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Miho Hirayama


Miho Hirayama is a mother of an extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infant. She is a big fan of Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams. Her dreams include having children’s books that she wrote in libraries all over the world so that many children can read them, seeing her son play tennis at the US Open, and encouraging her daughter to pursue whatever she is interested in.

Updated May 2023


Stories from This Author

10th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
Color

May 24, 2023 • Miho Hirayama

I moved to a town covered in orange carpet that glistened in the sunlight. “That’s the California poppy. It’s beautiful like gold, isn’t it?” Dad said, as he kept driving. “Oh yeah?” The scenery that quickly passed by the car window looked so different from Nagoya, where we used to live. Everything was bigger, broader, and different—the scent, the air, and people walking on the street. In contrast to the shiny bright world outside the window glass, I felt lonely, …

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