-June 6, 1997 (Ayaka’s twelfth birthday)-

It was her first time at the Uesugi temple and she was intent on taking in every little thing: the feel of the tatami mats beneath her thin sandals, the delicate decorations on the paper-lined sliding door of the prayer room, the intoxicating scent of burning incense-much stronger and dizzying than ( Read more... )