C’est moi qui établis ce parallèle :

« Tokyo, unlike what many people seem to think of it, is an open city for me, a city that not only steals but gives. Of course, it has its side of overload, of constant assault. But in the most amazing ways you can also just turn around the corner, and you step into a clearing. Out of the noisiest jungle you can all of a sudden enter into a quiet, tender, restful area. Next to skyscrapers, you find alleyways of little houses, with gardens, birds, cats, peace. Or you find a cemetery, and unlike cemeteries in America or Europe, these are inhabited, lively places. Or you find a temple, and unlike the churches we know, you can centre yourself, you don’t feel like you are intruding if you re not religious. Tokyo is a system of islands. »