How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart is a collection about the ways in which heartbreak can fill a place and make it impossible to stay. Their relationship burns bright, but seasons change, the persimmon tree out back loses its fruit, and things grow strange between the two women. Their little kitchen, the epicenter of their shared life, overlooks a community garden dominated by a fruitful persimmon tree. Meanwhile, her relationship with her new companion develops an intensity as they live and work together. Amidst the busy tourist traps and overrun temples, Florentyna develops her own personal map of the city: a favourite smoky jazz kissa a top-shelf katsuobushi loving cat an elderly lady named Yamaguchi-san, who shares her sweets and gives Florentyna a Japanese name. Reflecting on the two years of her life spent living in Kyoto, Leow describes her favourite places in the city, the highs and lows of her two jobs, and the memories of living with her friend and flatmate. 20-something and uncertain about her future, Florentyna Leow is exhilarated when an old acquaintance offers her an opportunity for work and cohabitation in a little house in the hills of Kyoto.įlorentyna begins a new job as a tour guide, taking tourists on elaborate and expensive trips around Kyoto’s cultural hotspots. How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart by Florentyna Leow is the latest release by local publishing firm The Emma Press. How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart is a stunning collection of anecdotes and personal stories about one woman working, living, and finding a home in Japan's old cap.
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