by M. W. Wollacott | Aug 1, 2022 | Haiku, Life in Japan, Poetry
I first learned about haiku in 2005. It happened on one of my regular trips to the north of Osaka city to check out the foreign books and magazines in Kinokuniya. Most of the magazines were super over priced, but I happened upon a copy of The Kyoto Journal. In it was...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | Life in Japan
Have you heard of Mieko Kawakami? When I first moved to Japan, hundreds of us were housed in the Keio Plaza hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo. None of us knew each other really though a few had met in the pre-departure, so of course we began with the most basic questions...
