04.23

  August, 931. Tokyo, known as the walled city, grants only ninety-nine temporary entry permits a year to foreigners. August, 1131. Tokyo’s culture is enriched, and brightened, by immigrants from lands either submerged or covered by forests. No entry permits

04.22

  It was still dark when Julia washed her face and dressed up. She kissed Gaia, fast asleep, on her forehead, took an apple for the bowl at the center of the table an looked out of the arched window.