The Fireworks of Edo
by Jilly Traganou, University of Westminster, Kyoto University
... If you go to meet someone by the paths of Musashino, you may miss him and meet instead someone you wished to avoid. This is because all the paths twist and turn through the woods, across the fields and there are so many forks that it is easy to go round in circles. The paths vanish constantly into woods, emerge into fields and vanish again, so that you can never keep track of anyone as he walks along. But for all that, the paths of Musashino are much more rewarding than any others, and people should not distress themselves at getting lost, for wherever you go, there is something worthwhile to see, hear and feel.
Kunikida Doppo, "Musashino", from River Mist and Other Stories, 1897
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