ジャパンタイムズ: 'Tokyo Ueno Station' shows the dark side of the postwar boom
The Harvard Crimson: ‘Tokyo Ueno Station’ is a Luminous Meditation on Loss and Time
Only halfway through the text is it confirmed that Kazu, the protagonist of Yu Miri’s novel “Tokyo Ueno Station,” is, indeed, dead. In most books, the delay of such a major plot point would be a ...
毎日新聞: 'Phantom' train station in Tokyo's Ueno district to get new breath of life
TOKYO -- For the first time in 21 years, the "phantom station" between Ueno and Nippori stations on the Keisei Line in the capital's Taito Ward was opened to the media on June 19. Murals of penguins ...
'Phantom' train station in Tokyo's Ueno district to get new breath of life
Nippon: “Tokyo Ueno Station”: A Tale From the Soul for Those Who Do Not Belong
After Tokyo Ueno Station won the National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2020, the original novel became a bestseller in Japan. Akutagawa Prize-winning author Yu Miri’s novel JR Ueno-eki kōen ...
“Tokyo Ueno Station”: A Tale From the Soul for Those Who Do Not Belong
“To be homeless is to be ignored when people walk past, while still being in full view of everyone,” says Kazu, the elderly protagonist of Yu Miri’s Tokyo Ueno Station, translated to English by Morgan ...
Yu Miri won a National Book Award for “Tokyo Ueno Station,” a novel whose main character is the ghost of a homeless construction worker. By Motoko Rich TOKYO — Walking on an autumn Saturday through ...
NPR: A Painful Past And Ghostly Present Converge In 'Tokyo Ueno Station'