Father's Day note project: A Father's Day gift delivered through words
"What should I give for Father's Day?"
That's the season we hear those voices.
But this year, why not make it a Father's Day delivered not with things, but with words?
This note I wrote the other day
When I wrote about becoming a father myself on note,
I received these voices of empathy on social media.
Receiving those voices, I thought that putting feelings and memories that you can't usually say into words would surely become a special gift.
And this time,
I want to create an opportunity for everyone to re-examine their fathers through words in that way.
Read, write, spread,
create together, build excitement, and deliver. The best Father's Day gift.
With that thought in mind, I came up with this project.
Myself as a father.
The figure of my father I saw as a child.
To the father by my side, to the father I can no longer meet, the feelings I wanted to convey. Words from mom to dad are also very welcome.
It doesn't have to be a special story.
It doesn't have to be an amazing episode.
Just the feeling of "I want to try writing"
will surely become a gift that gently reaches someone's heart.
In this note project, we are looking for your stories about fathers.
#FathersDayNoteProject, please join us.
■ Theme
Father's Day delivered through words
■ Purpose of the project
This year's Father's Day is Sunday, June 15, 2025.
"What it means to become a father"
"The relationship between father and self"
Feelings held toward the "existence of a father"
At this timing when we face the existence of a father from each perspective,
why not write down your feelings on note together?
By leaving them in the form of a note,
it can help organize your own heart,
and it might become a note that gently reaches the heart of someone who reads it.
Note is not a place to write amazing stories.
I believe that your own gaze toward your father in casual daily life
will become the strongest and most gently resonating writing.
■ We are looking for notes like these
The following are examples. Feel free to use any angle!
① To you who became a father
・That day, I became a father
・Things I found in my days as a father
② A note to your own father
• Dad, I couldn't say it then, but
• Memories and the back that still remain
③ A note talking about dad from a mom's perspective
• To my dad, thank you always
• Cheering on dad who works hard with words
④ Others, your own relationship with your father
• To the person who was like a father
• A letter delivered to a father I couldn't meet
• Looking at the existence of a father again
⑤ To you who will become a father
• Things I think about before a child is born
• Anxiety, expectations, words to the self who will become a father yet unseen
• As a record of facing what it means to become a father
■ How to participate
1. Write and post in any format on note
2. Publish with the hashtag "#FathersDayNoteProject"
Once you publish with the hashtag,
I will compile them in this magazine.
◎ Submission Deadline: Sunday, June 15, 2025
* Posts on the day are welcome. It's okay if it's a little before or after!
■ In closing
The days spent as a "father,"
memories of facing your own "father,"
and feelings you've kept tucked away deep in your heart—
writing these down in a place like note
might just become a gift for someone else.
Won't you join us in celebrating Father's Day?
I look forward to reading your note.