Robai

I read Yukiko Hiromatsu/ Koji Suzuki ‘Wakagaerino Mizu’ (Iwasakishoten)
The old woman became a baby by drinking wakagaeri-no-water too much.
The robai blooms.

Kobai

I read Shigerhiro Toyama ‘Kangaerutowa Douyukotoka’ (Shueisha International)
Education stagnates thinking.
The kobai blooms.

Kobai

I read Tomonori Shiba ‘ Hitto no Hokai’ (Kodanshagendaishinsho)
The structural change brought by social media makes a hit uneasy.
The kobai begins to bloom.

Tsubakit

I read Helen mcdonald ‘ H is for Hawk’ (Hakusuisha)
He recovered from psychosis by training a hawks.
The tsubaki blooms.

Tsubaki

I read Richard Engel ‘And Then All Hell Broke Loose’ (Asahishinbunshuppan)
Middle East becomes disrupted.
The tsubaki blooms.

Hatsumode

I read Jun Terasawa ‘Eitangono Sekai’ (Chukoshinsho)
What is a hand of bananas?
I visited Yoshiura Hachiman Jinjya on New Year's Day.

New Year

I read Paolo Mazzarino ‘Minnano Dotokukaitaishinsho’ (Chikuma)
The most important to teach is respect for diversity.
New Year starts.