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Three books that BOOK × SHIBUYA Shibuya bookstores is to recommend

Toward the people who work in Shibuya, a bookseller to set up a shop "Now, this should read" in monthly in Shibuya will introduce.

The theme

Novel that the Shibuya and stage

「渋谷を舞台にした」といえば、ソフィア・コッポラ監督が手がけた映画「ロスト・イン・トランスレーション」（2004年）を思い出す人もきっと多いだろう。CM撮影のため、来日したビル・マーレイが扮するハリウッドスターと、同じホテルに滞在したスカーレット・ヨハンソンが扮する新妻のプラトニックな恋物語。無秩序に人の波が押し寄せてくる渋谷スクランブル交差点や、大笑いしながら渋谷のカラオケ館で歌いまくる二人の姿などは、記憶に残る名シーンとなっている。スリバチ地形の中央にあるスクランブル交差点をはじめ、若者たちが闊歩するセンター街やオシャレ系セレクトショップが立ち並ぶ神南、古き良き渋谷らしさが残る円山町、高級住宅街である松濤エリア、さらには緑が心を癒す代々木公園に至るまで、渋谷は各ゾーンによって特徴が大きく異なる。映画やドラマ、小説の舞台としてしばしば渋谷の街が描かれるのは、こうした様々な人種や文化がモザイク模様のように入り混じり合い、キャラクターやストーリー展開に厚みや幅を持たせることができる点が挙げられるだろう。何が起きても不自然ではない、その懐の大きさが「渋谷の魅力」と言えるかもしれない。 今回の「シブヤ×ブックス」では、渋谷区立こもれび大和田図書館の図書館員である佐藤キミエさんに、「渋谷を舞台にした小説」をテーマに3冊を選んでもらった。佐藤さんは、地域資料からカルチャー、写真集、小説、ビジネス書など、渋谷に関連する書籍を集めて展示する「@シブヤ」コーナーを企画担当。ご自身が今までに読んだ本や、各図書館員さんが見つけた本など、渋谷に関連する情報を地道に集めてコーナーづくりに力を注いでいる。主な人気作品では、スクランブル交差点で無差別爆弾テロが起こる「魔笛」（野沢尚著）や、若手営業マンが子ども時代を過ごした渋谷に戻ってくる「渋谷に里帰り」（山本幸久著）、渋谷の片隅で起こる殺人事件を解決する探偵ミステリ「素人がいっぱい」（新野剛志著）など。今回は数多くの小説の中から、佐藤さんに「近代」「現代」「近未来」の3つの時間軸で、各時代の「渋谷の顔」を感じることができるお薦めの作品をご紹介してもらった。

This month's book selector

The NPO Genki library Sato Kimie's (librarians winning the third year)

名　称:
Shibuya Ward Komorebi Owada Library
住　所:
渋谷区桜丘町23-21 文化総合センター大和田2F
電　話:
03-3464-4780
開　館:
Monday to Saturday 11:00 to 21 / day and congratulation to 17 pm 10
休　館:
第2月曜日とその前週の火曜日 第4月曜日とその前週の火曜日 第2木曜日(館内整理日) 年末年始、特別整理期間
取　扱:
General books / Children's Book / foreign language books / magazines / newspapers collection number about 35,000 books

November 2010, opened as a Shibuya tenth library along with the "Cultural Research Center Owada" opened. Bright open viewing space is characterized by the ceiling height. A collection of picture books children's books and Shibuya-related books that align the original language and the Japanese version of "@ Shibuya" other permanent, such as Cosmo Planetarium Shibuya and Hachirabo, also events and related planning in cooperation with each of the facilities in the same center enhancement. Management is responsible for is the NPO Genki library commissioned in Shibuya.

Recommended from the book selector

One book modern Shibuya of the stage - "specter Dr.-boy detective series"

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Specter Dr.-boy detective series. Left of the old hard-cover version of Sato's personal belongings.
title
"Specter Dr.-boy detective series"
Authors
Ranpo Edogawa
the publisher
Poplar
Price
980 yen
Release date
1998/10
size
20 cm
page
265 P

1938 (1938) from January to December, serialized in the work magazine "Shonen Club" (Kodansha). The Fiend with Twenty Faces and Kogoro Akechi, Ranpo Edogawa of the popular series that boy detective delegation appeared. The story begins with Aikawa Taiji-kun is the Members of the "Detective Boys" has found his way back from a friend's house, a suspicious old man. Aikawa-kun continued to tail, arrive to a certain old-fashioned European-style building. When Komu gently looking through the middle from the window, entering the eye is sight of a beautiful girl has tied the hands and feet there. Aikawa-kun is jump to the room to help the girl, there approaching the hands of the terrible magic of the specter Dr ....

