Miri Masuda (1969.1- ) "I'm Curious About Small Things" Chikuma Shobo, Published November 2019, 176 pages
Miri Masuda (1969.1- )
"I'm Curious About Small Things"
Chikuma Shobo, Published November 2019, 176 pages
Finished reading on October 21, 2022
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4480815481
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4480438556
"Things I'm vaguely curious about, things I'm curious about for some reason, someone else's hedge, the contents of a Mont Blanc, the cherry blossoms every year... Masuda-san's small but important confirmations. The latest collection of essays & manga."
"Someone else's flowerpot, the contents of a Mont Blanc, end credits... It doesn't really matter, but I just have to know. Essays that confirm things that are almost unnecessary in life. Published as a book with additions and revisions from the 'web Chikuma' series."
"Masuda-san's small but important confirmations.
Not so much because I love them, but
things I'm vaguely curious about,
small things I'm curious about for some reason.
Maybe they might be delicious,
maybe there might be an amazing encounter."
Don't you also have
things that don't really matter, but
that you just have to know about?
An essay & manga collection that makes daily life a little more endearing."
Table of Contents
Confirmation of Potato Salad
Confirmation of Mont Blanc
Confirmation of Pre-made Dishes
Confirmation of Department Store Basements
Confirmation of Ice Cream Boxes
Confirmation of Haagen-Dazs
Confirmation of Egg Sandwiches
Confirmation of Shogi Player Menus
Confirmation of Banks
Confirmation of Money
Confirmation of Traffic Lights
Confirmation of Sent Emails
Confirmation of Boundaries
Confirmation of Scramble Crossings
Confirmation of Flowerpots
Confirmation of Shopping Baskets
Confirmation of Cats
Confirmation of 'Panel Quiz Attack 25'
Confirmation of Someone Else's Windows
Confirmation of Floor Plans
Confirmation of TV Listings
Confirmation of Keychains
Confirmation of 3D
Confirmation of End Credits
Confirmation of Couples
Confirmation of Takarazuka
Confirmation of Butterflies
Confirmation of 100-Yen Shops
Confirmation of Muji
Confirmation of Inside Trains
Confirmation of Fast Fashion
Confirmation of Shopping Catalogs
Confirmation of Decluttering Books
Confirmation of Inside the Shinkansen Gate at Kyoto Station
Confirmation of Kiosks
Confirmation of Karaoke
Confirmation of Rain
Confirmation of Overseas Travel
Confirmation of Cherry Blossoms
Confirmation of Birthdays
Fukuoka City Public Library reservation for 2 people (3 copies available).
The 36th book by Miri Masuda,
born in Osaka Prefecture in January 1969 and a graduate of Kyoto Junior College of Art,
which I started reading in March 2022.
Published in 'web Chikuma' from September 2015 to December 2018,
'The Confirmation Rider Goes: Setting out for confirmations that are almost unnecessary in life!'
40 pieces (15 pieces of 2-page spread manga), added to, revised, retitled, and published as a book.
Even now,
'The 21st Confirmation of Cats' p.74-78
https://www.webchikuma.jp/articles/-/603
can be read, but it is arranged 17th in this book.
I wonder if the series, which was 'updated every third Friday of the month,' had episodes with text + illustrations and episodes with only manga?
'I have thought since I was a child that egg sandwiches should be made with fried eggs. Part of it is that the egg sandwiches at my parents' house were like that, and in the Kansai region, it's quite common for egg sandwiches at coffee shops to be made with fried eggs.
The egg sandwich at 'Hamanoya Parlor' in Yurakucho is made with a fried egg. You can choose whether to toast the bread or not. I always have it as is. Since I want to savor it deeply, I usually go and eat it alone.'
p.36 'Confirmation of Egg Sandwiches'
'The egg sandwich with fried egg that appeared for breakfast when I was a child, dazed after waking up. The sandwich was cut into a half-rectangle, not a triangle. The Kewpie mayonnaise spread generously on the bread was warmed up nicely by the freshly made fried egg.
When I return home, my mother still makes it for me sometimes, but surprisingly, what's important is the plate.
Yes, yes, it has to be the 'Yamazaki Spring Bread Festival' plate after all!
