My latest translation, The Traveling Tree by Michio Hoshino, has received its first review, in the current issue of Literary Review!

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The feeling of missing the people/times that have passed was so beautifully captured in this book. I feel deeply nostalgic for the good old days with my friends.

Had some "travel" tunes to go with Tsukuru on his pilgrimages to see his pals.

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And so ends an era... with Haikasoru and now Kurodahan out of the Japanese SF publishing game, the burst of novel and short story translations that followed the 2007 WorldCon in Yokohama is officially over.

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Run with the Wind A bestseller in Japan—a beautiful story about shared self-discovery and friendship involving an unlikely group of students who decide to defy the odds and pursue a seemingly impossible goal together. ...

My family loves to go watch the college long-distance relay race held between Tokyo and Hakone every New Year. Now U.S. readers can enjoy the Hakone Ekiden in RUN WITH THE WIND by Shion Miura, translated by Yui Kajita! #bookbirthday #JapanLit #sportslit #running www.harpercollins.com/products/run...