Even the location of the enigmatic Dolphin Hotel is left a mystery to the reader. Very few landmarks, streets or station names are revealed in this section of the book. The main character and his girlfriend Kiki first arrive in Sapporo to start their hunt for the sheep with the star on its back. SAPPORO DAY TRIP ITINERARY The view of Odori Park from Sapporo TV Tower There are even some significant scenes which take place in tropical Hawaii.Īs both novels share the same protagonist and feature a number of locations in common, these two books have been combined into a single section in The Murakami Pilgrimage. In contrast to the previous book, a large portion of Dance, Dance, Dance takes place in Tokyo and around the Kanto region. The same protagonist is still living in Tokyo but takes a couple of trips back to Sapporo to re-visit the Dolphin Hotel. Most of the significant scenes of the book take place on Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido.ĭance, Dance, Dance, though not published directly after A Wild Sheep Chase, is the next and final book in the series. The Hyogo-born protagonist, now living in Tokyo, is called upon by the assistant of a powerful man simply known as ‘The Boss’ to hunt down the mysterious sheep that appears in a photo taken by his old friend the Rat.

It features the same narrator from Murakami’s first two novels, Hear The Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973. A Wild Sheep Chase, Haruki Murakami’s third novel, is the first book in which he experiments with the surrealist and supernatural storytelling elements that he would become known for.

A wild sheep chase series