Claire Kohda

Time takes its toll

Before Japan adopted Western time, great bells would keep the hours in the shogun’s city, telling people when to rise, eat and sleep

  • The Bells of Old Tokyo: Travels in Japanese Time

    Anna Sherman

    Picador, pp. 308

  • Autumn Light: Japan’s Season of Fire and Farewells

    Pico Iyer

    Bloomsbury, pp. 235

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