I only read the first story which is "Toki wo Yuku Uma" and it was absolutely delightful. Much more streamlined than many other of the old Takemiya's short stories. It follow the journey of a snowglobe (with a horse inside) through time, from person to person. Initially we are introduced to the snowglobe in a warzone and then we travel back in time, to the moment the snowglobe was created and first picked it up, out of love. Every story used the object to connect people to their dream and the plot travels from romantic love, familiar love, friendship, the hope that there are goodpeople even in difficult times of war, the dreams of seeing your homecountry after it has been ripped away from you, and the cruelty of war. I was truly surprised and I am so disappointed the other stories have not been translated yet, I bet they are as good as the first one.