Around the cooler months in Japan, you may hear the phrase, dokusho no aki (読書の秋), which translates roughly to “Autumn is for reading”. In Niigata, not only can you experience nature’s breathtaking display of seasonal foliage, but also an impressive selection of stories from the “Father of Modern Children’s Literature”. Niigata-native Mimei Ogawa has been … Continue reading The Harvest of Mimei Ogawa: the ‘Hans Christian Andersen’ of Japan