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In pursuit of Haruki Murakami – Norwegian Wood walk・4K HDR



🕒 03/06 3pm 🌡️+11.7℃
One of fans of my videos and Haruki Murakami asked to film a walk along the route from Norwegian Wood novel.
The walk starts on Sunday afternoon from Yotsuya station, going through Iidabashi, Jimbocho and Ochanomizu stations and ends in Komagome.
Some places have blooming sakura already. 🌸🌸🌸
Found a cat! 😹

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Chapters by @massangeana and @Francesco Bologna

00:00 “We had left the train at Yotsuya…”
12:50 Ichigaya station
15:20 Outer moat (sotobori)
23:25 Hosei University campus
31:19 “Naoko turned right at Iidabashi…”
33:00 Kagurazaka
33:30 End of outer moat
39:00 Tea time
52:45 “…crossed the intersection at Jinbocho…”
54:10 Nihonbashi river
56:07 Biang biang noodle
58:00 West end of Jimbocho
1:05:34 “…climbed the hill at Ochanomizu…”
1:07:30 Nihon University campus
1:08:00 Casals Hall with a great organ
1:08:30 Meiji University
1:12:50 Ochanomizu station and the bridge over Kanda River
1:16:42 Juntendo University Hospital
1:30:45 Akamon (red gate) of the University of Tokyo
1:47:06 Residential area
1:52:15 Hakusan-dori
1:54:08 Daienji temple
1:57:15 “…and came out at Hongo…”
2:01:37 Hon Komagome station
2:05:00 Kichijoji temple
2:10:36 A cat near Tenso shrine
2:15:45 Fuji shrine
2:20:06 Back to Hongo-dori
2:29:12 Rikugien Garden is closed due to COVID-19
2:31:36 “By the time we reached Komagome, the sun was sinking…”

38 Comments

  1. Francesco Bologna

    “True, given time enough, I can remember her face. I start joining images – her tiny, cold hand; her straight, black hair so smooth and cool to the touch; a soft, rounded earlobe and the microscopic mole just beneath it; the camel-hair coat she wore in the winter; her habit of looking straight into my eyes when asking a question; the slight trembling that would come to her voice now and then (as though she were speaking on a windy hilltop) – and suddenly her face is there, always in profile at first,

    because Naoko and I were always out walking together, side by side.

    0:07 “We had left the train at Yotsuya and were walking along the embankment by the station. It was a Sunday afternoon […] We had not planned to meet but had run into each other on the Chuo commuter line. She had decided to see a film by herself, and I was headed for the bookshops in Kanda – nothing urgent in either case. She had suggested that we leave the train, which we happened to do in Yotsuya, where the green embankment makes for a nice place to walk by the old castle moat. Alone together, we had nothing in particular to talk about, and I wasn’t quite sure why Naoko had suggested we get off the train. We had never really had much to say to each other. Naoko started walking the minute we hit the street, and I hurried after her, keeping a few paces behind. […]

    Fifteen minutes of walking and I was sweaty enough to take off my thick cotton shirt and go with a T-shirt. […]

    31:19 “This was no mere stroll for Naoko, though, judging from that walk. She turned right at Iidabashi,

    52:45 came out at the moat, crossed the intersection at Jinbocho,

    1:05:34 climbed the hill at Ochanomizu (1:12:45)

    1:57:15 and came out at Hongo. From there she followed the tram tracks to Komagome. It was a challenging route.

    2:31:36 By the time we reached Komagome, the sun was sinking and the day had become a soft spring evening. “Where are we?” asked Naoko, as if noticing our surroundings for the first time. “Komagome,” I said. “Didn’t you know? We made this big arc.” “Why did we come here?” “You brought us here. I was just following you. […]

    I was exhausted from all that walking, and she just sat there with her hands on the table, mulling something over again. All the leisure spots were crowded on this warm Sunday, they were saying on the TV news. And we just walked from Yotsuya to Komagome, I said to myself."

