Japonya'da evlerin metrekaresi Türkiye'deki evlere göre çok küçük. Bu nedenle, eşyalarını minimum yer kaplayacak şekilde katlamak dahi çok mühim. Bu ayrıntılar bizim için fazla detaylı olsa da bir Japon için gerekli. Japonya'da 2011'deki tsunamiden sonra 1.5 milyon satış yapmış bu kitap.
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"Sales were fine. Then the 2011 earthquake and tsunami happened.
Kondo’s editor, Tomohiro Takahashi, also at lunch, explained with great tact the catastrophe’s effect on book sales. “The Japanese people suddenly had to ask themselves what was important in their lives. What was the true value of sentimental items? What was the meaning of the items they’d lost? What was the meaning of life?” Sales exploded in the quake’s aftermath. “It was, unfortunately, a fortuitous event,” the editor said. One and a half million copies have been sold to date in Japan."