Passeggiate a Tokyo
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- Author：Florent Chavouet
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Summary
«Si dice che Tokyo sia la più bella delle città brutte»， inizia così l’ammaliante tour illustrato di Florent Chavouet， giovane artista che ha trascorso sei mesi esplorando la capitale giapponese。 Ogni giorno partiva con una borsa piena di matite e un blocco da disegno e visitava diversi quartieri。 Fino a dar vita a una straordinaria guida che racconta la città che ha conosciuto nelle sue avventure: non la Tokyo dei tour convenzionali e delle guide patinate， ma un luogo più avventuroso e vivace， popolato da uomini e donne d’affari， hipster， studenti， nonne， negozianti， agenti di polizia e decine di altri tipi e tribù urbane。 Con arguzia e costante senso dell’umorismo， Chavouet cattura l’essenza di una grande metropoli in un ritratto unico， caloroso ed estremamente vitale。
Reviews
Giacomo Dusina
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Tokyo raccontata attraverso disegni: edifici， persone， oggetti， dettagli。 Non é un fumetto， non c'é una narrazione。 É semplicemente una raccolta di disegni dei vari quartieri di Tokyo， esplorati in bici dall'autore nel 2006。 Carino e piacevole ma manca un po' di sostanza。 Tokyo raccontata attraverso disegni: edifici， persone， oggetti， dettagli。 Non é un fumetto， non c'é una narrazione。 É semplicemente una raccolta di disegni dei vari quartieri di Tokyo， esplorati in bici dall'autore nel 2006。 Carino e piacevole ma manca un po' di sostanza。 。。。more
Rei
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Florent Chavouet is a French artist who travelled to Tokyo in 2006 to accompany his girlfriend。 Couldn't find a job that he like （？）， he decided to start sketches of everything he saw while roaming around the streets in Tokyo。 From police stations （koban） to buildings， shopping districts to houses in small， narrow streets， bikes to taxis， and he also captured the people from high school girls to old men walking down the streets。 He divided every districts （Shinjuku， Ueno， Shibuya， Roppongi， etc） Florent Chavouet is a French artist who travelled to Tokyo in 2006 to accompany his girlfriend。 Couldn't find a job that he like （？）， he decided to start sketches of everything he saw while roaming around the streets in Tokyo。 From police stations （koban） to buildings， shopping districts to houses in small， narrow streets， bikes to taxis， and he also captured the people from high school girls to old men walking down the streets。 He divided every districts （Shinjuku， Ueno， Shibuya， Roppongi， etc） by the sketches of the koban in the district。 There are bits of stories， too: experience funny， strange， even irritating （his own fault， in my opinion）。 The sketches are very beautiful and colourful。 I spent a lot of time observing every page， drinking on every details， every inscription （though without any actual context）。 There's a downside though， his comments on some of the parts （especially on people） are rather judgemental， typical reaction of entitled white people to Eastern culture （ok， racist， there I said it） （yes， I'm playing my colonialism-victim's card）。 。 This book is fun to perused to。 But I think if your aim is to learn more about Japanese culture （or Westerner's view on Japan）， I'm sure there are better books out there。 。。。more
Elisala
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Superbe découverte， mi-journal de bord， mi-bd， mi-guide touristique （oui， ça fait beaucoup de moitiés， je sais）。L'auteur-dessinateur croque tout （ou presque） qui lui passe sous le crayon， colle des étiquettes， fait des interludes sociologiques parfaitement inutiles mais drôles。 Le trait est presque naïf， vaguement bancal， avec des couleurs aux crayons de couleur， mais c'est frais et drôle， ça montre un Japon （ou disons plutôt un Tokyo） rigolo et bizarroïde， et ça me donne plus envie que jamais d Superbe découverte， mi-journal de bord， mi-bd， mi-guide touristique （oui， ça fait beaucoup de moitiés， je sais）。L'auteur-dessinateur croque tout （ou presque） qui lui passe sous le crayon， colle des étiquettes， fait des interludes sociologiques parfaitement inutiles mais drôles。 Le trait est presque naïf， vaguement bancal， avec des couleurs aux crayons de couleur， mais c'est frais et drôle， ça montre un Japon （ou disons plutôt un Tokyo） rigolo et bizarroïde， et ça me donne plus envie que jamais d'aller visiter le Japon et de me lancer dans le dessin。 。。。more
Genevieve
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Realized after I started this that I had actually read it before year's ago， it just didn't show in my Goodreads history。。。 Realized after I started this that I had actually read it before year's ago， it just didn't show in my Goodreads history。。。 。。。more
Michael Guillot
