Tokyo on Foot

This isn't the usual travel guide book that tells you where to go, it's one that Florent Chavouet drew to show you where he went. He's a French guy who's in Japan to accompany his girlfriend because she's working there.

It's a 208-page paperback filled with colour pencil drawn observations on the places he went. There are interesting notes on the people and culture and his many...

This isn't the usual travel guide book that tells you where to go, it's one that Florent Chavouet drew to show you where he went. He's a French guy who's in Japan to accompany his girlfriend because she's working there.

It's a 208-page paperback filled with colour pencil drawn observations on the places he went. There are interesting notes on the people and culture and his many little adventures.

His colour pencil illustrations are nice, and gives Tokyo a very different look and feel. It's a light-hearted look at Tokyo as a tourist. The hand drawn maps are beautiful with icons and places of interest. On some pages, there are collages from things he collect, like cutout of manga panels and the bicycle parking tickets he got for parking in restricted areas.

It's an amusing book to check out.

弗洛朗·夏福埃，法国画家，2006年6月，他因女友克莱尔前往东京参加总公司培训，而跟随她一同租住下来。他从废弃的停车场里捡了一辆自行车，骑着它穿梭于东京的大街小巷。在6个月的旅行中，他通过细腻而充满童趣的观察，用彩色铅笔画出了一个非同于常人眼中的东京，呈现出这座繁华都市在传统与现代文化冲击下的人文风情。继《东京散步》之后，画家回国小住并再次前往日本，完成了第二本画册《真锅岛》。欲知更多信息，欢迎登录画家博客http://www.florentchavouet.com/home.htm