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At Bologna Children’s Book fairNew!!

At the Bologna Children’s Bookfair 2025, (31 March ~ 3 April),  the joint booth of JBBY(Japan Board on Books for Young People) & JF(The Japan Foundation) displays the portfolios of Japanese illustrators; including mine. In my portfolio, works are categorized in 5 section; *published book, *published and now out of print, *self-published, *unpublished projects, and *illustrations.Please […]

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for the Year 2025

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for the Year 2024

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for the New Year 2023

Hoping the world becomes a better place to live in.

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A Lecture on Onomatopoeia

On 27 October, I had an opportunity to talk on onomatopoeia at Shimokitazawa Seitoku senior high school. 2 periods(100 minutes) are allotted for this special lecture, for the students (and teachers) of Global Education Course. As I am not a researcher on onomatopoeia nor a linguist, my lecture was focused on "the international understanding" making […]

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