Fujikun Cafe

A writer who usually posts daily online stories encounters severe writer's block. Throughout his day—at a park, a cafe, and an arcade—he tries to turn ordinary observations into new tales starting with "Once upon a time," but fails, leading to an ironic inspiration for his next story. A Slump The Author of “A Slump” Once upon a time, there was a man who went into a real slump with writing new stories after writing his story which title was “A Slump.” 😿 「スランプ」の著者 ある時、「スランプ」というタイトルのストーリーを書いた後、新しいストーリーを書くことに対して、本当のスランプに陥ってしまった男がいた。 WORDS AND PHRASES 著者 (ちょしゃ) : an author ある時（あるとき）：Once upon a time スランプ（すらんぷ）：a slump タイトル（たいとる）：a title 「スランプ」というタイトル：the title “A Slump.” ストーリー（すとーりー）：a story 書く（かく）：to write (verb) ストーリーを書く：to write a story 書いた (かいた) : You wrote it. ストーリーを書いた：You wrote a story. 後（あと / のち）：later, after that ストーリーを書いた後：after writing the story 新しい（あたらしい）：new 対して（たいして）：for/with/at/in/on/about someone or something こと : an event, an issue, the fact, an action, a sit...

  Gemini:  While traveling in Morocco, a shopaholic woman wants to buy more clothes before returning to Japan. When she asks her husband, he responds in Japanese with "Kasabaran ka?" —a clever wordplay meaning "won't it take up too much space?", sounding just like the city name Casablanca. Casablanca Once upon a time, there was a Japanese woman who loved shopping overseas. Each time the woman and her husband traveled to foreign countries, she tried to buy as many things as she could. One day, they were at a shopping center in Casablanca. The woman had already bought many things. They were going to leave for Japan next the morning. She said to her husband, “I want to buy more clothes before leaving here.” Her husband said, “嵩張らんか？” 嵩張る (かさばる) : to be too much, too many or too large, and difficult to carry 嵩張らんか？(かさばらんか？) : Won't that be too much or too many, or too large? カサブランカ ある時、外国で買い物をするのが大好きな女がいた。夫婦で海外旅行の度に、彼女は買えるだけ買ってくるのであった。 ある日、彼等は、カサブランカに有るショッピングセンタ...

Gemini:  While waiting for his wife at a cafe, a man notices a stranger across the room. He smiles and waves, delighted when the stranger mirrors his gesture. Upon leaving, he realizes the man has vanished—only to discover he had been waving at his own reflection in a large mirror. A Large Mirror I dropped  my wife off at the salon an hour ago. She is having her hair colored, and it takes two hours. So, I'm having coffee at a cafe.There is some nice old furniture here: tables, chairs, a large mirror and some pictures.  I see a man sitting alone drinking coffee and looking at his iPhone. I guess he is the type of person who loves to be alone. I don't pity him.   He somehow looks like me. I decided to say hello to him. I raised my right hand towards him and smiled. To my surprise, he smiled and waved back with his left hand.  Well, it's time to go and pick up my wife. I have to close the SNS app on my iPhone. Well, I've paid my bill but something is wrong. I don’t...