The Blue Planet’s Tears

Keeping Happiness in Our Pockets

Keeping Happiness in Our Pockets Written by Natsu Hirukawa Translated by Natsu Hirukawa (Sanmu, Chiba Prefecture) A volunteer works with cattle who have been contaminated by...
The Blue Planet’s Tears

I Don’t Know What to do, Tokyo Bay

I Don’t Know What to do, Tokyo Bay Written by Natsu Hirukawa Translated by Natsu Hirukawa (Noda City, Chiba Prefecture) Naoto is nine years old. Too young to have known of the Great East Japan Earthquake, but he tries to make sense of the new world the pandemic has...
The Blue Planet’s Tears

Otsukaresamadeshita and Itakimasu

Otsukaresamadeshita and Itakimasu Written by Natsu Hirukawa Translated by Natsu Hirukawa (Narashino, Chiba Prefecture) An English expat on the love for her new home in...
The Blue Planet’s Tears

If You Could Ever Forgive Me

If You Could Ever Forgive Me Written by Natsu Hirukawa Illustrated by Jem Milton Translated by Natsu Hirukawa (Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture) No longer able to attend school in person, Sakura Tanzawa does her lessons online, like so many others. Daydreaming about the...