Congratulations on the Hagiwara Sakutaro Award! The journey, life, and words of the highly anticipated poet, Osaki Seika. Her latest essay collection, “Even if Good Things Don’t Last,” goes on sale October 22nd!
Kawade Shobo Shinsha Press release: October 23, 2025 To Members of the Press Congratulations to the recipient of the Hagiwara Sakutaro Award! The journey of travel, life, and words of the highly anticipated poet, Osaki Seika. Her latest essay collection, “Even if Good Things Don’t Last,” goes on sale October 22nd! On September 5, 2025, his poetry collection “Opening My Hands in the Darkness” (published by Little More) won the 33rd Hagiwara Sakutaro Award (sponsored by the Hagiwara Sakutaro Award Society in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture). This work marks his first book publication since winning the award. Image
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travelogues, diaries, and contributions to film and art. From his original debut work to his latest work, this writer, currently enjoying a breakthrough, has written about animals, movies, children’s literature, life, travel, and poetry over the past decade. Take a look at the trajectory and current state of his words. [Places that appear in this work] Deep in the mountains among bears, the Shonan seaside, the Noto Peninsula after the earthquake, the Hansen’s Disease Museum, the Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Venice, and literature, film, and art from ancient times to the present, etc. “Even if good things don’t last forever, we must remain light-hearted, cheerful, and hopeful. (…) No matter how bad things seem, we can find something new and interesting. We can begin the great task that awaits us. We can no longer return to being children with infinite possibilities; we can open up the world as adults. If we can’t speak English, we can speak in Japanese. If we can’t become noble wild animals, we can find a way to survive as strange animals called humans.” (From the text) ●Table of Contents for “Even if All Good Things Don’t Last” Sing when you meet a bear. There’s a reindeer in the distance. Knowing it all, yet doing strange things. About the world of Moomin. When you really listen to something…. About Michael Ende’s “Momo.” Even if good things don’t last forever. Wes Anderson’s animals. People who get to know animals. About the photographs of Iwago Mitsuaki. There’s no harbor. The people who lived in that house. Please take your time to look at it. Another earthquake diary. The poetics of a hedonist. About Tanikawa Shuntaro. And Until our eyes meet again one day – About “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” A poet’s side job, the daily life of poetry – About “Paterson” A journey to a home that doesn’t exist – About “Million Dollar Baby” For an ideal that cannot be explained… – About “The Tree-Climbing Baron” It is your freedom – About “Goodbye, Language of Love” How to dance with the snow, or the signal of your arrival – About the film “Shari” In memory of the Ambition Song Festival – To Professor Anno Mitsumasa Ikegami Ueue Diary His heart was kind. The day I met the poets of “The Buds of Life” Is Nakahara poetry? Collaborating with the public Visiting the Wind Exhibition Going to Venice to soak up nature
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/12754/1080/12754-1080-80555a6a6cdfe2e6b22cc71c38087ad8-1000×1746.jpg ●Author Osaki Sayaka
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URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/12754/1080/12754-1080-365318e1c7f1926665df689575380c3e-1313×2295.jpg Syoka Osaki, “Even if Good Things Don’t Last Long,” Kawade Shobo Shinsha Book title: Even if good things don’t last forever Editor: Kiyoka Osaki Book Design: Akira Sasaki Book Illustration: Yumiko Ogi Specifications: 46-size variant / paperback / 240 pages Release date: October 22, 2025 Price: ¥2,090 (¥1,900 excluding tax) ISBN:
978-4-309-03236-8 URL: https://www.kawade.co.jp/np/isbn/9784309032368/ *The e-book version is also scheduled for release in November. Please check with your local e-book store for details.
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