Tokyo on Foot

“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)

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.