From there she followed the tram tracks to Komagome.” “She turned right at Iidabashi, came out at the moat, crossed the intersection at Jinbocho, climbed the hill at Ochanomizu and came out at Hongo. While the duo go on many walks together throughout the first half of the novel, only the first walk is mentioned with much detail.Īfter meeting randomly on the JR train, the pair decide to get off at Yotsuya Station, after which Watanabe follows Naoko’s lead for much of the afternoon: The Murakami Pilgrimage contains a detailed itinerary with full-color maps for those who wish to follow in the footsteps of Watanabe and Naoko on their first long walk together. WATANABE AND NAOKO WALKING TOUR: EASTERN TOKYO Watanabe and Naoko first headed toward Ichigaya from Yotsuya
When examining the settings of Murakami’s fiction, Norwegian Wood is unique in the sense that its characters live and play in certain Tokyo neighborhoods that hardly get any attention in the author’s other works. The novel has had a significant impact on many, and even today the sites and neighborhoods that appear throughout the story attract a number of visitors. Though the story takes place in the time of the wild student demonstrations of the late 1960’s, the book deals with subjects like friendship, death and young love – concepts which are universal across borders and eras. This is the book that launched Murakami’s career into the mainstream and it’s easy to see why.
Say the author’s name to a random person in Japan and in most cases, “Norway no Mori” is the first thing they’ll say back to you. Even 30 years after it was written, Norwegian Wood still remains Haruki Murakami’s most famous novel.
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