Tokyo Ueno Station is a novel by Yu Miri. The story follows Kazu Mori, an ordinary working-class Japanese man who is consumed by regret about the way he lived his life. Kazu is dead, existing in purgatory as a ghost haunting Tokyo's Ueno Park. He narrates the great mistakes and losses of his life, including how he became homeless and how he died alone and remorseful. The novel explores themes such as class, grief, and death.
