The Zen Diary (2022)

The Zen Diary 2022 / 土を喰らう十二ヵ月 2022 / Twelve Months to Eat Soil , Tsuchi wo Kurau Jyunikagetsu , Tsuchi o Kurau Jyunikagetsu

Writer Tsutomu lives alone at a mountain cabin in Nagano. He collects fruits and mushrooms from the mountain. He also raises vegetables in a field. Everyday, he cooks his meals with these natural ingredients. Doing that, he can feel the flow of the seasons and he writes his book. Sometimes, his editor/girlfriend Machiko visits him. They cook with seasonal ingredients and eat together. They have a good time together. Tsutomu seems to be enjoying an easygoing life, but he is still unable to bury his dead wife’s ashes in a grave. His wife died 13 years ago. (Source: AsianWiki) ~~ Adapted from the essay ‟Tsuchi wo Kurau Hibi ‟ by Mizukami Tsutomu.