title: Memoirs of a Gaijin: Emails from Japan
author: Benjamin Hesse
description: Benjamin Hesse was born in Edina, MN in 1980. He graduated from St. John?s University in Minnesota with a degree in English and is an experienced world traveler. Memoirs of a Gaijin is his first publication.
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  # Short Story 1: Hikigaya Hachiman’s taste of home cooking is wrong as
  expected
  
  
  
  
  
  It was the peak of the fall reading season. Typically, this would be the
  season to be indulging in books, but today just wouldn’t let that come to pass
  as we stared at the computer that Hiratsuka-sensei forced onto.
  
  
  
  
  
  “Chiba Prefecture Region Problem Consultation Mails…”
  
  
  
  
  
  When I apathetically announced the title, Yuigahama clapped her hands
  repeatedly.
  
  
  
  
  
  Yukinoshita stopped her hands that flipped the pages of her paperback book and
  gave me a puzzled look.
  
  
  
  
  
  “…Hey, where did this get sent from?”
  
  
  
  
  
  “Well, Hiratsuka-sensei probably had something to do with it…”
  
  
  
  
  
  Recently, Hiratsuka-sensei suddenly added problem consultation mails to the
  activities of the Service Club. Apparently, they were mails from various
  people in school with issues.
  
  
  
  
  
  Yuigahama looked at the computer and read aloud.
  
  
  
  
  
  “Errm, today’s first letter is… A letter from a resident of Chiba City, Pen
  Name: 