Hues of Tokyo: Tales of Today's Japan

Hues of Tokyo is a haunting collection of short stories with a backdrop of one of the worlds most interesting cities. As you travel with visitors and natives through the streets of Tokyo you will puzzle through the surreal encounter of a first time visitor to Tokyo join a salary man who is looking for life beyond the company or hold your breath as a young girl tries to find a way out of a traumatic abuse cycle. Additional tales speak to lost love the blindness of greed and redemption of fair play and the loss of an old friend to modern encroachment. Several provocative stories look to Japans history for inspiration in todays fast-paced society. Hues of Tokyo can be read straight through as a whole work with interlocking themes or each story can be cherished individually as you enter the world of a complex city of intrigue and history. However you approach the network of stories you will be entertained by whimsical tales that both amuse and provoke deep thought about the relationships among past present and future--in Tokyo and beyond.