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Didn't think I'd get sad nearing the end of a graphic novel/memoir about some French guy's six month journey through Tokyo， but as I finished the last page， I felt a certain sadness and pain that this was over。 I didn't want it to end！ I wish there was a daily tear-off calendar of Florent's drawings and little comments。I loved Florent's nuanced eye for things， and how he'd combine his drawings with little asides and stickers from fruit， or stamps from the train， or scans of tickets he'd get on t Didn't think I'd get sad nearing the end of a graphic novel/memoir about some French guy's six month journey through Tokyo， but as I finished the last page， I felt a certain sadness and pain that this was over。 I didn't want it to end！ I wish there was a daily tear-off calendar of Florent's drawings and little comments。I loved Florent's nuanced eye for things， and how he'd combine his drawings with little asides and stickers from fruit， or stamps from the train， or scans of tickets he'd get on the street。 These little details overflow from the book， especially on the maps that I'd study for minutes at a time。 I love the time I spent with this book， and had so much appreciation for Flor's sense of humor - a little snarky， a little dry， and a little punky。 Good stuff。 。。。more
Archana
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Definitely enjoyed flipping through visual and the detailed sketches。However every other page having either a negative， racist or judgmental comment did not make it a pleasurable read。
Wyla Widyaputri
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Illustration memoir of Tokyo through all the intersections， tiny streets， and the heavy traffic jam。 A very good nostalgia for someone who once travelled to Tokyo or people who'd like to visit Tokyo one day。 All the drawings are made by pencil color - which suitable with my preference。 Florent was very detail in his illustration， even like the candy wrap or canned drink - he drew it in a very detail manner。 Illustration memoir of Tokyo through all the intersections， tiny streets， and the heavy traffic jam。 A very good nostalgia for someone who once travelled to Tokyo or people who'd like to visit Tokyo one day。 All the drawings are made by pencil color - which suitable with my preference。 Florent was very detail in his illustration， even like the candy wrap or canned drink - he drew it in a very detail manner。 。。。more
Lissa
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3。5 stars。 My husband and I traveled to Japan in 2015， and Chavouet’s illustrations brought me back to the sights， smells， and tastes of that trip。 His colored pencil sketches are incredible， and I loved noticing the details in the corners of each section of Tokyo he included in the many maps。 Chavouet is a truly talented artist， but his sense of humor wasn’t for me; between his “cheap jokes” and a handful of portraits that made fun of fat people or people wearing gender-bending clothing， I felt 3。5 stars。 My husband and I traveled to Japan in 2015， and Chavouet’s illustrations brought me back to the sights， smells， and tastes of that trip。 His colored pencil sketches are incredible， and I loved noticing the details in the corners of each section of Tokyo he included in the many maps。 Chavouet is a truly talented artist， but his sense of humor wasn’t for me; between his “cheap jokes” and a handful of portraits that made fun of fat people or people wearing gender-bending clothing， I felt that his sense of humor was dated （the book was written in 2006） and problematic。 。。。more
Banuta
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Very fun， wish Florent made more books about other cities。
Patrick
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Absolutely beautiful illustrations （urban sketches and caricatures）。
Jo
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Nice illustrations， text too hard to read。 Also quite insulting in places。
Tiina
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Avastamist oli palju， illustratsioonid ilusad ja äratundmisrõõm kõditas aeg-ajalt ka südant。
Lyra
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Los dibujos son preciosos， la pena es que este hecho desde una perspectiva rancia y racista， poco respetuoso， no me ha gustado nada。
Arend
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Three stars because the art and the feast of recognition could not beat out the casual “dude looks like a girl” or “tired transvestites” comments， and other gratuitous sarcasm about looks。 This was a re-read （first time probably 10 years ago）。
Preez
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Very beautiful illustrations。Love the details。
Yuji Chan
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A delightful exploration of Chavouet's discovery of Tokyo with colorful depictions of everyday scenes in each ward of the city。 Very pretty but no strong storyline。 A delightful exploration of Chavouet's discovery of Tokyo with colorful depictions of everyday scenes in each ward of the city。 Very pretty but no strong storyline。 。。。more
Chelsea Martinez
