It looks like Kitami used to be known for mint production, and there's also a big sports training camp that includes rugby. I think Ki-tan's makers might not have been able to get exact stock imagery.

FINALLY

[X] the Ancient Japanese Art of [Y]: The Mobilization of #Japanese Metalinguistic Fantasies in Self-Help Literature

Recording of a lecture I gave at JSAA2025

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Did you know that the National Museum of Asian Art participates in the Japan Art Catalog project to make rare & hard-to-find art catalogs available to researchers? As of 2022 they hold 10.5k+ volumes! 🖼️😮📚 Learn more about the JAC and accessing these materials at: guides.nccjapan.org/japanartcata...

Divorced vibes are real, unfortunately.

Today at @wpafw.bsky.social day 3 I reprised my long running coffee panel and demonstrated the Tokugawa Shogunate coffee recipe from the 1850s, which we explored in #FridayNightHistory Season 2.

And people LIKED it!

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Katazome Sample Books (Japanese Stencil-Dyeing Sample Books) – Part 3 of 4

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In the Edo period, sample books were created by pasting pieces of stenciled washi (Japanese paper) to serve as references for katazome (stencil-dyeing) designs.

Of all the stories to come out of the Osaka Campaign of 1614-15, my favorite might be the one related in Tokugawa Munefusa's "Tokugawa 400nen no Naishobanashi," where Satsuma domain some decades later wrote the Shogunate asking:

"sooo, if we had Toyotomi Hideyori in our care, would you uh, be mad?"

It's spooky month! Is 「必死切鬼」 sufficiently spooky?

Down-thread mentions how Tokyo got its water from Tama. The Tama River and the multiple systems it fed were instrumental in allowing Edo to grow to its peak of a million during the Tokugawa period. www.jstor.org/stable/204726

I know the special 23 wards of Tokyo (the part where most tourists go) are quite different from the rest, but I never knew how that came to be.

Yabusame takes years of practice to perfect, but it is a highly coveted art that emphasizes the samurai spirit and the unspoken language between rider and horse, known as kyuba no michi (弓馬の道) (きゅばのみち), or “the way of the bow and horse.”

Did you come to Japan to admire the natural beauty, only to find yourself surrounded by ugly power lines? Why ARE Japanese skies so wiry, anyway? We take a look at how cable and power lines came to blanket the urban Japanese landscape.

Also! If you're a college or university alumni, your alumni association may have provided you with access to JSTOR, as well as Project MUSE, another large journal repository. muse.jhu.edu

As mentioned elsewhere on Bluesky, folks who want access to JSTOR (a repository of *many* scholarly journals, including those important for Japanese studies) are able to open up a personal account and view 100 articles/month for free! support.jstor.org/hc/en-us/art...

Soon approaching her 50th anniversary as a manga artist, Rumiko Takahashi has introduced generations to manga and anime through her stories.

デザインにおける菱形（ひしがた）・菱文（ひしもん）
iroai.jp/hishimon/

菱形の模様（菱文）は、古代より世界中で用いられてきた原初的なデザインです。
花や蝶、鳥などの動植物を菱形に図案化したものなどもみられます。
#iroai #paperstencils #paperstencil #isekatagami #kimono #craftsmanship #japaneseculture #textile #katazome #indigo #art

#菱文 #伊勢型紙 #染め型紙 #型紙 #染織 #染色 #色合い #デザイン #模様 #文様 #友禅 #テキスタイル #藍染

I didn't know about this collection. Very cool! The volumes digitized so far are available from UPenn Libraries' repository. colenda.library.upenn.edu?_=1759015365...

Hi! I'm Hishi Setsuki, VTuber and Edo period enthusiast! I'll be discussing topics in Japan's Edo era. Yapping (especially about Japan-related stuff) and gaming also on tap.

Streaming on: twitch.tv/hishisetsuki

Designer/modeler: edosama.bsky.social

reminder i have somer slots back open!! i'm continuously building a queue for the coming months. I'll be finally moving out on my own so i'll need to work extra hard!
RT to help spread the word 🥰