Legal Storyteller
@bohemianslaw.bsky.social
Lawyer / Univ. Lecturer in Japan / Humanizing the law through stories (fiction, music, photography) / #NovelBohemians /米国弁護士 / 大学教員 / ライター / 法 x 物語 x 教育 #東大は誰のものか
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What is autonomy when #poverty decides for you?
Eagerly awaiting my publication exploring the myth of #meritocracy. My heartfelt thanks to the editorial staff.
#academicsky
Eagerly awaiting my publication exploring the myth of #meritocracy. My heartfelt thanks to the editorial staff.
#academicsky
スカイツリーの夜
Tokyo Sky Tree
The city doesn’t sleep. It just changes its lighting.
#photography #japan
#streetphotography #photo
#EastCoastKin
#BlueSkyArtShow
Tokyo Sky Tree
The city doesn’t sleep. It just changes its lighting.
#photography #japan
#streetphotography #photo
#EastCoastKin
#BlueSkyArtShow
December 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM
スカイツリーの夜
Tokyo Sky Tree
The city doesn’t sleep. It just changes its lighting.
#photography #japan
#streetphotography #photo
#EastCoastKin
#BlueSkyArtShow
Tokyo Sky Tree
The city doesn’t sleep. It just changes its lighting.
#photography #japan
#streetphotography #photo
#EastCoastKin
#BlueSkyArtShow
Tokyo’s version of a lullaby: LED, steel, and footsteps.
The climb is public. The struggle is private.
#photography #photo
#EastCoastKin #japan
#poetry #streetphotography
The climb is public. The struggle is private.
#photography #photo
#EastCoastKin #japan
#poetry #streetphotography
December 14, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Tokyo’s version of a lullaby: LED, steel, and footsteps.
The climb is public. The struggle is private.
#photography #photo
#EastCoastKin #japan
#poetry #streetphotography
The climb is public. The struggle is private.
#photography #photo
#EastCoastKin #japan
#poetry #streetphotography
“Bach was our background noise.”
Music & Tokyo’s invisible poor in #NovelBohemians
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#bach #japan #poverty #art
#writersky
Music & Tokyo’s invisible poor in #NovelBohemians
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#bach #japan #poverty #art
#writersky
December 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
“Bach was our background noise.”
Music & Tokyo’s invisible poor in #NovelBohemians
www.instagram.com/reel/DIybc1b...
#bach #japan #poverty #art
#writersky
Music & Tokyo’s invisible poor in #NovelBohemians
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#bach #japan #poverty #art
#writersky
Who gets to define Bach?
Maybe a “net refugee” living in a closet-sized booth.
Maybe a tavern worker who smiles at her baby’s photo between shifts.
Maybe a teen in a secondhand uniform, practicing violin in a factory town.
Poverty and music—my eternal refrain.
#EastCoastKin #bach #music
#photo
Maybe a “net refugee” living in a closet-sized booth.
Maybe a tavern worker who smiles at her baby’s photo between shifts.
Maybe a teen in a secondhand uniform, practicing violin in a factory town.
Poverty and music—my eternal refrain.
#EastCoastKin #bach #music
#photo
December 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Who gets to define Bach?
Maybe a “net refugee” living in a closet-sized booth.
Maybe a tavern worker who smiles at her baby’s photo between shifts.
Maybe a teen in a secondhand uniform, practicing violin in a factory town.
Poverty and music—my eternal refrain.
#EastCoastKin #bach #music
#photo
Maybe a “net refugee” living in a closet-sized booth.
Maybe a tavern worker who smiles at her baby’s photo between shifts.
Maybe a teen in a secondhand uniform, practicing violin in a factory town.
Poverty and music—my eternal refrain.
#EastCoastKin #bach #music
#photo
Bach, in the hands of the poor, becomes something new: proof that the soul can own something without being allowed to.
I continue to write about classical music and the unprivileged in Japan’s neon-drenched urban landscape.
#music #art #bach #japan
#streetphotography #photo
#EastCiastKin
I continue to write about classical music and the unprivileged in Japan’s neon-drenched urban landscape.
#music #art #bach #japan
#streetphotography #photo
#EastCiastKin
December 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Bach, in the hands of the poor, becomes something new: proof that the soul can own something without being allowed to.
I continue to write about classical music and the unprivileged in Japan’s neon-drenched urban landscape.
#music #art #bach #japan
#streetphotography #photo
#EastCiastKin
I continue to write about classical music and the unprivileged in Japan’s neon-drenched urban landscape.
#music #art #bach #japan
#streetphotography #photo
#EastCiastKin
Bach doesn’t only belong to concert halls.