I think to myself while eating.' p.39
The 'Yamazaki Spring Bread Festival' is very popular among women, isn't it?
It also appeared in Ayuko Kimura's 'Window of Home Cooking' (Heibonsha, 2022.8),
which I read the other day.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4582839053
https://www.facebook.com/tetsujiro.yamamoto/posts/pfbid02UNwu8daJsmPmB3ZcLbP4Sja5w7kcQ8PLbMKzD4Lwv5m2rtx5h43oif7bU325Nv7cl
A fun novel I read in April 2022,
Hikari Harada's 'Used Book Cafeteria' (Kadokawa Haruki Corporation, 2022.3)
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n1998cbebf2ac
The characters in it (the narrator and the mother who is a graduate student in Japanese literature) also collected the stickers.
https://www.yamazakipan.co.jp/campaign/spring/history/index.html
Spring Bread Festival History
'In the spring of 1981, we started giving away white plates.'
That was the year after I became a Yokohama citizen in the early summer of 1980.
Bookmeter
Miri Masuda's Bookshelf (94 books registered, in order of publication date)
https://bookmeter.com/users/32140/bookcases/11802704
Manga Bookshelf (1788 books registered, in alphabetical order by author name)
https://bookmeter.com/users/32140/bookcases/11091192
https://note.com/fe1955/n/nd81cf8bcdd38
Miri Masuda (born Jan 1969)
'Su-chan'
Gentosha, published April 2006, 126 pages
https://note.com/fe1955/n/nffff534c576f
Miri Masuda (born Jan 1969)
'The First Bite'
Sekai Bunka Sha, published October 2007, 160 pages
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n884bfdd74b60
Miri Masuda (born Jan 1969)
'Is It Okay Not to Get Married?
Su-chan's Tomorrow'
Gentosha, published January 2008, 128 pages
https://note.com/fe1955/n/ndf2554dff0dc
Miri Masuda (born Jan 1969)
'My Ordinary, Laid-back Writer Life'
Bungeishunju, published March 2009, 160 pages
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n251e77c6c1f0
Miri Masuda (born Jan 1969)
'Words I Can't Say'
Shueisha, published August 2009, 152 pages
https://note.com/fe1955/n/na52279aee201
Miri Masuda (born Jan 1969)
'Weekends in the Forest'
Gentosha, published September 2009, 158 pages
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n6d61d390cecc
Miri Masuda (born Jan 1969)
'Youth, Too Late'
Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan, published April 2010, 160 pages
https://note.com/fe1955/n/ne4e472cefcf1
Miri Masuda (born Jan 1969)
'Crybaby Chieko-san 1-4'
Shueisha, Dec 2011 - Sep 2015
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n3914a52feeac
Miri Masuda (1969.1 - )
"Adult Elementary School Student"
Poplar Publishing, Published February 2013
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n51363d897dde
Miri Masuda (1969.1- )
"Such Daily Life at the Sawamura House: Average Age 60" Bungeishunju, May 2014
"The Sawamura House No Longer Keeps a Dog" July 2015
"The Sawamura House's First Trip in a While" June 2017
"It's Almost Time for Dinner at the Sawamura House" November 2018
"Fun Chatting at the Sawamura House" May 2021
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n811668adea05
Miri Masuda (1969.1- )
"Next to You"
Gentosha, Published March 2016, 144 pages
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n7c814f94da40
Miri Masuda (1969.1- )
"Tea Time: Don't You Feel Like the Cafe Has Become Your Own Room?"
