51 pages 1 hour read

Yu Miri, Transl. Morgan Giles

Tokyo Ueno Station

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

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Kazu watches a young man who is out for a run in the park. He stops to purchase an ema, a kind of small plaque that prayers can be written upon and posted. The man reads some of the ema that are already there and then resumes his running.

Kazu again discusses the restrictions placed upon the encampment by the Ueno Park Management, which came as a result of an impending imperial visit to the area, as well as complaints from nearby residents. Previously, the unhoused people in the park could fish and cook together, but no longer. Kazu approaches some huts and notices a cat that reminds him of Emile; its owner comments on the rain, which reminds Kazu of “that day” again, which he proceeds to describe.

In November of 2006, Kazu finds a note on his hut, telling him he must move the tent by 8:30am on the 20th. Cold and miserable, he’d been living in the park for almost five years and was tired from searching for a place to die. Kazu looks at his watch, which reminds him of the day Setsuko and Yoko gave it to him as a gift.

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