The first story of the anthology short story series “A song from the laundry room” is titled “A memory is something you have or something you have lost”.
This story records ordinary scene through the window of my girlfriend Seiko's home in Copenhagen, 2019.
The pictures stand as it is just ordinary scene of one, but it can be something meaningful scene for other one.
She’s spent most of her time at home admiring this scene whenever she was both depressed and fulfilled. This scene’s been standing as it is.

Before I visited Copenhagen to see her, I’ve received the letter from her. she wrote that the life will be better a bit depending on how thoughtfully you think on ordinary day.
‘A memory is something you have or something you have lost' This beautiful sentence was followed afterwards.
I fold the letter and felt this strange mixture of wistfulness and hope, and I wondered if a memory is something you have or something you've lost.

She moved to Antwerp right after I visited her in Copenhagen and started what she wanted to do.

短編アンソロジーのシリーズ「A song from the laundry room」最初のストーリーのタイトルは「A memory is something you have or something you have lost」です。
このストーリーは、2019年Copenhagenに住んでいたガールフレンドの家の窓からの日常の風景を撮影したものです。
彼女は家にいるときのほとんどの時間、この風景を眺めていました。心が満たされたり、落ち込んだりしても、その風景は変わらずそこにありました。

Copenhagenを訪れる前に、彼女から一通の手紙を受け取りました。そこには、日常のあなたがどれだけ思慮深く考えるかによって、人生が少し良くなるだろうと書かれていました。その後に、こうありました。
「A memory is something you have or something you have lost(記憶とは、あなたが持っているものか、もしくはあなたが失ってきたものなのか)」
手紙を折り畳むと、物欲しさと希望が入り混じった不思議な感覚に襲われました。

私がコペンハーゲンに彼女を訪ねた直後、彼女はアントワープに引っ越し、彼女自身がずっと頭の中に思い描いていたやりたいことを始めました。




Photobook 'A memory from something you have or something you have lost'
”A song from the laundry room” #1
A memory from something you have or something you have lost, 2022
20 x 23 cm
24 pages
8 color plates
Softcover
Edition 25 + 2 A.P
Printed in Kyoto, Japan

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A song from the laundry room

“A song from the laundry room” is my latest anthology short story series which seems it doesn’t make any sense for someone else. However, I personally have it as a small treasure of my life.
The title of the series “A song from the laundry room” is named after the sentence from Brazilian author Clarice Lispector’s novel.

Story #1 A memory is something you have or something you have lost, published in Nov 2022
Story #2 The scene on the wall, published in May 2023
Story #3 The elderly couple, some boats, waiting for sun comes out, published in October 2023
Story #4 Ode to Autumn, published in October 2023
Story #5 Rites of Winter, published in November 2024