A chanson is in general any lyric-driven French song, usually polyphonic and secular. A singer specializing in chansons is known as a “chanteur” (male) or “chanteuse” (female); a collection of chansons, especially from the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, is also known as a chansonnier.
As for the Chanson cafe in Ginza, Ginpari literally means ‘Silver Paris’.
“There was nothing but a flash of
yellow close to his ankle. He remained motionless for an instant. He did
not cry out. He fell as gently as a tree falls. There was not even any
sound, because of the sand.”
Keio University, abbreviated as Keio or Keidai, is a Japanese
university located in Minato, Tokyo. It is known as the oldest institute
of higher education in Japan.
This is a different ‘white day’ from the one on March 14! Based on the Japanese word, shiro, which means white. The image in this entry is the sketch of the colored illustration used for chapter 31.5!