Tag Archives: Japan

GWENDOLYN JOYCE MINTZ: Sugoi

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Abroad, learning the language, culture, history. At the memorial, it’s hard to breathe. They couldn’t either.

A tower of names. Clocks. It is 11:02 forever.

Sugoi is Japanese—something amazing or awful.

Where are you from? They know their own.

I’m American, but those words, here, are hard to say.

Gwendolyn Joyce Mintz is a writer and photographer. She is the author of two fiction chapbooks, “Mother Love” and “Where I’ll Be If I’m Not There.” She reads, gardens, and sews teddy bears for fun. See more at wwwonewriter.blogspot.com.

ROB GOSS: The Sarariman

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Okamoto’s eyes fix on the silvery gravel covering the park where he sits on a bench, briefcase resting against one leg, can of beer in hand.

Commuters stream by into the station, central Tokyo bound. He won’t be joining them.

Like yesterday morning, and he still hasn’t told his wife.

Rob Goss is a Tokyo-based writer. See more at tokyofreelance.com.