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The Haruki Murakami Library

Library

The exterior of the Haruki Murakami Library with a sculptural wire-frame passageway

I have read a few of Haruki Murakami's books, both fiction and non-fiction, so I stopped by his eponymous library at Waseda University. I enjoyed walking around and seeing remnants of his old jazz bar, then spent an hour in the listening lounge, where they play records from his vinyl collection.

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