Kuzuryu River is a novel set around the great river running through Fukui, portraying people rooted in the land amid the currents of modernization. Floods, development, and local memory intertwine as the book explores the relationship between river and human life with historical depth.

The memory of a river and the lives of people overlap in the landscape of Fukui.

Tomoko is a novel set against mining and life in Hokkaido, portraying a woman living within hard labor and community ties. It links an individual fate to regional history and gives weight and dignity to everyday life through a quiet narrative voice.

Through one woman's life, the novel tells the memory of land and labor.