Takeshi Yoro is an anatomist and he is also a smoker. He says he was 20 years old when he lit his first cigarette. Now, he smokes when he is deep in thought, absorbed in his writing, or in deep conversation with someone.

The smoke from cigarettes was always a part of his life.

What kind of enrichment did shikohin provide in the life of Takeshi Yoro, who is known as the “intellectual giant” in Japan? Now 86 years old, Takeshi Yoro spent his childhood in the midst of World War 2 and experienced all the changes in our society since. How does such a man understand shikohin and shikohin experiences?

We visited Takeshi Yoro in his mountain villa in Hakone at the beginning of autumn.

Takeshi Yoro sat in his living room chair, took out a cigarette from a tobacco tin and lit it with a lighter.