Abstract

"In a diary, instead of trying to write about the entire day, it's better to write about something that happened in 5 seconds, using 200 characters." This popular series from "Nordic Lifestyle Shop" was born from such a tweet and has finally been published as a book! "Sharing a Hato Sablé cookie is difficult. I carefully broke it in half through the bag. My daughter had a different snack, so my son and I shared it when he came home from school. The tail end seemed bigger, so I gave that to my son. I'm a light eater but greedy and selfish, but in times like these, I give the bigger piece to my child without hesitation. Whenever I give the bigger piece, I think that even bandit parents would do the same to their children." "When I served chilled tofu with wasabi instead of ginger, my son put wasabi on white rice, poured soy sauce over it, and said it was 'the taste of a seafood bowl at that moment,' and I imitated him. It didn't taste like a seafood bowl itself. But it certainly had the taste of that moment." (From the text) This is a gem of a diary essay, packed with the sparkle of small, everyday moments.

Author’s Information

Born in Tokyo in 1979. Essayist. Her published works include "I Keep It a Secret from Myself That I Keep a Diary" (Shobunsha), "I Dance a Little and Then I Run Off" (Soryusha), "I Can't Find My Favorite Food" (Poplar Publishing), "I Was Once Told to Go Home at a Sushi Restaurant in Sugamo" (Gentosha), and "Things I Noticed, Things I Didn't Notice" (Shikaku Publishing).