<Sato Recommended point of>
Read this work by the time of elementary school students in first in the class library, perhaps, and then to a memorable one book I bought on their own (Photo left: "Yokai Doctor" Sato's personal belongings of the old hard cover). Same series Phantom of twenty each other trick of the countenance and the detective-Kogoro Akechi has been drawn, was very popular with the children at the time. A Members of the boy detective team in Mr. Taiji Aikawa house Roppongi, Mr. Shintaro Koizumi house Shibuya Sakuragaoka-cho. "Way back in Sakuchu, just alone, it was Torikakari a in a small park with a Shibuya. And (snip) just for a time of dinner, the more unexpected is divided also seen another human face, because it has become dimly, a small park among Hijoni lonely, have been portrayed Shibuya park and (snip) even do not see the shadow of the people ... ". In addition Koizumi Mr. dad "to stroll around in the neighborhood of the shrine forest, usual ..." There is a. I was examined in the map of "Tokyo Prefecture Shibuya-cho," Showa three years in the area material, but unfortunately could not be confirmed (by the way sunshine filtering through foliage Owada library a place, it was at that time Owada elementary school). Phantom of twenty if there countenance retreat also Ikejiri and Yoyogi, Azabu, Roppongi, Shibuya, it frequently like a bizarre incident had occurred at Yoyogi around (laughs). Shibuya from these sentences before the war, wooded area a lot, you can see that was a lonely place not crowded in the evening. Enough has been analyzed in detail even "Rampo and Tokyo" of Iwao Matsuyama. Also last in the incident is resolved to "Akechi teacher, Banza Ai." "Kobayashi leader, Banza Ai." It is good the way the end of the promise that concludes with. Showa of nostalgia, I feel that.

One book of modern Shibuya stage - "Indigo Night"

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Indigo night
title
"Indigo Night"
Authors
Kato Jitsuaki
the publisher
Shueisha
Price
620 yen
Release date
2013/4
size
16 cm
page
323 P

2003 (2003), Kato Jitsuaki's debut of "Indigo Night" won the 10th Somoto reasoning Short Award. After that, the series of the "chocolate Beast," "White Crow", in 2010 has been drama-stage reduction in daytime band of Fuji TV series. Story "in the club like a Jaco, but like a DJ and dancers boy is good if there is a host club for us to service" - stemming from the free writer plateau casual word of crystal, of colleagues together with Shioya Start the management of the host club, "club indigo". Store management was doing well, but come in for some reason after another to various incidents microcomputer. Unique host it formed the amateur detective team, going to resolve the incidents that occur in personal belongings while efforts the night of the city.

<Sato Recommended point of>
Stage is the host club, which is located along Shibuya River. Cross the "went out to the east exit and get off at Shibuya. Metropolitan under the footbridge, walk toward the Meiji street in Ebisu direction. Again around in Shibuya, it is unusual area. Before the Meiji-dori, behind Shibuya to narrow land sandwiched between the river and the Toyoko line, the size of the building is built closely. taverns and fast food, the arrangement without the old shops, such as the sense of unity, aimed at off-track betting facilities and on weekends (snip), return filled with men of cloudy eyes. (snip) recently in a cafe and general store, to open the store also one after another that was playful small, such as a hair salon, is becoming a fashionable area called Toka aka-Urashibu Toka bitter 3 depiction of the city along the Meiji street seems "from Shibuya Station East has been drawn in detail. Start with a small shop in the "club indigo" is Sakuragaoka the town, since the successful transfer along the current of Shibuya River. Such as daytime business begins with the revision of the Fueiho, setting including host our character is anyway concrete. I myself work in the library is the end to the 9 o'clock at night, when you are walking toward the station down the cherry street, you may suddenly think of the "club indigo". In fact if this shop is not it is close, if it is the work that make me feel ...... such realistic you want to go by if available. Also looking forward to the current new work in the series on the website of Shueisha!

Future book Shibuya of the stage - "friendly adult"

Friendly adults
title
"Friendly adult"
Authors
Natsuo Kirino
the publisher
Chuokoron-Shinsha
Price
1500yen
Release date
2010/9
size
20 cm
page
306 P

2009 (2009) February to December, serialized in the Yomiuri Shimbun. The stage is Shibuya in the near future. Welfare system will collapse, Tokyo proceeds is slum, the ruins of all the group of buildings of Shibuya Station. While homeless overflows in the city, such as in the Shoto area there are wealthy live people, progress is unequal society. Hero of the ions, which are street children does not trust all others, and hostile to all of the adults, Iron Fist to survive in the devastated city. Live in Shibuya of underground shopping center, in the wake of the encounter with the young group "Luminous troops" referred to as the "underground city of vigilante", the ions set foot into the Tokyo underground ....

<Sato Recommended point of>
Collapse and disparities social welfare system, young people who lost their homes, such as family problems, the story has been expanded while interweaving a problem that also leads to the modern society. Setting Nanoha activity areas of the street children are called Shibuya, what still image of "Shibuya = young people". I Chima has been painted of Shibuya even fence Ryosuke's novel "heat island". In Sakuchu "no such person to walk leisurely the center city.'re To hang out in this place, look at the passers-by to greed Shige, young people's ... no job", etc., rather than in the distant future, now of Shibuya also glimpse overlap in downtown. If one wrong step, Japan in the near future is the work of thought-provoking and the like ...... might have the same world with this story.

House is Shibuya, a person that worked are places Shibuya, should you want to read is surely book Shibuya has become the stage. For example, in a television drama neighbors or has become a location, the same as become somehow happy feeling. Recall that in the novel at the time that has passed through the place, which I read in a two-dimensional There are fun to spread the work world turned into 3D. In the future, the "@ Shibuya" corner, plots the spot that came out in the novel of Shibuya on the map, we would like to create a map that can bird's-eye view of the whole. In addition, cross-word puzzle in which the books related to the Shibuya the theme, such as to think the quiz get rely on the title in the language of writing, I want to the first create opportunities to meet this in a fun cut, and a wide variety of ideas we inflated.

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