Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami & Alfred Birnbaum (translator) & Philip Gabriel (translator)
Author:Haruki Murakami & Alfred Birnbaum (translator) & Philip Gabriel (translator)
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Non-Fiction, Religion, History
ISBN: 9780307762757
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 1997-03-20T00:00:00+00:00
A dedicated snowboarder, no matter how busy he is, he makes time to go to the slopes with his girlfriend at least once a week during the winter. The only good thing to come of the gas attack is that it has brought him and his girlfriend closer together. It seems to have forced him to grow up very quickly. Heâs curious as to what will become of Yoshihiro Inoue.
Mr. Yamazaki lives with his parents and younger sister in Shin Urayasu, east of Tokyo Bay.
I had such trouble finding a job after college; every place was âNo,â straight down the list. Iâd wanted to go into fashion design, but the big fashion manufacturers werenât taking anyone on. So I decided to try other fieldsâarchitecture, telecommunications, anything not food-related. In the end, I came away empty-handed. This was the year after Japanâs âBubbleâ burst and there was no work anywhere.
Somehow I managed to get into the clothing industry, where I worked until last March. I left because I never felt I was pushing myself to the best of my abilities. I wanted to do work where Iâd be more appreciated.
I was telling my girlfriend this last October, and sheâd just decided to resign too. So we were out of work and, in fact, we went to the company her father runs. Itâs a small firm of 15 employees. We make menâs neckties, under license from an Italian maker, with three retail stores of our own in Tokyo.
Now Iâm in sales there, which is great. Still, itâs totally a family operation. When I entered the company I had dinner with the presidentâher fatherâand he asked me, âDo you plan to marry my daughter?â Iâd been planning to ask for her hand once Iâd built up a track record with the firm, but hey, what a break! (hughs) âOf course, sir,â I told him, âIâd marry her tomorrow.â And it was, âWell, well, timing aside, youâre definitely the boy for our company.â
About March 20, the day of the gas attack ⦠Well, let me see, were we busy then? Just a second, please. I still have my Filofax from then [goes into his room to fetch it]. Hmm, seems we were really busy. Several new store openings, so I was getting home late, at 11:00 or 12:00 P.M. Yes and, thatâs right, I was going to driving school then as well.
Iâd been revoked, and I was trying to get a new license. Iâve had points against me three times running, twice for speeding in Hokkaido. And once youâre revoked, they make you go back to driving school and learn everything all over again.
The morning of March 20, I left home thirty minutes earlier than usual. On Mondays there are the weekend sales figures to go through. Meetings, too. So I aim to arrive by 8:30. Thanks to which I ran into this sarin business. If it hadnât been Monday, Iâd have missed it.
I was pretty spaced out that morning. Itâs always like that with me after a weekend.
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