My trivial thinking

Snow Falling on Cedars is the bestselling novel David Guterson published in 1994, and it won the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The story was later adapted into a film of the same title. Because the defendant’s wife, Hatsue, was played by Yuki Kudoh, the movie attracted considerable attention in Japan. The novel was translated into Japanese in 1996, but the Japanese title, 殺人容疑 (“Suspicion of Murder”), felt disappointingly bland, and many Japanese readers were let down by it. The story takes place in December 1954 on a small island in northern Puget Sound, Washington State. Kabuo Miyamoto, a second‑generation Japanese‑American fisherman, is arrested on suspicion of murdering Carl Heine, another fisherman from the same community. A local journalist, Ishmael, watches the trial with complicated feelings. He once loved Hatsue when they were young. Their innocent relationship was torn apart after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when anti‑Japanese sentiment and racial prejudice overwhe...

I happened to come across this song and was captivated by its melody and the singer’s voice. The singer is Emi Fujita , and the song is “Wide Awake.” It was my first time hearing it.     Although it was only a few days ago, I don’t remember why I found this song on YouTube. WIDE AWAKE   ･ ･ ･ ･ ･ ･ ･ ･ ･ You were the rolling tidal wave That swept my barren shores If you will let me share your day My life's forever yours I will never understand the reason why We fail to learn from our mistakes I will wait for you as the days go by With my dream - though I am wide awake I don’t think many Japanese people know who Emi Fujita is. I looked her up online and found that she was the vocalist of Le Couple .      Le Couple is famous for their song “Hidamari no Uta,” which was part of the soundtrack for the 1997 TV drama Under One Roof 2 . The CD single sold over 1.8 million copies. After the band suspended its activities, Emi Fujita began her solo ...