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A dark brown bow titled to the left in the top right, with a cup of tea in an ornately decroated porcelain cup with a silver spoon sticking out of the top. To the right of the cup is an old brown typewriter.
Cover of Strange Weather In Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami. Features a Japanese woman in a red dress floating off the ground in a well-lit restaurant.

June 2nd, 2025

Strange Weather In Tokyo

Chapter 1: The Moon and Batteries

Sensei is a fascinating character. You can tell he's processing the grief of losing his wife with how he attaches himself to Tsukiko and shows her pieces of his world bit by bit like the railway pots and the batteries. I like reading Tsukiko's thoughts. She likes her Sensei, but seems reluctant somehow? There's this deeply melancholic atmosphere to the book so far in how Kawakami writes the dialogue and scenes. It gives the book a uniquely sad and bittersweet feeling, at least that's how I'm seeing it so far.

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