Portrait：Tatsuyasu Watana

Born 1978 in Kumamoto. Graduated from the Department of Architecture in the School of Science and Engineering at Waseda University in 2001. Since then, he has been active in multidisciplinary areas as a writer, architect, painter, and musician as well as creating a suicide help line by publishing his own phone number. His notable publications include “TOKYO Zero Yen House, Zero Yen Living” (Kawade Shobo), “Build Your Own Independent Nation” (DOYOSHA), “Gennen Jidai” (Gentosha, awarded by Kumanichi Publishing Cultural Award), “Sakaguchi Kyohei So Utsu Nikki” (IGAKU-SHOIN), and “Make Your Own Medicine” (Shobunsha), as a collection of his works, “God is Paper” (ISI PRESS), “Pastel” and “water” (SAYUSHA).

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