The year when I was nine years old, I fell in love with the beauty of violins through a TV program I watched in the summer, and badly wanted to play the instrument myself. In order to imagine what it would feel like to play the violin, I even crafted a toy violin out of […]
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When I was still a little girl in Grade 1, there was a particular corner of the playground that I used to like spending the long breaktimes. It was a small area next to the outdoor pool, and there was a sequence of several old tires half buried in the ground which children could jump
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Mt. Taihaku is not a famous mountain, but everybody in my hometown knows about it. It’s a small mountain located at the southern edge of town watching over everybody that comes in and out of the city. When I was in primary school, the school trips often took us to Fukushima prefecture, the region south
When I was small, I was afraid of darkness. I was afraid of being alone in the dark and discovered by ghosts. Especially since my family moved to a larger house in the suburb, there was more darkness to deal with after the sunset. My room was located upstairs, and whenever I needed to go
