Nagoya Station West Tanka Reading Group — Featured Book: Shuta Fujii's First Tanka Collection "Perspective"

This is a tanka gathering hosted by tanka poet Miyako Asai. Beginners and those who have not yet started writing tanka are welcome to participate. If you will participate, please compose one tanka and send it by email to [email protected] by September 18. The theme is free. Also, drinks will not be sold on the day, so please feel free to bring your own beverages.

It had been scheduled for June, but due to a typhoon it has been rescheduled to Saturday, September 26 at 14:00. Those who applied in June, please apply again. Also, the second session has been set for Saturday, November 28 at 14:00, and an event page has been created, so please check that information and apply. For this first session, the talk will cover Nagoya's yūkaku from the Keichō era through the Meiji period. The lecturers will be members of the Tokai Yūri History Research Group.

Journalist Shinichi Ikeo, an editorial board member of the Chunichi Shimbun (Tokyo bureau), will be invited to commemorate the publication of his latest book, 'Children on Provisional Release: Targets of Japan First'. Through his reporting on children and their families who, despite being born and raised in Japan, are not permitted by national and local governments to live in Japan because they lack residence status—and therefore cannot envision future dreams—we will hear in detail about the realities and problems of Japan's immigration policies.

Do you have a cookbook that's indispensable, a favorite you can't put down? Share your top-recommended recipes you want everyone to know, recipes you'd like to try next, and lovely cookbooks. Bring your cookbooks and let's talk about cooking. The host is Chiharu.

Host: Tete This is a book club hosted by Tete who wants it to be a relaxed, fun time rather than a formal book presentation. The theme this time is "The One Book That Changed Your Life" — tell us which book changed your life!

Tell us about a book you know absolutely nothing about. A reading group where participants imaginatively share and discuss plot summaries of books they haven't actually read.

Keigo Higashino, the celebrated mystery writer with ties to Aichi, who recently passed away to much regret. Let’s talk about your favorite works by Keigo Higashino. This time we will take the film-adapted and much-talked-about 'Swan and the Bat' as the assigned book. Keigo Higashino fans and mystery fans alike, please join us. The event is hosted by Mephisto Prize-winning author Kenji Kuroda, a devoted fan of Keigo Higashino.