The Japanese living poet you’ve never heard of.

On the outside this town looks like any technologically advanced modern city, but don’t forget it’s home to some world famous traditional and historical landmarks. Tokyo is a mix of ultra-modern skyscrapers and traditional historical temples. Highlights in Tokyo? Watch a Japanese ceremony and sumo matches, enjoying your special dinner a a sukiyaki restaurant. A experience designed to your Tokyo first-time? Watch a geisha performance, featuring dances and games (included refreshments such as tea and Japanese sweets).

The philosopher Tetsuzō Tanikawa was his father, and Yōko Sano was his wife (that had illustrated a volume of his poems). He was a middle-school student at the end of the second world war, with many thoughts never too far away from death. He has written more than 60 books of poetry. Several of his collections have been translated into English. He is one of the most widely read and highly regarded of living Japanese poets. SHUNTARO TANIKAWA, Japanese poet and translator, was born in a December day, 1931 in Tokyo (Japan). He has been a phenomenon in Japan, since the publication of his first collection, (Alone in Two Billion Light Years). In 2008, a pocket edition was published, attracting a wave of young readers. With his work translated into English and French, German and Slovak, Danish, Chinese and Mongolian, he has gained a readership around the world.

TO BE IN LOVE – To be in love, how does it feel? It feels like sitting together gazing spellbound, thinking even yawns and sneezes are charming, and finding yourself wanting to lick your love. To be in love, how does it feel? It feels like wanting to show it off, but not wanting anyone else to touch it, so you also want to shut it away somewhere. To be in love, how does it feel? Like wanting to give away your most precious plastic model, and then also your treasured postage stamps, and to top it all you even add a comic book.

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