Florent Chavouet is a young graphic artist and author living in Paris. When he returned from Japan, he realized that all the observing and sketching he had done in Tokyo led to his evolution as an artist. This is his first book. florentchavouet.com
"His drawings are so wonderfully idiosyncratic and so beautifully
detailed that what must have been a labor of love for him is no
less a labor of delightful artistic genius." --Publishers Weekly
starred review
"[Tokyo on Foot] will make readers with wanderlust wish to drop
their everyday responsibilities and trek through a foreign city. It
will appeal to the armchair traveler who yearns for a bit of the
exotic, the wanderer who wants to someday visit the Land of the
Rising Sun, and, indeed, anyone who appreciates the marriage of
grit and beauty, self-deprecating wit, and losing oneself in good
pictures for a while." --ForeWord Reviews
"From what Chavouet saw, did, ate--bugs, festivals, storefronts, a
fake French mansion, random drinks and snacks--his illustrations
catch perfect little details you'll never find in any guidebook.
His myriad of people caught in the midst of their everyday lives
are undoubtedly the book's highlight. […] By the time he's back in
his native France, he's got an award-winning, fascinating book that
surely makes for ideal reading for both armchair tourists and
peripatetic travelers alike." --Book Dragon (Smithsonian Institute)
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