the statue appears to be in the final stages of production, since two workers, one of them marked as a smith by his characteristic leather cap, are smoothing or polishing its surface. the college still runs adult learning through the university of the third age. the stories were written between 1980 and 1991, and published in japan in various magazines, then collections. the building below the platform used to be an ice factory. the first disc features the eleven original songs for the album. it is now in the minneapolis institute of arts. 