Readers' Comments on Tokyo Stories
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Tokyo Stories
A funny novel on expatriate life in Japan!
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"I just moved here and I bought this book at National Azabu after watching Lost in Translation in the United States. Tokyo Stories and Lost in Translation are kind of similar - they're both about foreigners' adventures in Tokyo, they're both really funny and touching at the same time, and they're both set in the Park Hyatt Tokyo. It was a nice combination to watch the movie and read the book to get two different perspectives on Tokyo life."
"..one of the funniest books I've read in a long time!"
"..this is really fiction, isn't it? One of the main characters sounds too much like someone I know! I just have to ask -- do you happen to know XXX?"
"...I couldn't stop laughing, reading about Henry and Kiyomi's romantic exploits...and what a strange twist of fate afterwards."
"...These kind of things really happen in Tokyo?? I can't believe this is the same city I live in!"
"...I love that Henry character. Sounds exactly like someone I work with!"
"I thought it would be a girlie book -- but it actually wasn't. I really enjoyed reading it. In fact, I stayed up all night just to finish it because I really wanted to find out what happened to everyone in the end."
"...Loved the ending. Peter got exactly what was due him. Talk about bad karma."
"I couldn't believe the ending. Sounds so fantastic but so believable at the same time. After reading it, I really started to think that Tokyo is so big but it can really be a village too."
"It's a guide to expatriate life in Tokyo, but it's also a guide to Tokyo since it uses real places as backdrops. I tried one of the restaurants mentioned in the book and it was really good!"
"I was able to read about people I hardly ever encounter. It was really interesting to read about the life of a diplomat or a maid in Japan."
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