Sometimes he belongs to the underpass—on the way home from a shift.
バッハの音色は、ここにも宿る。
#photography #poetry #art
#EastCoastKin #bach #japan
#streetphotography
Sometimes he belongs to the underpass—on the way home from a shift.
バッハの音色は、ここにも宿る。
#photography #poetry #art
#EastCoastKin #bach #japan
#streetphotography
December 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Bach doesn’t only belong to concert halls.
Sometimes he belongs to the underpass—on the way home from a shift.
バッハの音色は、ここにも宿る。
#photography #poetry #art
#EastCoastKin #bach #japan
#streetphotography
Sometimes he belongs to the underpass—on the way home from a shift.
バッハの音色は、ここにも宿る。
#photography #poetry #art
#EastCoastKin #bach #japan
#streetphotography
My brother and I – two lonely souls aching to live, not just survive.
Sometimes, engaging in our usual ‘rock vs. classical’ debate felt like a rebellion against the world that refused to listen to our song.
—from #NovelBohemians (in my “Insta text”)
#BlueSkyArtShow #music
#bach #EastCoastKin
Sometimes, engaging in our usual ‘rock vs. classical’ debate felt like a rebellion against the world that refused to listen to our song.
—from #NovelBohemians (in my “Insta text”)
#BlueSkyArtShow #music
#bach #EastCoastKin
December 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
My brother and I – two lonely souls aching to live, not just survive.
Sometimes, engaging in our usual ‘rock vs. classical’ debate felt like a rebellion against the world that refused to listen to our song.
—from #NovelBohemians (in my “Insta text”)
#BlueSkyArtShow #music
#bach #EastCoastKin
Sometimes, engaging in our usual ‘rock vs. classical’ debate felt like a rebellion against the world that refused to listen to our song.
—from #NovelBohemians (in my “Insta text”)
#BlueSkyArtShow #music
#bach #EastCoastKin
Bach Beneath the Fluorescent Light:
Art, at its best, promises to be a universal language —a human inheritance transcending barriers of race, nation and wealth.
Yet, in reality, ………
#music #writersky #art #poverty #NovelBohemians
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Art, at its best, promises to be a universal language —a human inheritance transcending barriers of race, nation and wealth.
Yet, in reality, ………
#music #writersky #art #poverty #NovelBohemians
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Bach Beneath the Fluorescent Light: Storytelling as a Bridge in Legal Education
Shibuya hums like a heartbeat. Footsteps echo against neon billboards,
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December 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Bach Beneath the Fluorescent Light:
Art, at its best, promises to be a universal language —a human inheritance transcending barriers of race, nation and wealth.
Yet, in reality, ………
#music #writersky #art #poverty #NovelBohemians
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Art, at its best, promises to be a universal language —a human inheritance transcending barriers of race, nation and wealth.
Yet, in reality, ………
#music #writersky #art #poverty #NovelBohemians
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When the world tries to rewrite my story, I hum the melody of my heart – a song that knows where I’ve been and where I’m meant to go.
#musicsky #storytelling
#poetry #NovelBohemians
#musicsky #storytelling
#poetry #NovelBohemians
December 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
When the world tries to rewrite my story, I hum the melody of my heart – a song that knows where I’ve been and where I’m meant to go.
#musicsky #storytelling
#poetry #NovelBohemians
#musicsky #storytelling
#poetry #NovelBohemians
大都会に見つける優しさ
A corner of Tokyo that feels like a pause button.
#Photography #EastCoastKin
#StreetPhotography #Japan
A corner of Tokyo that feels like a pause button.
#Photography #EastCoastKin
#StreetPhotography #Japan
December 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
大都会に見つける優しさ
A corner of Tokyo that feels like a pause button.
#Photography #EastCoastKin
#StreetPhotography #Japan
A corner of Tokyo that feels like a pause button.
#Photography #EastCoastKin
#StreetPhotography #Japan
大阪駅 (Osaka Station)
Commuters, contradictions, and a thousand small decisions.
#photo #BlueSkyArtShow
#StreetPhotography #japan
Commuters, contradictions, and a thousand small decisions.
#photo #BlueSkyArtShow
#StreetPhotography #japan
December 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
大阪駅 (Osaka Station)
Commuters, contradictions, and a thousand small decisions.
#photo #BlueSkyArtShow
#StreetPhotography #japan
Commuters, contradictions, and a thousand small decisions.
#photo #BlueSkyArtShow
#StreetPhotography #japan
渋谷 (Shibuya, Japan)
The crowd is loud.
The loneliness is louder.
