A short story by Motojirō Kajii

“Beneath the cherry trees, corpses are buried. You can believe this—it is true. For how could the cherry blossoms bloom so splendidly otherwise? It is beyond belief that they should be so beautiful. These past few days, I have been uneasy, unable to trust that beauty. But now, at last, I understand. Beneath the cherry trees, corpses are buried. You may believe that—it is true. Why is it, I wonder, that every night on my way home, among all the things in my room, it is always the smallest and thinnest of them— a razor blade, for instance— that comes so vividly to my mind, as though it possessed a kind of second sight? You said you could not understand that— and indeed, neither can I.”

Author : Motojirō Kajii
Narrator : Nana Nagao
Produced by：Koé no Shoten
Special Thanks：Shigoto, Inc.
Listening Length：07:15
Release Date：2025/10/9