Let’s Meet in a Dream was best described by Starmen.net veteran and translator extraordinaire Lindsay Moore on Yomuka! as “a collection of short-short stories (or perhaps short-short-short stories) by Haruki Murakami and Shigesato Itoi, originally published in 1981. The stories range from one to five pages long, although according to Murakami, these are not quite ‘stories.’ Rather, the book is just a collection of random, aimless pieces of light-hearted writing that Murakami and Itoi clearly enjoyed making.”

Tojusha first published the book on November 25, 1981 and Kodansha rereleased it in June 15, 1986. Murakami removed and added various stories to the second release while Itoi only added one story called special issue.

There was a rumor perpetuated by content creator Tim Rogers that the magazine story found in a drawer at the purchasable house in Onett was a story that originated from Let’s Meet in a Dream. No story like that one appears in either publication of the book, though.

The writing of Let’s Meet in a Dream was organized in Japanese alphabetically, so any available translations below have been organized alphabetically in English and separated by author.

Shigesato Itoi

Haruki Murakami