Japan Town

An immersive journey through the culture and cuisine of one Japanese town, its forest, and its watershed - where ducks are hunted by net, saké is brewed from the purest mountain water, and charcoal is fired in stone kilns - by an American writer and food stylist who spent years working alongside artisans.

Ren Ishida is nearly finished with graduate school when he receives news of his sister Keiko's sudden death. She was viciously stabbed one rainy night on her way home, and there are no leads. Ren heads to Akakawa to conclude his sister's affairs, still failing to understand why she chose to abandon the family and Tokyo for this desolate town years ago. Haunted in his dreams by a young girl who is desperately trying to tell him something, Ren struggles to find solace in the void his sister has left behind.

This historical narrative reveals the life of Linda, a young woman struggling to come to grips with her rudderless existence, of her stumbling back to her hometown after a failed marriage, and having to face the judgments of a stoic Japanese mother. Chieko’s life is in stark contrast, having survived the most horrific last days of World War II, and having come of age in occupied Japan where she made a living working in a hostess club serving drinks and dancing with servicemen. Linda wants to write her mother’s story, and Chieko always says no.

2008 körde den 25-årige Tomohiro Kato in i en folkmassa i ett av Tokyos shoppingområden. Efteråt hoppade han ur bilen med en kniv i handen och rusade mot alla människor medan han skrek och skrek. Totalt miste sju personer livet i den fruktansvärda massakern. MORD I ELECTRIC TOWN är första delen i true crime-serien MORD I JAPAN, där du får de sanna berättelserna om några av de mest sensationella morden i den uppgående solens land.