2. What similarities do you see between Mizue and Yuri in "Three Crabs"?

3. Contrast the characters of Shida and Kase.

4. List two examples of Kase's use of traditional methods in building gardens.

5. What does the garden path (roji) represent?

6. How do you interpret the scene where Mizue and Kase walk up the hill at Dogenzaka and see children in the schoolyard?

7. How does Shida react when he learns of Mizue's infidelity?

8. List some examples of the way traditions enrich the lives of the characters in this novel.