Here is a photograph. The photo shows three young women. They were my friends from high school, and the four of us, including myself, stayed close even after graduation, meeting up for meals and taking trips together. Even after I moved away to Kansai for college while the three of them stayed in ou…
When I was a sophomore in college, my grandfather passed away. It all started with a call from my mom. The phone rang right during my lunch break after classes, and when I answered, she told me throug…
This is a story I heard from my boss at work, Mr. S. Mr. S's mother had been suffering from a serious illness and was hospitalized for a long time. Eventually, her level of consciousness dropped and s…
There's something that has been troubling me lately. It always happens after I get home from work. I'm an office worker, but since I work at a cram school, my shift doesn't start until early afternoon…
I've been working as a taxi driver in a regional city in Kyushu for ten years. Business has been terrible lately, though, with hardly any passengers. So I decided to shake things up and try a differen…
