In September 2025, a new picture book in the Atan-chan series was published by Nijino Ehonya. I have always loved moonlit nights for their special, magical feel. One day, an image popped into my head of Atan-chan and the moon baking pancakes together up in the sky, and I knew I wanted to give Atan-chan this wonderful experience someday. It is a slightly special, exciting secret moment shared just between Atan-chan and the moon. This story was written as a bedtime story for ch

I'm getting ready to go to the book fair now, business cards and brochures. I hope to have "Midnight Birthday party" published overseas, and I am also working on preparing to show some rough drafts of series 2. 今年のボローニャチルドレンズブックフェアに参加します。10年前に1度だけ行ったボローニャですが、期待しすぎず手は抜かず、ギリギリですができるだけのことはやって臨もうと思います。楽しもうと思います。2025.2.19

From 3355 titles, submitted by 810 publishers from 65 countries, the winners and special mentions were selected by an international jury. ボローニャチルドレンズブックフェア2024 にて、アメイジングブックシェルフ（ボローニャすばらしい本100選)に、『夜のおたんじょう会へ』を選んでいただきました。世界65ヶ国810社の出版社から応募のあった3355タイトルの中から選出されました。