“Dear Future Me” is a series in which Shohei Koyama—poet and owner of JIYUCHO — delivers poetic words in Japanese and English, like letters to his future self that trace the subtleties of everyday life. I hope this becomes a place like your mailbox where postcard poems arrive.

Kindness Like Here

2025-12-16

Let us choose kindness
When you find a cat in a quiet alley time comes to a stop
Just like this city

Good things
Joyful things
Things that make us glad
See them with your own eyes
Touch them with your fingers
Talk
Laugh
Think
Be open
Be honest
Seek what is beautiful and what is good
Keep seeking
Keep making
Just like this city

Let us choose kindness
For those who begin and for those who continue
Say nice to meet you
Say hello
Between one person and another today and tomorrow
Build bridges instead of walls
People travel as they stroll
Just like this city

Let us choose kindness
Like writing a letter to someone dear
Like savoring a piece of good chocolate
Like finding something new and delightful
Like dreaming of hope and love for the future me

Respect the old and love the new
Just like this city

Let us go on together choosing kindness

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About JIYUCHO owner Koyama

Began writing poetry as a student. Deeply moved by Shuntaro Tanikawa’s Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude, where physical laws were expressed in beautiful words. While wandering the world, continued writing poetry and founded a company at the age of 27. In May 2018, released TOMOSHIBI POST, a web service that allows people to send letters to their future selves. In August 2019, opened JIYUCHO in Kuramae, Tokyo. In December 2023, opened FUTO, a poetic café and second location. In August 2024, published the poetry collection The World at Last, with You and Me. Graduated from the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science. Studied abroad in Seattle, Washington, USA, for one year during university.

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A letter that you can send to yourself one year from now, a regular mail that looks back on the month and summarizes it in one volume, a monthly collection of essays, etc. Products that color the time you spend facing yourself. You can enjoy it at home. Feel free to try it, by all means.