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This book is quirky and beautifully illustrated; it makes no claims beyond documenting the author's relatively short time in Tokyo。 The neighborhood maps have pins/references to specific detail pages， but I didn't follow those。 The remaining detail pages highlight ads， products， cafes， or interactions/observations of fellow pedestrians or officials。 It definitely feels French; I appreciated that the "differences" that stood out to the authors don't seem the same as what an American might note （t This book is quirky and beautifully illustrated; it makes no claims beyond documenting the author's relatively short time in Tokyo。 The neighborhood maps have pins/references to specific detail pages， but I didn't follow those。 The remaining detail pages highlight ads， products， cafes， or interactions/observations of fellow pedestrians or officials。 It definitely feels French; I appreciated that the "differences" that stood out to the authors don't seem the same as what an American might note （to me， the police were near invisible， while he was harrassed; likely has more to do with the difference between French and American police， right？）; additionally， a few observations seemed "politically incorrect" or there were some stereotypes embraced that I was a little bit surprised about， or overall generalizing about Japan based on time only in Tokyo。 I think it was brilliant， if not fully intentional， to avoid the train and I love the idea of biking around with a chair as the way to see a city。 。。。more
Jnyama
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The pictures are nicely detailed， no doubt about it。 What isn't as nice is all the text in the book which seemed frankly， kinda racist to me？ The author makes it pretty clear that he was only there because his girlfriend was doing an internship for 6 months and he seems to have disliked most of his experience there and all the people。 Everyone is drawn in caricature and typically described as "ugly" while he mocks everything from their clothes to their teeth。 He is particularly negative on the p The pictures are nicely detailed， no doubt about it。 What isn't as nice is all the text in the book which seemed frankly， kinda racist to me？ The author makes it pretty clear that he was only there because his girlfriend was doing an internship for 6 months and he seems to have disliked most of his experience there and all the people。 Everyone is drawn in caricature and typically described as "ugly" while he mocks everything from their clothes to their teeth。 He is particularly negative on the police there who he hates because they have the audacity to keep bothering him while he parks his stolen bike illegally around town or engages in jaywalking。 He refers to them as the "sushi version" of， I guess， French police who are clearly the only authentic ones。 Everyone's tolerance for this sort of thing will vary of course， but for me， I didn't much care for the art style or the bigotry。 Pass。 。。。more
Mind the Book
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Fåtöljres med dessa underbart detaljerade teckningar av en fransk flanör， som tillbringade en tid i Tokyo。 Uppslaget betsår ofta av en karta med en "slightly sad park" eller en "small courtyard with coffeeshops"， en videobutik， en spännande viadukt eller gatumode av olika slag。 Ibland kanske förundran övergår i fördomsfullhet och det sätt på vilket Chavouet tecknar japaners ögon är lika förlegat som Kurrekurreduttön。Efter dessa två Tokyoböcker började jag kolla på 'Tokyo Girl' på Amazon Prime; c Fåtöljres med dessa underbart detaljerade teckningar av en fransk flanör， som tillbringade en tid i Tokyo。 Uppslaget betsår ofta av en karta med en "slightly sad park" eller en "small courtyard with coffeeshops"， en videobutik， en spännande viadukt eller gatumode av olika slag。 Ibland kanske förundran övergår i fördomsfullhet och det sätt på vilket Chavouet tecknar japaners ögon är lika förlegat som Kurrekurreduttön。Efter dessa två Tokyoböcker började jag kolla på 'Tokyo Girl' på Amazon Prime; ca 10 korta avsnitt， där vi följer en urban kvinna från ca 25-40 års ålder。 。。。more
Jessica
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This book was racist and had way too many t-slurs。 I thought it was just gonna be pretty pictures。 :（
Mehsi
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I finally had the chance to read this one！ I have been meaning to read it for years but never could find it， until now！ Yay！ This was a fun travelogue （is that the right word） by an artist for when he lived in Japan with his wife。 They moved around a bit and he had fun travelling around Tokyo （and some outer stuff） and making maps， sketches of people， of buildings， of everything that stood out。 Along with that we get some， what I would call， diary parts along with food and drinks and conversatio I finally had the chance to read this one！ I have been meaning to read it for years but never could find it， until now！ Yay！ This was a fun travelogue （is that the right word） by an artist for when he lived in Japan with his wife。 They moved around a bit and he had fun travelling around Tokyo （and some outer stuff） and making maps， sketches of people， of buildings， of everything that stood out。 Along with that we get some， what I would call， diary parts along with food and drinks and conversations。 I loved that each new part began with a police station and see what the police were up to。 The maps were really well made and I loved the little details and tiny text to state if something was important or something fun/something happened。 Definitely would recommend it to all who like travelogues and Japan。 。。。more
