Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man

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Steve Alpert. Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man

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Introduction: Studio Ghibli

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Being ushered into Tokuma-shacho’s office always felt special. He had an enormous, beautiful mahogany desk that seemed to be overflowing with presents or framed documents he had just received and unwrapped. Two of the walls were all glass with sweeping views all the way out into Tokyo Harbor. It was a philosopher’s view of the city, similar to my own view from my office, but much grander. From up here the Bullet Trains rushing to and from Tokyo Station, the ferries docking or departing for Tokyo’s outer islands, and the planes banking low for their descent into Haneda Airport seemed somehow more significant. As if the person with this view of Tokyo had the kind of real power to change what you were seeing down below.

If you stood by the window in Mr. Tokuma’s office, you could see down into the Hama Rikyu Imperial Gardens where the emperor of Japan had once hunted ducks by day and held moon-viewing parties at night. With no taller buildings nearby, you had a sense that you were up on top of the world. Even the emperor of Japan and the real estate that he owned was down below you.

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