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“The Book of Tokyo” Edited by Michael Emmerich, Jim Hinks & Masashi Matsuie

I’m happy to announce that the new term is going to start with a new book! I’m going to use “The Book of Tokyo” published by Comma Press...

Japanese Literature Discussion Classes start from July 2!

I’m happy to announce that my Japanese literature discussion classes resume from July 2! We’ll be reading and discussing short stories...

2022

2022 is coming to an end. I would like to wrap it up with 3 new things I did and 3 most impressive short stories I dealt with in my...

“Variations On a Theme By Mister Donut“ by David Mitchell

David Mitchell is a noted English author and has written 9 novels together with many short stories. I was drawn to the title of the...

“Granta 127” (Featuring Japan)

I’m preparing for the next term, reading “Granta 127”. Personally, I like this book partly because it has some beautiful images...

Japanese Literature Discussion Classes with “Granta 127”!

Japanese Literature Discussion Classes with “Granta 127”! I’m happy to announce that my Japanese literature discussion classes start ...

“Modern Japanese Short Stories” edited by Ivan Morris

Over the last 10 months, we’ve read and discussed short stories of the Tuttle anthology. You could not only discover many great stories...

Japanese literature classes in 2021

Hello! It’s been a while since I last posted. I’ve been rather busy lately (sorry, it’s an excuse) and tend to procrastinate things,...

『ピンク』星野智幸

「一度回り始めたら、二度と止まってはいけない。止まったら、回る前よりも苦しくなる。楽でいたかったら、回り続けるほかない」がむしゃらに、何も考えずに、ひたすらに回転する、という「行き止まり」、「捨て鉢」のイメージに強い共感を覚えた。...