Miyazawa Kenji

Miyazawa Kenji: Iwate’s Dreamer, Storyteller, and the Japanese Roald Dahl In the mountains of northern Japan, where wildflowers bloom in summer and snow whispers across winter fields, lived a man who saw the world through stardust and poetry. His name was Miyazawa Kenji (宮沢賢治). He is a farmer, a scientist, a Buddhist, and a literary genius who turned the quiet countryside of Iwate into a galaxy of wonder. Just as Roald Dahl gave us Willy Wonka’s chocolate river and giant peaches that fly, Kenji gave us trains that ride the Milky Way, talking cats, and celestial farmers. But his world was uniquely Japanese, filled with moral depth, Buddhist thought, and … Read more