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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

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Ku

2012 Summer Olympics will be held in London. As one who lives in Chicago, I truly hope 2016 Olympics will be held in Tokyo. For one, Chicago does not have the necessary mass transit (subway, bus, rail) - the traffic is bad now, it would be insurmountable with such a large influx of visitors. The proposed Olympic Village site (now mostly occupied by a bankrupt hospital) involves cleaning up hazardous waste, like asbestos and lead. The surrounding community, many of whom are lower-income people of color, strongly believes construction of the Olympic Village will destroy their community. Tokyo is much better suited to host the Olympics than Chicago - safe, clean, easy to get around, plenty of hotel rooms...

Brent

I like the cover for Izu -- that's a great book -- Kawabata is a favorite author of mine, along with Tanizaki ("Sisters Makioka" is his masterpiece) and I really liked "Kokoro" by Soseki. I also enjoyed a book by Banana Yoshimoto as well -- love her name.

Jared Busch

The 2012 Olympic games will be held in London. 2016 is what Tokyo is trying to get.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics_bids

mari

Hi iris

Thank you very much for your comments. My favorite Japanese author is Mishima. But I love American lit, Truman Capote, Paul Auster, John Irving.

iris

Hi Mari,

Interesting post...I wondered about this topic when I saw more and more Japanese writing was horizontal. By the way, I am curious...who are some of your favorite authors or favorite books?
Have a nice day!

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