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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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