Last year, in April, we made a trip to Osaka in Japan. We’re returning this year. As things go with me writing-wise, images and thoughts, places and people collide to create stories.
For The Silver Cranes Kakejiku, Osaka, particularly the suburb of Ebisucho where we were staying, formed the backdrop. Memories of a visit to a Japanese artisan sword workshop on a work visit years ago, and unearthing a kakejiku scroll that hadn’t seen the light of day since our last house move, mulled in my brain to produce a short story of young love, once forbidden, now renewed.
The upcoming trip prompted me to post the story now before new images overlay it and I’m tempted to discard it altogether.
The photographs I’ve included are of our kakejiku (hanging scroll) – embroidered not painted as in the story; Tsutenkaku Tower; the mural on the underside of the tower; a view of Tennoji Zoo from the top platform; and the arches of Shinsekai shopping district. These may provide a flavour of the area.
You can read the story here. It’s about a ten-minute read. Enjoy.

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