In general, she has preferred Japanese subjects; exceptions include her second opera  about Sherlock Holmes and an opera based on Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment written for a large-scale production at the New National Theatre, Tokyo in 1999.
She has generally favored Japanese subjects; exceptions include her second opera about Sherlock Holmes and an opera based on Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, which was written for a large-scale production at the New National Theatre in Tokyo in 1999.