Author Kuniko Mukoda (1929-1981) loved to travel. When she returned to Japan from North Africa, the first meal she rustled up was “noriben” white rice atop a layer of “katsuobushi” bonito flakes in a bento box and topped with soy sauce and “nori” dried edible seaweed.
Hiromi Kawakami, one of Japan’s most popular contemporary novelists, travels with books that help her immerse herself in her destination. Here, she suggests reading for those coming to her hometown, Tokyo.
Author Kuniko Mukoda (1929-1981) was a university student when Japan’s postwar reconstruction was starting to take off. She worked part-time as a checkout clerk at a department store in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi district.
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