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...

It was really a special experience for me to read this book in Kanazawa and saw the author in person there. Talking with David @ddjoiner...

It was sheer pleasure to have read “Satellite Love”. One day when I went home in Taipei, I noticed that a parcel had arrived from Canada....

\ Book Recommendation / #5 Ogai Mori “The Boat on the River Takase” 森鴎外『高瀬舟』 One of the main themes of this story is euthanasia. Ogai...

\ Book Recommendation / #4 Yukio Mishima “Confessions of a Mask” 三島由紀夫『仮面の告白』 This is the first novel of Mishima as a professional...

\ Book Recommendation / #3 Kafu Nagai “Something Strange Across the River” 永井荷風『濹東綺譚』 Unfortunately, Nagai’s stories are difficult to...

\ Book Recommendation / #2 Atsushi Nakajima “The Moon Over the Mountain” 中島敦 『山月記』 Everybody in Japan knows of Nakajima because one of...

The following five writers (Banana Yoshimoto, Kafu Nagai, Yukio Mishima, Atsushi Nakajima, and Ogai Mori) are the ones I covered in my...