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Essay How can we live after we lose the fear of death? — Love and Creativity
My mother in law lives in England. She is 89 and still in good shape. One of her best friends had a double knee replacem...
Essay I had an Abortion in Quebec, Canada — the Difference from Japan
I recently had an abortion in Montreal, Canada. You may wonder why I have to write about this. People are not very open ...
Essay Creative Writing Changed My Life
I started writing creative pieces in Japanese in 2018. Before that, I was working as a writer. I wrote lots of articles ...
Essay An Individual Box - writing prompt: A Box
I didn't know who had bought it, but there was a book written by a famous Japanese actress on my bookshelf when I was li...
Essay Writing poems may be a good approach when you start creative writing in a non-native language.
I have been writing in English, which is my second language, since the end of 2018. I first started blogging, but what I...
Essay Writing Addiction and Writer’s high
I recently had a depression and I thought that I was going to quit writing even though I had never stopped thinking abou...
Essay You need to be who you are as a writer
Do you remember the moment when you first yourself in the mirror? I think I remember that moment, although it might have...
Essay When a poet gets transformed into a beast
This is one of my favourite fiction stories written in Japanese; ‘The Moon over the Mountain’ (Japanese title: 山月記Sanget...
Essay The fetishism of the dictionary
A famous actress, Julia Roberts, once has said in her interview, “I love the moment when somebody says something very pr...
Essay Fall in Love with Rice Congee: Japanese and other Asian Styles
Rice congee is a simple meal. It is boiled rice cooked in lots of water for a long time, just until the rice breaks down...
Essay Solitude
We are lonely beings. If you have a partner, you may think that your love will last forever but the reality is that you ...
Essay Where I came from and Where I am going
I was a child who spent lots of time daydreaming. My parent’s house was built in the middle of rice fields. It was a lit...
Essay Philosophy of Japanese Toilets
It was a long time ago when I read the book ”In’ei Raisan (English title: ‘In Praise of Shadows’)”, written by a Japanes...
Essay Ideal Self and Real Self
Some people don't like to look at themselves in a mirror, some people love to do it. Personally, I don't feel very comfo...