The new term of my Japanese literature discussion classes starts from May 19! We’ll be continuing to use the anthology called “Digital...

I finally finished reading the masterpiece by Tanizaki. This is literature with a capital ‘L’. I was living in the Kansai region in the...

These two stories are both in the same collection entitled “Suspect on the Night Train”, which got the Tanizaki Prize. The protagonist...

We had a fantastic get-together session after the term! The session is called “Why I read”, named after the famous essay by George Orwell...

This story is partially autobiographical and its central theme is memory. The protagonist goes to a famous restaurant in Nagasaki, where...

I used 3 stories of Tanizaki for my discussion classes in the Pushkin Press anthology: “The Qilin”; “Killing O-Tsuya”; and “The Siren’s...

The protagonist is 42 years old and divorced. She lives near a shopping street (shotengai), where a fishmonger, a greengrocer, a chicken...

Kakuta was awarded the Naoki Prize in 2005 and many of her works have been adapted into films. Recently, she translated “The Tale of...

I’m happy to announce that my Japanese literature discussion classes resume from February 4! Lineup for this term: Three stories by...