The Bride Who Left Tokyo
In 2019, Yumi Tanaka boarded a one-way flight from Tokyo to a small fishing village in northern Scotland. She was marrying Callum, a boat builder...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 45:10-12, 16.
In 2019, Yumi Tanaka boarded a one-way flight from Tokyo to a small fishing village in northern Scotland. She was marrying Callum, a boat builder she had met during his visit to Japan. Her mother wept at Narita Airport. Her grandmother pressed a folded handkerchief into her palm and whispered, "You belong to him now." Yumi did not forget Japan.…
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