Rice-field-boy's diary

      When I was young, I had an English class at the university. We had to write a journal every week. My good friend was going to take the class. He is Malaysian and he was an English teacher at an elementary school in his country. He said, “I will help you! So, let’s take this class together.” I usually helped him with Japanese. I like English  but I didn’t like  writing .       One day, the American teacher of the class returned our journal notes. My note was put on the top of the stack. When I took it, he said, “Your journals are always very interesting!” I was surprised. My friend said, “ Sugoi [you are great] !” and thumbs up. Since then I like writing.

 Where is your home town?       My home town is Kawanishi-machi that is in the south part of Yamagata-ken. It’s just a small country town. It is surrounded by mountains. I grew up near a rice field but I’m pleased with the town. I didn’t know how wide the world is. I was a child.       When I was a high school student, every day I went to the nearby city which is a little big and famous for beef. There are karaoke shops, convenience stores, and fast food restaurants and aren’t found in my smaller hometown. I enjoyed the city life with my friends. It was then that I decided to go to a bigger city after I  graduated.       After that I lived in both Sendai and Tokyo. I studied hard, worked hard, and played a lot. Thoughts of my hometown gradually faded away. The rice-field-boy had become a city guy. Soon, I had a family and I realized that they had become my personal hometown.       But sometimes, I miss the view of the mountains, the sunset, the sounds of wind through the rice field, th

   I have three dreams.     My first dream already came true. About 10 years ago, after the great East Japanese earthquake, I wrote on my facebook page. It was that time I decided to become a writer. I made a lot of Japanese readers since then and fortunately some of them became books. And some of them have been published on websites. I’m not famous, but I became a writer. The other day I was asked for my signature on one of my books for the first time! I may become famous soon, so I have to practice signing.      The second dream is small. I have a blog for my works. There are some novels that I wrote in Japanese. I want to put English introductions in them on my own, and distribute them by SNS. But my English is still a little poor, so I have to practice my writing too.      Finally, the third dream is a big one. I want to live in a foreign country, and teach Japanese, and write novels in English without translation. At that time, my son might be a high school student or university s