Japanese crossword «Heart in the palm of your hand»

I saw no clue in the top ten lines of squares

The middle of columns 6-8 from the right can get you there...takes a bit of circling the wagons, so to speak.

I ended up using hints. :( Oh, well.

Was hard for me to get started and much circling of wagons. Found a way in eventually. :)

I started at the bottom and worked it up with no X's!

PolNOvic, i think you are very romantic! :D
Good puzzle and figure!

Very nice!

Title says it all, at least it's not a blood-thirsty goose!

Beautiful! Love the trickiness at the top, but still solvable without using hints.

a challenging image to create with so few pixels--you did well!

nice!