Caleb Carter
@calebscarter.bsky.social
Teaching Japanese religions at Kyushu Uni, thinking about religiosity and mountains, modernity, religious graffiti. Casual climber and banjo noodler.
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For my birthday, I’m ‘ungifting’ myself a Twitter/X account. After 13 years, I’ve just deleted it—cathartic 🤩. I’m salvaging this one 🧵, which introduces my book from 2022.
A Christian doctor facing extradition from the US and years in a Japanese prison for dabbing oil on temple and shrine structures around Tokyo. Many details are left out of the article, but it does raise questions about religious practice at Japan’s sacred sites.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/n...
Accused of Desecration, a Doctor Faces the End of His Life’s Work
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
A Christian doctor facing extradition from the US and years in a Japanese prison for dabbing oil on temple and shrine structures around Tokyo. Many details are left out of the article, but it does raise questions about religious practice at Japan’s sacred sites.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/n...
Upcoming workshop on spirituality at Kyudai this Friday
For those in the area, let me know if you’d like to join us (sorry, in-person only)
For those in the area, let me know if you’d like to join us (sorry, in-person only)
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Upcoming workshop on spirituality at Kyudai this Friday
For those in the area, let me know if you’d like to join us (sorry, in-person only)
For those in the area, let me know if you’d like to join us (sorry, in-person only)
First attempt at using Word's audio transcription in a while (just forgot to set it for Japanese)
October 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
First attempt at using Word's audio transcription in a while (just forgot to set it for Japanese)
Research update from the Japanese Alps (Karasawa basin, Kamikōchi, Nagano pref)
October 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Research update from the Japanese Alps (Karasawa basin, Kamikōchi, Nagano pref)
Reposted by Caleb Carter
I've been working on this piece since last month! Please enjoy a dive into magnificent natural colours from Heian Japan, just published on #Caravanserai.
majnouna.substack.com/p/kasane
majnouna.substack.com/p/kasane
Kasane
The most refined art of wearing the seasons
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October 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I've been working on this piece since last month! Please enjoy a dive into magnificent natural colours from Heian Japan, just published on #Caravanserai.
majnouna.substack.com/p/kasane
majnouna.substack.com/p/kasane
Meanwhile elsewhere, a politician accepted a $400M plane from a foreign gov't, launched a crypto coin to accept million dollar bribes, had charges of a $50K cash-in-a-bag bribe dropped for one of his officials, and on and on (not to make light of sour grapes...)
TOKYO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Japanese farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a top contender to become the next premier, downplayed criticism on Friday over his ministry's handling of a licensing deal for a prized grape variety that sparked an official protest from producers.
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
Japan PM contender Koizumi seeks to quash criticism over prized grape
Japanese farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a top contender to become the next premier, downplayed criticism on Friday over his ministry's handling of a licensing deal for a prized grape variety that sparked an official protest from producers.
www.reuters.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Meanwhile elsewhere, a politician accepted a $400M plane from a foreign gov't, launched a crypto coin to accept million dollar bribes, had charges of a $50K cash-in-a-bag bribe dropped for one of his officials, and on and on (not to make light of sour grapes...)
Cosmos on the autumnal equinox, Fukuoka, Japan
September 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Cosmos on the autumnal equinox, Fukuoka, Japan
Nuts! Fuji is one of those iconic mountains that has long attracted new climbing records (I've found a range of them from the late 1800s and early 1900s). I never thought I'd read this.
www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2025/8/...
www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2025/8/...
102-year-old fights back from heart failure to become oldest person to summit Mount Fuji
Kokichi Akuzawa (Japan) has become the oldest person to climb Mount Fuji at the age of 102.
www.guinnessworldrecords.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Nuts! Fuji is one of those iconic mountains that has long attracted new climbing records (I've found a range of them from the late 1800s and early 1900s). I never thought I'd read this.
www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2025/8/...
www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2025/8/...
“The meek compliance of military leadership with the ban sends a chilling message to all service members — namely, that our ranks are open only to those who fit a specific ideological mold, regardless of their ability to serve.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/o...
Opinion | I’m Not the Person You’d Expect to Oppose a Ban on Transgender Troops
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“The meek compliance of military leadership with the ban sends a chilling message to all service members — namely, that our ranks are open only to those who fit a specific ideological mold, regardless of their ability to serve.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/o...
No regrets on missing this for the No Kings Boston Pride parade
June 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
No regrets on missing this for the No Kings Boston Pride parade
Reposted by Caleb Carter
the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
June 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
Reposted by Caleb Carter
ICE arrested an Albuquerque man. He ended up in the hospital. Now no one knows where he is. sourcenm.com/2025/06/11/i...
