- 6th Kaien Newcomer Writers Prize – November 1987[1]
- 16th Izumi Kyoka Literary Prize - October 1988
- 39th Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists – August 1988[1] (this prize was awarded for Kitchen as well as two other novellas by Yoshimoto: Utakata and Sanctuary)
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