{"product_id":"tokyo-travel-with-a-writer-9782919841035","title":"Tokyo: Travel with a Writer","description":"\u003cb\u003eTokyo: quaint and vast, majestic and baffling. Unspoiled parks and roiling tourist traps, artisanal delicacies and millions of vending machines, highly efficient commuter trains packed with snoozing salarymen. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan an outsider--or even a native who left--ever hope to keep up?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Anna reconnects with her childhood friend Tsubasa after years apart, they strike up a wide-ranging correspondence. They have much to tell about their lives and memories and dreams, but also about the city they once shared. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs their connection deepens, Tokyo's codes and customs and unspoken rules unfold in revealing lessons: how politeness conceals a world of meaning; how falling asleep during a business meeting can signal exemplary commitment; how alienating vastness can give way, without warning, to intimacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrought to charismatic life by novelist Emily Itami, Tokyo is funny, tender, and gently disorienting: an epistolary love story and a brisk primer in the complex etiquette of a city that reveals and withholds in equal measure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Walking Tree\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9782919841035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160","brand":"Emily Itami","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52983143497909,"sku":"9782919841035","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9782919841035.jpg?v=1787064403","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tokyo-travel-with-a-writer-9782919841035","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}