Letters from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery Shop by Kenji Ueda
Letters from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery Shop by Kenji Ueda : Book Review “ Letters from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery Shop ” by Kenji Ueda and translated into English language by Emily Balistrieri is a wonderful collection of interconnected short fictions that showcase the Japanese culture to the core. Going with the tag line “Write a letter, heal your heart,” the stories are endearing and cheerful and connecting to the human heart. At center of the all the stories is the fictional Shihodo local stationery shop located at Ginza, Tokyo . The locality of Ginza, a district located in Tokyo, famous for upscale shopping and entertainment is the center point of all the stories taking narrated in this book. It is the Shihodo Stationery shop that becomes the key connector to all the stories. All the characters from the different stories that take place in Ginza find solace and help through this stationary shop and its owner, Ken Takarada . The book comprises of five different stories...
