Look Back in Mahoro Park

by Hikaru Fujishige

illus. by Maruko Kohinata

Five mysterious tales begin in an ordinary park, when memories are sleeping in a town and children meet. In The Grass Mask, a person wearing a mask made of woven grass calls out from behind the hedges, asking Kimiko for a strange favour. In Hello, Hello, Mayu and her grandfather come across an old phone box in the middle of a playground, and the phone begins to ring. In Snowy Sky Piano, Naoki, reluctant about his piano lessons, meets a mysterious girl in an empty park. A heartwarming collection of interconnected short stories.

19 x 13 cm, 159 pages, Black-and-white illustrations
First published January 2025