![]() It dawns on Tsukiko that this gentleman had been her Japanese teacher at secondary school. Having noticed her and their shared taste in food and drink, one day Mr Matsumoto addresses her, wondering if she is indeed Tsukiko Omachi. They both frequent the same small bar near a Tokyo station. I am not surprised by these accolades, for Strange Weather in Tokyo is an understated, poetic, gentle, profound, thoughtful, poignant, beautiful book centring on the friendship between Tsukiko Omachi and Harutsuna Matsumoto. ![]() ![]() In 2003 the story was adapted for television by the writer and director Teruhiko Kuze. Hiromi Kawakami won the Tanizaki Jun’ichiro Prize for her best-selling novel Sensei no Kaban ( Strange Weather in Tokyo (UK edition) or The Teacher’s Briefcase (USA edition) in 2001. ![]()
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