ICE arrested an Albuquerque man. He ended up in the hospital. Now no one knows where he is. • Source New Mexico
Last Saturday around 8 a.m., as she followed her husband to a mechanic in Albuquerque’s South Valley, Daniela Marina Diaz-Ortiz says she and her 5-year-old daughter watched, terrified, as federal immi...
sourcenm.com
June 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
ICE arrested an Albuquerque man. He ended up in the hospital. Now no one knows where he is. sourcenm.com/2025/06/11/i...
Another cornerstone of American education and research severely damaged. I benefited from a Fulbright grant in 2012 that allowed me to research and later write a book about mountain religion in Japan. So much will be lost in knowledge production and international ties www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference (Gift Article)
The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Another cornerstone of American education and research severely damaged. I benefited from a Fulbright grant in 2012 that allowed me to research and later write a book about mountain religion in Japan. So much will be lost in knowledge production and international ties www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
2023年に星野靖二先生と平藤喜久子先生が私を國學院大學でのシンポジウム「見られることで何が変わるのか--ツーリズムと宗教文化」に招待下さいました。なかなか魅力的なテーマで、やはりそれぞれの発表は大変面白かったです。
今月その報告書が出ました：https://k-rain.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2001633
その中で私は修験道の事例を上げ、どのようにツーリズムと交錯しているのかを考慮しました。⬇️
tinyurl.com/3z7v7w6m
今月その報告書が出ました：https://k-rain.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2001633
その中で私は修験道の事例を上げ、どのようにツーリズムと交錯しているのかを考慮しました。⬇️
tinyurl.com/3z7v7w6m
May 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
2023年に星野靖二先生と平藤喜久子先生が私を國學院大學でのシンポジウム「見られることで何が変わるのか--ツーリズムと宗教文化」に招待下さいました。なかなか魅力的なテーマで、やはりそれぞれの発表は大変面白かったです。
今月その報告書が出ました：https://k-rain.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2001633
その中で私は修験道の事例を上げ、どのようにツーリズムと交錯しているのかを考慮しました。⬇️
tinyurl.com/3z7v7w6m
今月その報告書が出ました：https://k-rain.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2001633
その中で私は修験道の事例を上げ、どのようにツーリズムと交錯しているのかを考慮しました。⬇️
tinyurl.com/3z7v7w6m
A courageous guest essay. Intimidation of faculty and threats to academic freedom should concern all Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/o...
Opinion | Did One of My Students Hate Me Enough to Lie to Get Me in Trouble?
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A courageous guest essay. Intimidation of faculty and threats to academic freedom should concern all Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/o...
Alleged relics of the Buddha up for auction at Sotheby's dating back to Asoka's era, if not earlier. These are priceless to Buddhist communities across Asia, not to mention world cultural heritage. Looted by British colonialists, now going to the highest bidder...
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...
www.sothebys.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Alleged relics of the Buddha up for auction at Sotheby's dating back to Asoka's era, if not earlier. These are priceless to Buddhist communities across Asia, not to mention world cultural heritage. Looted by British colonialists, now going to the highest bidder...
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...
www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...
Reposted by Caleb Carter
SAVE THE PENGUINS.
STOP TRUMP’S TARIFFS.
STOP TRUMP’S TARIFFS.
April 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
SAVE THE PENGUINS.
STOP TRUMP’S TARIFFS.
STOP TRUMP’S TARIFFS.
The time for only shock, dismay, and despair is over. It’s time to get out in the streets. This Saturday.
April 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The time for only shock, dismay, and despair is over. It’s time to get out in the streets. This Saturday.
As we slide toward autocracy, isn’t that $50 billion endowment meant to give you a buffer of independence? Use it. Stand up not just for Harvard but for our entire university system.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
As Republicans Target Colleges, Harvard Cower
Harvard, the wealthiest school in the world, sought compromise amid pressure to do more to combat antisemitism. The Trump administration is examining its funding anyway.
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
As we slide toward autocracy, isn’t that $50 billion endowment meant to give you a buffer of independence? Use it. Stand up not just for Harvard but for our entire university system.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
Reposted by Caleb Carter
#HandsOff #April5 #rally #protest This is for everyone! Hands Off: Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Veterans, Education, National Parks, Federal Workers, Unions, the Environment, the Post Office and more! #Boston #NYC #DC #MoveOn #Indivisible #DemCast #SEIU #CWA
On April 5th, there are massive rallies planned across the country via a coalition of 83 organizations, including labor unions like CWA & SEIU, as well as progressive groups like MoveOn, Indivisible, and DemCast. Find an event here: mobilize.us/handsoff/map/
March 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM