Coming Attractions:
    Donald Keene
    5 October 2008
We are glad to announce the reappearance of Donald Keene at Good Day Books.  To attend his talk, please buy a copy of Chronicles of My Life from us.

 
Coming Attractions:
      14 September 2008
For those of you thinking of cycling the length of Japan, Leigh Norrie has already done it.  He will tell us about his ride at Good Day Books, with his ‘Pedal Pushin’ ‘Round Japan’ talk.  To attend, please buy a copy of Japan: 6,000 miles on a bicycle from us.

BOOKCLUBS

On 28 September, BOOKCLUB members will discuss The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt.

On 12 October, members of our Non-Native Speakers’ group will discuss On the Road by Jack Kerouac.

Conan the Librarian says:
Strangest request of the month:
I am looking for DVDs on Iceland’s Aurora Borealis. 

Strange Questions of the Month:

Can you give us a list of all the English bookstores in Hida-Takayama?

Do you want to buy some useless books?

“Is this a stationery store?”
“No, it isn’t”
“Why not?” 

Why don’t you move to the other side of the station, so I can find you?

Strangest Complaint

“Reading drains my brain!”

Walking the Old Tokaido Road: Tokyo→Kyoto #7 Progress report: Our intrepid duo continued their Tokaido Road hike in heavy rain from Odawara to Mishima (via Hakone). Pictured below are two shots from the “natural walkway” in Hakone. The stones on the walkway were particularly slippery, but our duo managed to climb up to 846 meters. The bottom picture is the well known “bamboo tunnel” in Hakone.