Oyako Day Essay Contest 2025 Award-Winning Essay: “Thank You for the Pain Relief”
「親子の日」エッセイコンテスト２０２５入賞作品 いたいのいたいの ありがとう」
「かぁかのあたま、いたいのいたいのとんでいけ！これでおねつさがるよ」
息子は冷蔵庫から熱冷ましシートを取り、私に貼ってくれた。
小さな椅子が冷蔵庫の前にあった。
“Yuna-chan is such a good girl, she doesn’t cause any trouble.”
Those words became a kind of curse. Born as the eldest daughter in a rural family, my reputation was tied to the reputation of the house. My education-focused parents took me to cram school before I even started elementary school.
“The Home to Which the Noise Returns”
There came a day when I stopped going on family trips. I had been glued to my desk preparing for university entrance exams… or perhaps, I had just come up with that excuse. The truth was, I simply couldn’t find a reason to go to noisy places with my family anymore.
“The Home to Which the Noise Returns”
There came a day when I stopped going on family trips. I had been glued to my desk preparing for university entrance exams… or perhaps, I had just come up with that excuse.
“The day you were born, we were at Grandma’s house, eating curry and watching Sazae-san.”
“The day you were born, we were at Grandma’s house, eating curry and watching Sazae-san.”
Oyoko Day Essay Vol.4
We will introduce some works from the collection of works in past Oyako Day Essay contest. LAYING POSSUM The little girls’ batteries begin to run down after eight at night. You can measure the younger one’s fatigue by how much she cries. As for her full of energy older sister, she survived today’s kindergarten, but now she’s run out of juice and is sleeping on the sofa. Mom’s the one who’s supposed to get them both upstairs to bed. After a 10 kilo and then a 17 kilo freight transfer to the second floor, Mom’s ready to give it up, but when she comes back to the living room,…
Oyoko Day Essay Vol.3
We will introduce some works from the collection of works in past Oyako Day Essay contest. I COULD HAVE PICKED A BETTER MOTHER Always at work, never at home; oh, how I hated my mother. When I thought I heard her at home, I’d find her standing there at the kitchen sink with her back to me. By middle school, I was fed up with everything. One day something happened at school that bothered me and everything went haywire. At home, I blew my top and turned on my mother. “If only I could have chosen my mother ! I would’ve picked a better one !!” I could see…
