City Comforts in Japanese

Some years ago. the first edition of the book was translated into Japanese by an urban planner from Tokyo, Mr. Hiromitsu Yajima, whom I bumped into by accident at at a conference in Colorado. (Of course that's the point going to a conference --- an intentional act which has serendipitous results.)

It is funny flattering shocking for me to see the book in foreign words, words that in some way I wrote and yet which I cannot understand. That my book is filled with so many pictures allows me to identify each page and yet not be able to read it completely. It's the strangest sensation.

The publisher was kind enough to send me some copies but I have more than I really need. (I don't read Japanese even a bit so one as a souvenir is sufficient.)

So I will sell/trade/donate them to some one or organization which can put them to good use. Maybe a library somewhere which specializes in Asian urban studies? And then perhaps we can get some spirited bidding going for this piece of history.

Please write to me if you have some fabulous idea about what I should do with them.