Norwegian Wood Places

"Hatsumi's apartment was a fifteen-minute walk from Shibuya to Ebisu." (pg 214) view entry > | edit entry >

"Naoko transferred to the Chuo Line at Shinjuku. She was living in a tiny apartment way out in the western suburb of Kokubunji" view entry > | edit entry >

The novel opens with a flashback on a plane in Hamburg:

"I was thirty-seven then, strapped in my seat as the huge 747 plunged through dense cloud cover on approach to the Hamburg airport" view entry > | edit entry >

The Kobayashi bookstore is near Otsuka Station.

"I got off near Otsuka Station and followed Midori's map down a broad street without much to look at." view entry > | edit entry >

The Ami Hostel is near Kyoto:

"I arrived in Kyoto a few minutes before eleven. Following Naoko's instructions, I took a city bus to a small terminal serving the northern suburbs." view entry > | edit entry >

Drinking with Midori:

"After German we caught a bus to Shinjuku and went to an underground bar called DUG behind the Kinokuniya bookstore" view entry > | edit entry >

Watanabe goes to school in Tokyo. view entry > | edit entry >