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Akutagawa 2025 (second half) · Candidate
貝殻航路
Kaigara kōro
Title translated by AI:“The Shell Island Route”
Hiroki Kuzu · 38 when first published
Novella · 114 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:Raised by a fisherman father within sight of the Russian-held islands, a woman has married a musician with Ainu roots and moved to Kushiro; when he leaves home without a word, she remembers Kaigara Island, which she once saw with her father.