Tokyo Hearts: A Japanese Love Story

Young Adult, Romance, General Fiction

By Renae Lucas-Hall

Publisher : Grosvenor House Publishing

ABOUT Renae Lucas-Hall

Renae Lucas-Hall
Renae Lucas-Hall is an Australian-born British novelist and writer. Renae spent many years studying French, Italian and Japanese because she loves languages and she always wanted to be an interpreter, a teacher or a writer. Renae graduated from Monash University in Australia with a Bachelo More...

Description

A fascinating exploration of life in modern-day Japan, Tokyo Hearts is a poignant love story that will catapult you directly onto the fashionable streets of this nation’s capital and into the hearts of Takashi and Haruka. Takashi is a young and popular university student who has fallen in love with his stylish and sophisticated friend Haruka. She is sweet and kind and adores shopping for high-end Japanese and Western brands. Every week, they meet up in the heart of Tokyo, enjoying each other’s company, and for Takashi, life is perfect. But the path to true love is never easy. When Takashi discovers that Haruka is seeing her wealthy ex-boyfriend from Kyoto, his life begins to turn upside down. This coming of age story traces the lives of Takashi and Haruka and their friends as they deal with young love and the ups and downs of growing up in Tokyo – truly one of the most stylish, energetic and exhilarating cities in the world.

A fascinating exploration of life in modern-day Japan, Tokyo Hearts is a poignant love story that will catapult you directly onto the fashionable streets of this nation’s capital and into the hearts of Takashi and Haruka. Takashi is a young and popular university student who has fallen in love with his stylish and sophisticated friend Haruka. She is sweet and kind and adores shopping for high-end Japanese and Western brands. Every week, they meet up in the heart of Tokyo, enjoying each other’s company, and for Takashi, life is perfect. But the path to true love is never easy. When Takashi discovers that Haruka is seeing her wealthy ex-boyfriend from Kyoto, his life begins to turn upside down. This coming of age story traces the lives of Takashi and Haruka and their friends as they deal with young love and the ups and downs of growing up in Tokyo – truly one of the most stylish, energetic and exhilarating cities in the world.

You really feel as though you’re on the fashionable streets, in the department stores, on the bullet train – or even in the tiny apartments that pass as home for so many people like Takashi. You’ll sit under the cherry blossom trees in the park or freeze as you wait for a friend in the winter months. It’s the Japan which belongs to the young and in which older people are either rich or struggling to get by.” (Sue Magee, The Bookbag)


"The sweet and charming love story of 'Tokyo Hearts' would make the perfect holiday read" (Laura, Itsumo Japan)

"It’s also always nice to read something written in the perspectives of both the main characters and I feel that I had an insight into the lives of two real people and got to know them and witness what happens behind-the-scenes of Japanese youths in their 20’s who are just starting to live out their lives and what is expected of them by society, and they’ve become my friends. With each chapter starting with something similar to a Chinese proverb, the mentions of some of my favourite brands like Comme des Garcons and Yohji Yamamoto, along with the bits of Japanese culture and language you can pick-up and learn of as you read through, it was an interesting read that would make a good gift to someone new to Japanese culture or even to a long-time loving one, as I am." (Steffi Santiago, Kei & Ink)