Poetry types have one tenth of their attention glued on the internet today to hear who all is going to win the Griffin Prizes. After reading this magical book about a mythical clan of Japanese assassins, I visited the real nightingale floor in Nijō Castle, in Kyoto, and tried to cross it myself!

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