"I'm tired of my life" What is the Japanese that a Scandinavian woman wanted to meet (October 5, 2021) --Excite News

There are many people who have had the delusion of resetting their lives, getting tired of the passing days of work that is not worthwhile. I will interrupt everything in my current life and pursue what I have endured for a long time and my dreams since I was a child. The delusion grows, but after all it is difficult to make a "decision".

Still, if you take the plunge, it can be a turning point in your life. "From Finland to Kyoto in Search of Sei Shonagon" (written by Mia Kankimaki, translated by Hiroko Suenobu, published by Soshisha) is an essay by a woman who came to Japan from Finland, away from her life.

Wake up at the same time every day, go to work, go to meetings, and go home. The author, who was tired of this repetition, was reminded at one point. She decides to take a long vacation and travel to Japan for a year. It was a culture of the Heian period that I had been thinking about for a long time, and it was Sei Shonagon. When it comes to that, the base in Japan is Kyoto.

According to the author, the fact that Sei Shonagon focused on books about a thousand years ago was strangely familiar to authors from different times and countries. And the "essay" represented by "Pillow Soshi" seemed to be familiar to modern blogs, as it talked about individuals and was fragmentary. For the author, Sei Shonagon was an object of personal sympathy and seemed to have a modernity that transcended time.