« It is hard to be an individual in Japan. »
Haruki Murakami
« In Japan, you have no idea what they are saying, and they can’t help you either. Nothing makes any sense.
They’re very polite, but you feel like a joke is being played on you the entire time you’re there. »
Bill Murray
« there’s always something in miso soup»
Ryū Murakami
« Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world’s most beautiful cities. »
Tadao Ando
« I eat junk food to relax.
In Tokyo, everyone knows about super-strong radiation, but you cannot do anything.
Everything you eat — milk, meat, fish, vegetable — is all radiated. But we have to eat, we have to drink milk. We cannot escape.»
Takashi Murakami
« But Italy is not an intellectual country. On the subway in Tokyo everybody reads. In Italy, they don’t.
Don’t evaluate Italy from the fact that it produced Raphael and Michelangelo. »
Umberto Eco
« The world’s worst flavor combination was mango and menthol.»
Ryū Murakami