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Tomoko Hoshino

2025

Actress debut 45th

Essayist debut 35th
anniversary

Tomoko Hoshino's debut photo

1980

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Portrait of Tomoko Hoshino

Tomoko Hoshino　Jan.2025

(Photo by Miyuki Yamada)

Tomoko Hoshino's autograph

Information on New Books

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Cover of Tomoko Hoshino's "Tomoko's Kamakura Four Seasons Diary"

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Cover of Poetry and Fantasy issue 47

Contains Tomoko Hoshino's First fantasy novel, "Fiora's Night"

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"30 years of Kamakura day to day" included

Poetry and Fantasy issue 48 cover

"Poetry and Fantasy" is a literary magazine founded by Takashi Yanase.

Tomoko Hoshino, "Dreams & Fantasy, The World of Vermeer"

Cover of Tomoko Hoshino's "A Samurai's Daughter Living in Today"

Kamakura Day by Day

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Snail illustration by Tomoko Hoshino

Torches illuminating Nigatsudo Hall at Todaiji Temple in Nara. A majestic flame. Photographed by Tomoko Hoshino.

Spring Stirs By

When I see the Kanji character "Keichitsu" <see footnote>, awakening of insects, I feel a certain itch. It's the season when hibernating...

Dried Wakame seaweed at Sakanoshita, Kamakura. In the dazzling sunlight. Photographed by Tomoko Hoshino.

Seaweed Drying on the Beach

Japan's Shonan area is nice in summer, but living here I think winter is wonderful. A crisp, cold breeze and blue skies. The sunshine is...

White painted snake relief at Eishoji Temple Buddha Hall. Photographed by Tomoko Hoshino.

This Year's Zodiac; Snake

"Well, Snake is the most difficult", said a potter who sends me a figurine of the zodiac every year. Of the 12 animals, Tiger, Ox, and...

Tomoko Hoshino has been serializing essays since 2024, taking over "Kamakura Day by Day" written by Member of the Japan Art Academy Taku Miki in the magazine "Kamakura Shunju".

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