[Sales of "Person Holding a Water Basin"]
Dates: August 10th (Sun), 12th (Tue), 13th (Thu), 15th (Fri) Time: Around 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM Location: Mikoda Morning Market Price: 2,000 yen (tax included)
Note: Approximately 20 books will be sold each day. *Payment by cash only.

・For reservations, please contact us via Instagram DM with the following details: 1. Name (pen name is OK)
② Desired pick-up date and time ③ Number of books
*First come, first served.
If you come to the event without making a reservation, you may not be able to purchase tickets once the planned number of copies has been sold.

[Talk event celebrating the publication of Tomomi Yano's "The Person with the Water Basin"]
Title: "Things to remember! How to enjoy the morning market like an expert"
Dates: August 10th (Sun), 12th (Tue), 13th (Wed), 15th (Fri)
Time: Twice each day
①Around 6:30 ②Around 7:30
Speaker: Tomomi Yano
Content: We will talk for about 20 minutes about how to enjoy the morning market!
Note: I'll answer any questions you may have, so feel free to ask me anything.

Tomomi Yano "The Person Holding the Water Basin"

[Water Basin]
This comes from the magical tool "Sifter" that appears in the Harry Potter movies.

Do you know this magical tool?
In the movie, he touches his temples with a wand, pulls out his memories, and places them in a sparkling tray filled with mysterious water.
Then I think there was a scene where Harry was able to relive the memories of various people.

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Listening to all the different stories at the Mikoda Morning Market made me feel like I was reliving memories.

(Maybe I was born with a slightly larger water basin than most people, which makes it easier to store memories. If that's the case, it would be a shame for me to keep the memories I heard to myself. I want everyone to relive them.)

That's why I chose this title.

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2015.
When I joined Iwate Television, the only breakthrough I had as a terrible announcer was the Mikoda Morning Market. I was told that my conversations with the locals were somehow natural and interesting. It was an opportunity for me to open up in Iwate.

2020.
I wanted to go deeper than just reading and communicating. It made me want to open the door. It was the Mikoda Morning Market that made me want to make a documentary as a director.

2022.
When I left Iwate for a while, the head of the morning market gave me the role of "special advisor," saying, "I want to make sure Yano-chan can come back anytime."

2025.
I've been relying on the title of special advisor for three years.
As a nominal advisor who didn't do anything, I thought, "No, if this keeps up, I'll soon lose my role..." lol

This is how I decided to write a book about my memories of the morning market.
(Even if I had been able to publish this book, I don't know if I would have fulfilled my role as special advisor...lol. Going to the morning market and writing are mostly hobbies...)