a 1991 report titled ‘The First Global Revolution‘ from the Club…
Chinese Business Etiquette Book
Whilst browsing a pile of stray Chinese books at work the other day I came across…
I ♥ MTR
It’s no secret that I love system map design. There’s something intrinsically beautiful in being able…