#GenZ #photo #EastCoastKin
#streetphotography #tokyo
The crowd is loud.
The loneliness is louder.
#GenZ #photo #EastCoastKin
#streetphotography #tokyo
December 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
渋谷 (Shibuya, Japan)
The crowd is loud.
The loneliness is louder.
#GenZ #photo #EastCoastKin
#streetphotography #tokyo
The crowd is loud.
The loneliness is louder.
#GenZ #photo #EastCoastKin
#streetphotography #tokyo
梅田(Umeda, Japan)
Where the city practices being anonymous.
#photography #japan
#streetphotography
#EastCoastKin
Where the city practices being anonymous.
#photography #japan
#streetphotography
#EastCoastKin
December 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
梅田(Umeda, Japan)
Where the city practices being anonymous.
#photography #japan
#streetphotography
#EastCoastKin
Where the city practices being anonymous.
#photography #japan
#streetphotography
#EastCoastKin
大阪のブックカフェ
At a “book cafe” in Osaka, Japan
Solitude, with witnesses.
The best conversations here happen without voices.
#photography #EastCoastKin
#poetry #BlueSkyArtShow
At a “book cafe” in Osaka, Japan
Solitude, with witnesses.
The best conversations here happen without voices.
#photography #EastCoastKin
#poetry #BlueSkyArtShow
December 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
大阪のブックカフェ
At a “book cafe” in Osaka, Japan
Solitude, with witnesses.
The best conversations here happen without voices.
#photography #EastCoastKin
#poetry #BlueSkyArtShow
At a “book cafe” in Osaka, Japan
Solitude, with witnesses.
The best conversations here happen without voices.
#photography #EastCoastKin
#poetry #BlueSkyArtShow
Where the light is warm and the metal remembers.
Quiet tools. Loud history.
#photography #EastCoastKin
#japan #BlueSkyArtShow
Quiet tools. Loud history.
#photography #EastCoastKin
#japan #BlueSkyArtShow
December 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Where the light is warm and the metal remembers.
Quiet tools. Loud history.
#photography #EastCoastKin
#japan #BlueSkyArtShow
Quiet tools. Loud history.
#photography #EastCoastKin
#japan #BlueSkyArtShow
A soft green reminder: time keeps going, gently.
#photography #naturephoto
#BlueSkyArtShow #photo
#EastCoastKin
#photography #naturephoto
#BlueSkyArtShow #photo
#EastCoastKin
December 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A soft green reminder: time keeps going, gently.
#photography #naturephoto
#BlueSkyArtShow #photo
#EastCoastKin
#photography #naturephoto
#BlueSkyArtShow #photo
#EastCoastKin
In the language of meritocracy, effort is treated as singular. In real life, it’s plural: a legacy checkbox that quietly tilts the scale (U.S.); tuition money for “cram school” (Japan); feeder schools and private pipelines that turn “merit” into something inherited (everywhere).
#AcademicSky #Japan
#AcademicSky #Japan
December 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
In the language of meritocracy, effort is treated as singular. In real life, it’s plural: a legacy checkbox that quietly tilts the scale (U.S.); tuition money for “cram school” (Japan); feeder schools and private pipelines that turn “merit” into something inherited (everywhere).
#AcademicSky #Japan
#AcademicSky #Japan
Remembering the summer campus—
I find myself thinking, nostalgically, of my former students—now sharp-suited business professionals, commuting each morning into the machinery of Japan, Inc.
#AcademicSky #poetry
#photography #photo
#EastCoastKin
I find myself thinking, nostalgically, of my former students—now sharp-suited business professionals, commuting each morning into the machinery of Japan, Inc.
#AcademicSky #poetry
#photography #photo
#EastCoastKin
December 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Remembering the summer campus—
I find myself thinking, nostalgically, of my former students—now sharp-suited business professionals, commuting each morning into the machinery of Japan, Inc.
#AcademicSky #poetry
#photography #photo
#EastCoastKin
I find myself thinking, nostalgically, of my former students—now sharp-suited business professionals, commuting each morning into the machinery of Japan, Inc.
