Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey

'Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey' follows a traveler who encounters a talking monkey at a remote Japanese hot-spring inn. The monkey reveals its strange and unsettling story, leading to an exploration of identity and the nature of human relationships.

The story was first published in The New Yorker on June 1, 2020, and later included in Murakami's collection First Person Singular (2020).