Uten Enten

Uten Enten
Author	Haruki Murakami
Original title	雨天炎天; Uten Enten
Language	Japanese
Genre	Travel literature, Essay
Publisher	Shinchosha (Japan)
Publication date	Feb 25, 2008 (Renewal edition)
Publication place	Japan
Published in English	-
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	286 pp (Renewal edition)
ISBN	978-4-10-353419-8 (Renewal edition)
OCLC	226807811

Uten Enten (雨天炎天)^[1] is a road essay by Japanese author Haruki Murakami, about his travels in Greece and Turkey. The essays were first published in Japanese in 1990 by shinchosha as two separate volumes, the first volume covering his travels in Greece, and the other his travels in Turkey. A popular edition collecting both volumes was published in 1991. In 2008 a renewal edition was published with some new photographs.

Title	Chapter
Greece: In the Holy Mountain ギリシャ編アトス―神様のリアル・ワールド	Good bye Real World さよならリアル・ワールド
	About Athos World アトスとはどのような世界であるのか
	From Dafni to Karyes ダフニからカリエへ
	From Karyes to Stavronikita カリエからスタヴロニキタ
	Iviron Monastery イヴィロン修道院
	Philotheou Monastery フィロセウ修道院
	Karakalou Monastery カラカル修道院
	The Monastery of Great Lavra ラヴラ修道院
	To the Skete of Prodromos プロドロムのスキテまで
	Kafsokalyvia カフソカリヴィア
	Agia Anna - Good bye Athos アギア・アンナ―さらばアトス
Turkey: On the Turkish road トルコ編チャイと兵隊と羊―21日間トルコ一周	Soldiers 兵隊
	Bread and Chai パンとチャイ
	Turkey トルコ
	Black Sea 黒海
	Hopa ホパ
	Van Cat ヴァン猫
	For Hakkâri ハッカリに向かう
	Hakkâri 2 ハッカリ 2
	Marlboro マルボロ
	Nightmare of National Highway 24 国道24号線の悪夢
	Along National Highway 24 国道24号線に沿って

Additional information

Oldest edition

Subtitle: In the Holy Mountain, on the Turkish road
Photo: Eizō Matsumura, Art direction: Sakagawa, Design: Maeda, Map: Katō
Aug 28. 1990, Hardcover (21 cm), 84 page (book1), 108 page (book 2), ISBN 4-10-353402-8
- Box set book 1: Greece - In the Holy Mountain (ギリシャ編アトス―神様のリアル・ワールド)
- Box set book 2: Turkey - On the Turkish road (トルコ編チャイと兵隊と羊―21日間トルコ一周)

Popular edition

Subtitle: ―ギリシャ・トルコ辺境紀行―^[2]
Photo: Eizō Matsumura
Jul 25. 1991, Paperback (15 cm),192 page, ISBN 4-10-100139-1

Revised edition

Subtitle: nothing
Photo and Caption of photo: Eizō Matsumura
Paperback (20 cm)

References

^ Example of translation: Rain, Burning Sun (Come Rain or Come Shine)
^ Example of translation: Travels in Greece and Turkey, a Border Area

[1] Example of translation: Rain, Burning Sun (Come Rain or Come Shine)

[2] Example of translation: Travels in Greece and Turkey, a Border Area

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v t e Works by Haruki Murakami
Novels	Hear the Wind Sing (1979) Pinball, 1973 (1980) A Wild Sheep Chase (1982) Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (1985) Norwegian Wood (1987) Dance Dance Dance (1988) South of the Border, West of the Sun (1992) The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1994–1995) Sputnik Sweetheart (1999) Kafka on the Shore (2002) After Dark (2004) 1Q84 (2009–2010) Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (2013) Killing Commendatore (2017) The City and Its Uncertain Walls (2023)
Story collections	The Elephant Vanishes (1980–1991) ("The Second Bakery Attack") After the Quake (1999–2000) Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (1980–2005) ("Birthday Girl") Men Without Women (2014) First Person Singular (2020)
Non-fiction	Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche (1997–1998) What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (2007) Absolutely on Music (2011) Murakami T (2020) Novelist as a Vocation (2022)
Other books	Birthday Stories (2002) The Strange Library (2005)
Adaptations	Kaze no uta o kike (1980 film) The Elephant Vanishes (2003 play) Tony Takitani (2004 film) Norwegian Wood (2010 film) Burning (2018 film) Drive My Car (2021 film) Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2022 film)
See also	Dances with Sheep (2002 book by Strecher) Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words (2002 book by Rubin) The Japanization of Modernity (2008 book by Suter)