2022
I visited my ancestors’ graves via remote video this year, too.

「 The Story of Kuzo Anesa 」

OThe young man seems to like both rice balls and sasadango rice cakes. Help yourself to a lot of them. Then, young man, you’ll taste better and better.

March 2023
On the day cherry blossoms are just about to bloom

「 The Story of Nyako, the Monster Calico Cat 」

Bobbing along, meow, meow, meow.
I thought I had beaten and eaten the old woman, but in the end, she got rid of me in the river, meow, meow, meow.

February 2022
Shivering on a cold night

「 The Story of Pyoppyo, the Younger Brother Lesser Cuckoo 」

Still, I call out to him, “Big brother, where are you? Where are you?” I’m still looking for him.
I miss you, my big brother.
あんちゃ鳥も、きっと、ぴょっぴょに会いたがっていると思うよ。

March 2023
On the day cherry blossoms are just about to bloom

「 The Story of Nyako, the Monster Calico Cat 」

One day, I heard the old woman talking with her son, Yosaku, meow.
“Since our calico cat keeps eating chickens, I’m sure it’s turning into a monster cat. We have to throw it into a river as soon as possible.”
The old woman is scary! I began to hate her, meow. I started to want to eat the old woman, meow.
にゃー子とばあさんの攻防。さてこの結末はいかに？

September 2021
with news of the first snowfall

「 The Story of Koroko, the Roly-Poly Bug 」

Since I am Koroko, the roly-poly bug, not a dumpling, I’m glad the honorable Jizo didn’t eat me. Greedy old woman, help yourself to some real delicious dumplings.

September 2021
On a clear, sunny autumn day

「 The Story of the Little Old Bird That Was Swallowed 」

From that day on, I ate pounded millet cakes with them every day, drank rice liquor sometimes, sang songs, and enjoyed living happily ever after.
I’m here in the old man’s belly. It is a paradise, I tell you, a paradise. I feel so good.

July 2021
It’s not because of their saliva, but there will be heavy rain in some areas

「 The Story of the Youngest Rabbit Kit 」

It is said that the spring creek collected the saliva of the youngest rabbit kit and Fukkero, flowing down to a village, eventually becoming a big river.This river is said to be the Shinano River, which flows swiftly through the Echigo Plain.