#AcademicSky #poetry
#photography #photo
#EastCoastKin
At #UTokyo
See you again next academic year, Autumn
#AcademicSky #NaturePhoto
#EastCoastKin #Photography
See you again next academic year, Autumn
#AcademicSky #NaturePhoto
#EastCoastKin #Photography
December 12, 2025 at 5:37 AM
At #UTokyo
See you again next academic year, Autumn
#AcademicSky #NaturePhoto
#EastCoastKin #Photography
See you again next academic year, Autumn
#AcademicSky #NaturePhoto
#EastCoastKin #Photography
At #UTokyo
Today’s lecture: How to say goodbye to a season
#photo #photography #japan
#EastCoastKin #academicsky
Today’s lecture: How to say goodbye to a season
#photo #photography #japan
#EastCoastKin #academicsky
December 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
At #UTokyo
Today’s lecture: How to say goodbye to a season
#photo #photography #japan
#EastCoastKin #academicsky
Today’s lecture: How to say goodbye to a season
#photo #photography #japan
#EastCoastKin #academicsky
Yes, the winter is here on #UTokyo campus
#photography #EastCoastKin
#naturephoto #japan #BlueSkyArtShow
#photography #EastCoastKin
#naturephoto #japan #BlueSkyArtShow
December 12, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Yes, the winter is here on #UTokyo campus
#photography #EastCoastKin
#naturephoto #japan #BlueSkyArtShow
#photography #EastCoastKin
#naturephoto #japan #BlueSkyArtShow
How do you feel about the practice of freezing legally deceased individuals in anticipation of revival?
That’s a question posed in some of my legal articles.
#cryonics #law #lawyersky
#medicalethics #medicine
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That’s a question posed in some of my legal articles.
#cryonics #law #lawyersky
#medicalethics #medicine
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Cryonics and Spring Day: Hope in Suspension
“The morning will come again. No darkness, no season is eternal.” (Spr
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December 12, 2025 at 3:50 AM
How do you feel about the practice of freezing legally deceased individuals in anticipation of revival?
That’s a question posed in some of my legal articles.
#cryonics #law #lawyersky
#medicalethics #medicine
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That’s a question posed in some of my legal articles.
#cryonics #law #lawyersky
#medicalethics #medicine
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Some roads are loud with traffic.
This one is loud with silence
and the soft applause of leaves.
#photography #poetry
#photo #EastCoastKin
This one is loud with silence
and the soft applause of leaves.
#photography #poetry
#photo #EastCoastKin
December 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Some roads are loud with traffic.
This one is loud with silence
and the soft applause of leaves.
#photography #poetry
#photo #EastCoastKin
This one is loud with silence
and the soft applause of leaves.
#photography #poetry
#photo #EastCoastKin
東大は誰のものか
被告人、赤門を証言台に呼ぶ…?
Cross-examining #UTokyo ‘s exam-gatekeeping, meritocracy, and the rhetoric of personal responsibility.
Welcome to my imaginary court.
#academicsky #law #japan
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被告人、赤門を証言台に呼ぶ…?
Cross-examining #UTokyo ‘s exam-gatekeeping, meritocracy, and the rhetoric of personal responsibility.
Welcome to my imaginary court.
#academicsky #law #japan
www.instagram.com/p/DSAb2D8EQf...
KiyoK / Legal Storytelling on Instagram: "(日本語が下に続きます。）
A story that summons the famous Red Gate of Todai（Japan’s flagship university）as “the defendant”…..?
My new novel, #WhoOwnsTodai , is an unfi...
bohemianslaw on December 8, 2025: "(日本語が下に続きます。）
A story that summons the famous Red Gate of Todai（Japan’s flagship university）as “the defendant”…..?
My new novel, #WhoOwnsTodai , is an unfinished ...
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December 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
東大は誰のものか
被告人、赤門を証言台に呼ぶ…?
Cross-examining #UTokyo ‘s exam-gatekeeping, meritocracy, and the rhetoric of personal responsibility.
Welcome to my imaginary court.
#academicsky #law #japan
www.instagram.com/p/DSAb2D8EQf...
被告人、赤門を証言台に呼ぶ…?
Cross-examining #UTokyo ‘s exam-gatekeeping, meritocracy, and the rhetoric of personal responsibility.
Welcome to my imaginary court.
#academicsky #law #japan
www.instagram.com/p/DSAb2D8EQf...
大阪 (Osaka) in afternoon light:
From this height it all looks simple —lines, shapes, silhouettes.
Down there, every shadow is a complicated life.
#Japan #photography
#streetphoto #EastCoastKin
From this height it all looks simple —lines, shapes, silhouettes.
Down there, every shadow is a complicated life.
#Japan #photography
#streetphoto #EastCoastKin
December 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
大阪 (Osaka) in afternoon light:
From this height it all looks simple —lines, shapes, silhouettes.
Down there, every shadow is a complicated life.
#Japan #photography
#streetphoto #EastCoastKin
From this height it all looks simple —lines, shapes, silhouettes.
Down there, every shadow is a complicated life.
#Japan #photography
#streetphoto #EastCoastKin