《物语北京》讲述的是一位在北京工作、生活多年的日本女性——小林小百合的所见、所闻、所感、所思。《物语北京》将小林女士曾经发表的介绍中国的文章以及从博客中精选出来的文章结集而成。内容不拘一格，视角独特，态度率真，生动表现出北京乃至中国的悠久文化和活力面貌。这些篇章，篇篇来自小林的生活和采访，不求面面俱到，但求实事求是；全书俏皮幽默，活泼生动，妙语连珠，而且通篇是颇有文采的地道的日语口语，流行色彩浓厚，通俗易懂，平实流畅，可读性超强，形成了小林小百合不二的风格。（Through the eyes of a Japanese journalist who living in Beijing, the book contains 60 articles from the columns and essays that the author wrote between 2005 and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games for Japanese magazines, China's Japanese-language supplements, and her personal blog. The book is a documentation of what the author has seen, heard and though as a Japanese living in Beijing and a reflection of her efforts to understand the vast and the profound China. It's also a record of her tears, laughter and the things she screwed up out of carelessness. ）