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Oct 12, 20221 min read

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 ...

Oct 11, 20222 min read

“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...

Oct 10, 20221 min read

“What it is to Read in Japanese” by Minae Mizumura

I read essays of Mizumura, which is a sister book of “What it is to Write in Japanese”. As compared to the other one, this is in a way...

Oct 8, 20222 min read

“The Priest and His Love” by Yukio Mishima

I have successfully finished this term with a beautiful story by Mishima, which was written in 1954. Mishima composed it based on an...

Sep 18, 20221 min read

Minae Mizumura “Nihongo de Kakutoiukoto” (What it is to write in Japanese)

Mizumura is a scholar and writer, who is well-known for her essay entitled “The Fall of Language in the Age of English”. This book is...

Aug 1, 20221 min read

“Kage ni Taishite” (“Against the Shadow”) by Shusaku Endo

This story was newly discovered in 2020. Endo is an internationally acclaimed author whose most representative work is “Silence”. It...

Aug 1, 20222 min read

Book Haul

A while ago, I went back to Japan to do some urgent errands. In addition to the Haruki Murakami Library, there was another place I...

Jul 29, 20222 min read

The Waseda International House of Literature (The Haruki Murakami Library)

To do some errands (a bit urgent), I went back to Japan for about 10 days. It was for the first time in 1 and a half years. Had Tokyo...

Jul 28, 20221 min read

“Trinity, Trinity, Trinity” by Erika Kobayashi (translated by Brian Bergstrom)

Today, I attended a fantastic event hosted by Yuki featuring Erika Kobayashi and Brian Bergstrom. About a year ago, when I talked with...