08 October 2011
Hirai Takako - A Present from Japan
![Front Front](https://www.jabberwock.co.uk/blog/media/1/20111008-IMG_1356.jpg)
Lewis Carroll has many students and fans in Japan, and I was lucky enough to receive a lovely gift from Yoshi Momma, a major Japanese collector. He knows the illustrator Hirai Takako and he has asked her to inscribe her 2012 Alice calendar which he gave as a gift to me.
I love it. On the back, it shows each month's picture.
![Rear Rear](https://www.jabberwock.co.uk/blog/media/1/20111008-calender rear.jpg)
I like all the pictures, but my favourite is February
![Front Front](https://www.jabberwock.co.uk/blog/media/1/20111008-calender febr.jpg)
I don't know whether to use this calendar every day next year, or keep it in its wrapping in perfect condition ...