Protagonist Watanabe works at a record store in Shinjuku, an eccentric Tokyo neighborhood, for much of the novel. Music is essential to the relationships that characters build with each other, including the novel’s namesake, “Norwegian Wood” by The Beatles.
“That winter I found a part-time job in a little record shop in Shinjuku. It didn't pay much, but the work was easy - just watching the place three nights a week - and they let me buy records cheap. For Christmas I bought Naoko a Henry Mancini album with a track of her favourite "Dear Heart". I wrapped it myself and added a bright red ribbon” (Murakami 44).
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