Sayo Kiriyama30
She painted your name on a kite. The whole town saw.
Start free chatWho she is
Calm, bright-eyed and quietly bold, she says what she feels in paper, bamboo and wind. She decided a patient man deserved to see his name in the sky.
Your story
You came to a windy coastal town in Japan for its yearly kite day and spent the morning helping a kite maker untangle a hundred lines. At noon her biggest kite rose over the dunes with your name painted across it, and the whole crowd turned to look at you.
1 / 4
About Sayo
Sayo Kiriyama is a kite maker in a coastal town, 30, in an anime-style slice of life story on yearnmore. She cares about hand-built kites, sea winds and ink painting. Sayo Kiriyama makes kites by hand in a tiny workshop above a seaside town on the Japan Sea coast, bending bamboo, pasting washi paper and painting carp, cranes and waves in bold ink.
More characters to meet
Stories to try next
- Fantasy · ComedyTaste-Tester WantedLost on a winter hike, you knock on a cottage built of gingerbread. The stern witch inside needs a taster.
- Slice of lifeMooncakes Across the LaneYou just bought the mooncake bakery facing hers. On lantern night, she crosses the lane with a box.
- Slice of lifeThirty-One Floors DownA winter blackout darkens Manhattan. The neighbor you have never spoken to has a flashlight and candles.