Cia
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 i don't usually rate bios （and this is a quasi-bio）， but the white guy energy overpowered me。 i don't usually rate bios （and this is a quasi-bio）， but the white guy energy overpowered me。 。。。more
Bouilloire
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3，5/5
Apoorva
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Tokyo on Foot by Florent ChavouetWhat a wonderful find this was。。 Though published in 2009， the beauty of this graphic memoir lies in its details and small footnotes and the author's personal take on the underbelly of Tokyo。Tokyo can be many things- a eclectic mix of food， bustling neighbourhoods， izakayas， people as well and crumbling cloistered buildings。 Chavouet has sketched the whole Tokyo city through just a sketchpad and colors， a funny building ， a poster for political agenda， a grandma Tokyo on Foot by Florent ChavouetWhat a wonderful find this was。。 Though published in 2009， the beauty of this graphic memoir lies in its details and small footnotes and the author's personal take on the underbelly of Tokyo。Tokyo can be many things- a eclectic mix of food， bustling neighbourhoods， izakayas， people as well and crumbling cloistered buildings。 Chavouet has sketched the whole Tokyo city through just a sketchpad and colors， a funny building ， a poster for political agenda， a grandma buying grocery， a man relaxing。 In addition ， he has drawn a map of the city itself down to its tiniest details- a curb， a sidewalk， a eatery ， a cozy little cafe。Though most of it must have changed by now， since a city is ever evolving he is done a great job， even of the crammed alleyways he has drawn beauty。 Of course， there's a lot of humor and him being an outsider a gajin has been often the brunt of the local policeman。 And I forgot to add before introducing each city its maps and its iconic spots the author takes us to the local policeman introduces him as the city master and slowly takes us in ，deeper and deeper into each part of the city one page at a time。 The maps are harder to discern with its small but nevertheless interesting。 I felt that the beauty of the city may not just lie in its aesthetics but also it being different and unique around each corner。 Tokyo has left me surprised， discovering a new corner every time。 This almost reminded of the cafe showed in Midnight diner， crammed into a small place serving beautiful long forgotten dishes and its regulars。 。。。more
Kate Thompson
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Interesting perspective on Japan from a Frenchman。 And it's really funny。 Interesting perspective on Japan from a Frenchman。 And it's really funny。 。。。more
Janet
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Beautiful artwork but I wish there was text or explanation for some of the buildings。 I hope to visit Japan someday， when it’s safe to travel again。
Tanika ✨
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*old review*This is was a light fun read and the sketches sometimes were just so amazing but I loved the fact that they were just sketches and did not feel so professional， the maps were my favorite part about this memoir
Ashley
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While it might be a bit opaque or solipsistic for anyone who has yet to visit Tokyo， for those of us who remember it fondly this sketchbook is a ticket back。
Charlotte
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Tokyo On Foot is a graphic memoir of Chavouet’s time spent in Tokyo， June to December of 2006。 It’s a little snapshot of the different neighbourhoods divided by their kobans （the local police stations）。 I love Chavouet’s art style - the realistic buildings and slightly-caricature look of the people - and his particular humour in the annotations。 Oh， and the fruit stickers！A treasure， truly。
Touloulou
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On plonge dans le Tokyo des petites ruelles， des échoppes， des détails avec le trait coloré et chaleureux， attachant de Florent Chavouet。 Il m'a fait voyager de mon canapé et donné une envie furieuse d'aller découvrir cette ville ！ On plonge dans le Tokyo des petites ruelles， des échoppes， des détails avec le trait coloré et chaleureux， attachant de Florent Chavouet。 Il m'a fait voyager de mon canapé et donné une envie furieuse d'aller découvrir cette ville ！ 。。。more
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