NABC Store Manager's Diary — July 10, 2026 (Fri)

A young woman visiting for the first time bought a LiD/APD zine created by people with lived experience. When I asked, she said that both she and her husband sometimes have trouble understanding speech, especially in noisy places. They didn't know the reason and were a little troubled. Since she was from the prefecture, I introduced the people-with-lived-experience café “Hinata-bokko” held at Moriyama Library. Mr. Ando, formerly of the Chunichi Shimbun, dropped by. He gave me a copy of a book published by Nagoya's one-person publisher YuiPoot: "Hold Me Tight Now — Twelve Years with Whole-Body Cancer: Ai Kanai's Happiness." Dr. Takamasu from Kanagawa Children's Medical Center came by. The Japanese Society of Pediatric Clinical Allergy was being held in Nagoya, and he stopped in at the shop. In the evening was the first meeting of the “Ekinishi Yuunagi Tanka Gathering.” I also participated and submitted tanka in advance. It was my first time attending a tanka gathering; hearing everyone's critiques and impressions was very educational. I learned that the Kodansha-published book "Children on Provisional Release: Targets of 'Japanese First'" has been receiving good reviews. I did a little research and found that the author, Mr. Ikeo, seems to be from Nagoya. I quickly friended him on social media and greeted him — it turned out he is from Nakamura Ward! So I'm planning to hold a talk event at our shop in the near future. Stay tuned!