🖋 Representative of Rakuraku-Kobo, Hiromichi Honda
I was born in Hiroshima in 1955 as a second-generation atomic bomb survivor. I grew up in Hiroshima City, but my parents long lived in Onomichi, so I would visit Onomichi during Obon and New Year's. I often played in the grounds of Jodo-ji Temple, famous as the setting for Yasujiro Ozu's "Tokyo Story."
I transferred from the Faculty of Engineering to the Department of Russian Literature in the Faculty of Letters, where I studied Tolstoy. My friend Kanbuki and I saw a preview of director Obayashi's "Transfer Student," and were amazed that it began with a view of Onomichi overlooking Senkoji Temple, and that's why I chose Onomichi as the starting point for this novel.
I've always loved books. However, when I read novels that are supposedly read by adults, especially bestsellers, I felt something was different. I liked Kenji Miyazawa, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Saint-Exupéry, and I also liked science fiction. (I have my own preferences when it comes to science fiction.)
For a long time, I worked in the education field and provided computer support. Now that I've mostly retired from those jobs, I've realized that what I want most is to read the books I love and create my own homepages. And also, to write the novels I love...
I started this site to fulfill that desire. I use my own style of system and I write at my own pace. But my policy is not to write commercially, but to write what is truly meaningful and what I want to write. That is my policy.
Major works (in order of publication):
"Mr. K's Movie Theater"
(First Place Honorable Mention, Nihon University Literary Award)
"The Wizard of Oz" (Translated by Daisanbunmeisha)
"Godzilla Days: A 40-Year History of Godzilla Movies"
(Editing assistance by Shueisha)
"Ask for Entrance Exams! Classical Japanese Vocabulary"
(Yale Publishing)
"The Butterfly of Happiness" (Winner of the Andersen Fairy Tale Award)
"How to Utilize Text Data" (Amazon KDP)
"The Novel: Private Tutor Kazuma Kuroki" (Amazon KDP)
"Notes of a Textualist" (Amazon KDP)
"Japanese Language Skills for Investment" (note)
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