Ayako Kobayashi

三屋清左衛門残日録 三十年ぶりの再会 —

Oshin — Oshin comes from a family of poor rice farmers. Her father and brother must work in the fields and her grandmother and m

125 Years Memory — Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship

The Broken Commandment — At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class “untouch

The Firefly — Shūji Yamaoka was a suicide pilot during the war who somehow survived Japan's surrender. After decades of working as a f