    Murakami, Haruki. Norwegian Wood

    “Yotsuya, the starting point of their walking, is a place known as the origin of the ghost

    story “Yotsuya Kaidan”, which was written between the 18th and the 19th centuries. It is a

    ghost story about a woman named “Oiwa” who is killed by her husband who loves another

    woman, but she gains her revenge as a ghost. […]

    After Naoko leaves Yotsuya with Watanabe, they walk to Iidabashi. On the right side on the way is the Yasukuni shrine, which protects the people who died in the civil wars in Japan and in the wars against foreign countries. […]

    There are several routes to Komagome, but Naoko chooses a roundabout one. She could have chosen the straight route to Komagome, but she “turned right at Iidabashi”. This turn is the beginning of her roundabout trip. Why did Naoko choose this route? Urazumi infers that they are visiting historical scenes of violence, for example, universities which had a massive youth movement, such as Nihon University (1:07:30), Hosei University, Tokyo University (1:30:45) […]

    Thus, Naoko walks on the layers of violence and death toward the origin of Japan”

    Suzuki Akiyoshi, “Mapping the Subterranean of Haruki Murakami’s Literary World”; cf. Urazumi Akira, “Walking Murakami, The Settings of the Novels and the Shadow of Violence”, Sairyusha, 2000, pp. 34-37.

  3. Didi doo

    absolutely wonderful walk and video. i watched it while drawing and it was amazing! thank you

  4. omi eka

    Did you find "やれやれ"?

    "やれやれ(yareyare)" is a word peculiar to Murakami. Whenever I read this word, I am troubled because I always think of Murakami's face.

    やれやれ–Great, just great/Just wonderful/Man alive/oh well/no wasted sighs or pity

  9. Warren

    Congratulations on reaching 500,000 subscribers, what an incredible achievement!!

  12. Richard Yasushi Ii

    GREAT f•king idea, Rablalac! A thematic walk is amazing. There are parts of the book I didn't really know where the characters were, so this is awesome! As usual, the no-cut walks are the best. You're still the first and original "on the ground" walk channel. Looking forward to more of these "themed" walks!

  13. Nuvi

    Смотрю вас уже несколько лет. Ваши видео всегда помогали расслабиться в напряженное время и обдумать свои мысли, наблюдая при этом за красивыми и удивительными местами, будь то утро в оживленном центре города, тихий ночной переулок или дикая природа. Спасибо вам большое, Rambalac

  15. Shad0wdar

    What a great idea! First thing I was thinking of was maybe some walks along film locations (like the Kore-eda films, which are usually in standard living neighborhoods). love your work!

  17. Ольга Амирова

    В Японии уже цветёт слива, в кашпо высажены цветы, а у нас минус 28 ночью, днем потеплее. Спасибо за чудесную прогулку

  18. Ольга Осипова

    Доброго времени, друзья! Мой поклон, мистер Рамбалак 🙏 Как всегда, огромное спасибо за эту прекрасную видео-прогулку 🤗 Пришлось немного пройтись по строкам Норвежского леса, чтобы вспомнить… и взгрустнуть 😔 Однако, какая замечательная идея пройтись путем героев из книги Мураками! 👏👏👏
    С нетерпением жду следующих прогулок. Удачи 🤝☺
    P.S. Зачетные часы! Поздравляю с обновой 😊

  19. TheNexusBravo

    U are a genious.
    Love this videos, lately i've been feeling sad and anxious, last 2 years have been very difficult for me, and i've been dreaming about going to Japan, i would love to see the city with my own eyes and explore new things. Im from Mexico, and its hard to belive that in some place, u can walk safe and calm. Hope getting there soon, but meanwhile, these videos are like therapy to me, i feel very relaxed when im whatching these. Keep doing this! Love it man, u are like a hero to me.

  20. B H

    This one really has a different feel than your other videos. At times it almost seems like you’re walking around an American city. Definitely like the different mood of this one.

  23. Раиса Стасилович

    Знаете, вот такие путешествия не выходя из дома сейчас нужны как никогда… Ситуация в мире неспокойная, поэтому нервы у людей на пределе. Ваши фильмы, дорогой Rambalac, очень помогают успокоиться, насладиться прекрасной природой. Очень хорошо, что без голосового комментирования, только интершум… Все и так предельно понятно… Лучше красоты природы нет успокоительного средства!!! Ваши фильмы очень помогают!!! Благодарность и восхищение вашей работой — из Минска, Беларусь.

  24. Davide De Vincenzo

    I've just finished reading Norwegian Wood and this video is simply awesome…Thank you so much (from Italy🇮🇹) !❤️

  28. 張朝幃

    そう考えると僕はたまらなく悲しい。何故なら直子は僕のことを愛してさえしなかったからだ。

    Thinking so, I'm irresistibly sad. Because Naoko didn't even love me.

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