Kodansha, Published June 2016, 152 pages
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n8c06e4c313b9
Miri Masuda (1969.1 - )
"Eternal Outing"
Mainichi Shimbun Publishing, Published January 2018, 160 pages
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n6c63e0621acd
Miri Masuda (1969.1- )
"A Trip to Think: Finland and Cinnamon Rolls"
Gentosha, Published December 2020, 196 pages
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n34187f2568ca
Miri Masuda (1969.1- )
"Time Travel: Travel Diary Around the World (Mainichi Bunko)"
Mainichi Shimbun Publishing, Published July 2022, 240 pages
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n4e6e744ed0ee
Miri Masuda (1969.1- )
"What Should I Have for a Snack Today (Gentosha Bunko)"
Gentosha, Published March 2023, 192 pages
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n399595d6e705
Miri Masuda (1969.1 - )
"Lunch Time [Tempura Bowl]"
"Shosetsu Gendai" March 2020 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n068291e7316c
Miri Masuda (1969.1- )
"Lunch Time
Part 2 [KUA AINA]"
"Shosetsu Gendai" April 2020 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/na6befc784b54
Miri Masuda (1969.1- )
"Lunch Time
Part 3: Napolitan"
"Shosetsu Gendai" May 2020 Issue
Yoshio Kataoka "Road to Naples"
Tokyo Shoseki, September 2008
Ernest Hemingway "Big Two-Hearted River"
"In Our Time / Men Without Women
Hemingway Complete Short Stories 1 (Shincho Bunko)"
Shinchosha, October 1995
https://note.com/fe1955/n/nfbfd3aebe82e
Miri Masuda (1969.1- )
"Lunch Time
Part 4: [Pork Hamonado]"
"Shosetsu Gendai" June/July 2020 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/nbd2fcd9e4211
Miri Masuda (1969.1- )
"Lunch Time
Part 10: [Pierogi]"
"Shosetsu Gendai" January 2021 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/nbd8d8621d388
Miri Masuda (1969.1- )
"Lunch Time
Part 23: [Tacos]"
"Shosetsu Gendai" April 2022 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n64bc7e7ff617
Miri Masuda (1969.1 - )
"Lunch Time
Part 24: ["Exploring World Kitchens"]"
"Shosetsu Gendai" May & June 2022 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n04b87e0790bc
Miri Masuda (1969.1 - )
"Lunch Time Part 25
[Ginza West Toast Ham Sandwich and Half & Half Cream Puff]"
"Shosetsu Gendai" July 2022 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/nf3d217db4377
Miri Masuda (1969.1 - )
"Lunch Time Part 26
[Nakameguro "Bakery & Cafe Sawamura"
Milk Stick and Chilled Turnip Soup]"
"Shosetsu Gendai" August 2022 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n9b6506ff5053
Miri Masuda (1969.1 - )
"Lunch Time Part 27
[Delicious Fruit Sandwich]"
"Shosetsu Gendai" September 2022 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n728e1500f005
Miri Masuda (1969.1 - )
"Lunch Time
Part 28: [Pork Vindaloo Curry]"
"Shosetsu Gendai" October 2022 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n9122198db38f
Miri Masuda (1969.1 - )
"Lunch Time
Part 30: [Gucci Osteria]"
"Shosetsu Gendai" December 2022 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n4005d030b2cc
Miri Masuda (1969.1 - )
"The Life of Natsuko Tsuyukusa
Part 1: Gum Machine"
Shosetsu Shincho, April 2021 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n287c38765724
Miri Masuda (1969.1 - )
"The Life of Natsuko Tsuyukusa
Part 2: Camping"
Shosetsu Shincho, May 2021 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n03e0124711c3
Miri Masuda (1969.1- )
"The Life of Natsuko Tsuyukusa
Part 15: Tambourine"
Shosetsu Shincho, June 2022 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/nc3ff62945455
Miri Masuda (1969.1- )
"The Life of Natsuko Tsuyukusa
Part 16: Maneki-neko"
Shosetsu Shincho, July 2022 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n8f35950361cf
Miri Masuda (1969.1- )
"The Life of Natsuko Tsuyukusa
Part 17: Ice Cream"
Shosetsu Shincho, August 2022 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n437f97a6bf2f
Miri Masuda (1969.1- )
"The Life of Natsuko Tsuyukusa
Part 18: Wallet"
Shosetsu Shincho, September 2022 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/naae9d704c6ab
Miri Masuda (1969.1- )
"The Life of Natsuko Tsuyukusa
Part 19: Telescope"
Shosetsu Shincho, October 2022 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/na24d0b12715b
Miri Masuda (1969.1- )
"The Life of Natsuko Tsuyukusa
Part 20: Donut"
Shosetsu Shincho, November 2022 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n820ad67ad799
Miri Masuda (1969.1- )
"The Life of Natsuko Tsuyukusa
Final Episode [Part 21]: Walnut"
Shosetsu Shincho, December 2022 Issue