Michihiko is Toshiko's elder brother and Chieko is his wife. I first met them in 2000 and ever since, they have driven from Kitakyushu (a 3- hour drive) every time I am in Japan, to see me. They feel like
my relations, such is the warmth between us.
The conversations are hilarious - the efforts of all of us to communicate in a mix of broken English and broken Japanese. I have a sore jaw from laughter.
After they left, the furniture has to be put back to its normal place and the photos show the small table (which Kiyoshi made himself, as he did all the other furniture) being winched up to the second floor or mezzanine floor bedroom. The house is so tiny, everything has its special place. When they need things, they come out and ten they go back. "Otherwise we cannot live here' Toshiko said.
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