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there's a willow so it's called the Willow Inn — a cool wind

yanagi ga atte yanagiya to iu suzushii kaze

1936 · The long journey east
Sōmokutō · From Journey to Journey (Tabi kara tabi e)

Notes

There is a willow tree, and the shop beside it goes by the name Willow Inn. Where the tree and the name fit so neatly together, a cool wind blows through. An unremarkable yet pleasing coincidence met at a corner far from home.

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