

SIX PLACES YOU CAN SHOP FROM MURAKAMI’S NOVELS
As most of Murakami’s main characters are Tokyoites, it’s only natural that they go on plenty of shopping trips throughout his novels. Like with bars

EIGHT TOKYO BARS AND RESTAURANTS FROM MURAKAMI’S NOVELS
We know that Haruki Murakami’s characters love going out to fancy French restaurants in Aoyama, hotel bars in Shinjuku and coffee shops in Ginza. Throughout

NORWEGIAN WOOD: FILM VS. NOVEL LOCATIONS
Directed by Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung, the film adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s most well-known novel was released back in 2010. While I’ve been aware

THREE NIGHTS IN ASAHIKAWA
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains significant spoilers for A Wild Sheep Chase and Norwegian Wood and minor spoilers for The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Blind Willow, Sleeping

SHRINE HUNTING IN TAKAMATSU
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for the novel Kafka on the Shore. In Kafka on the Shore, finding the “entrance stone” is the main

WELCOME
Welcome to official web site for The Murakami Pilgrimage! Whether or not you own the guide book yet, you’ll find plenty of useful tips on