[Machine Translation] One superb story a day in a hectic day -. The unsurpassed beauty of butoh and the lonely soul of a rare dancer. The throb and fragility of falling instantly in love with a young man. A man returns to his hometown after retirement to start a new life. An old man at a cab stand at midnight tells a strange story... This is a collection of eight colorful Japanese novels that have been translated and read in various languages on the NHK WORLD-JAPAN radio program. This is the fourth volume in the series, which offers short stories by well-known authors.