Mon, 24 Mar 2008
Tokyo
Crowell, Morimura, Tokyo: city on the edge, Asia 2000
Possibly not in print anymore but an interesting wander through
various aspects of Tokyo and the Japanese from a slightly jaded
viewpoint.
The book actually starts out by discussing disasters - great
fires and earthquakes and the subway terrorist attack and then goes
on to look at everything from super-organised dating, to eating and
art. Well, that will be that 'edge' thing.
It's quite a slim book so sometimes it feels a bit like a list but
there are, nevertheless, quite a few interesting snippets that you won't find elsewhere, for those
interested in Tokyo.
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