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Minka Preservation Society (Minka): They Built It, We Preserve It

Minka is a dynamic, community-focused organization dedicated to safeguarding Japan’s built-heritage

https://www.minkasociety.com/
October 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
🍽 Saturday night dinner: Spaces are limited, so please reserve early!
🏡 Accommodation details have been updated here → minkasociety.com/event…
📩 Need assistance with reservations or language support? Contact us anytime at [email protected].
October 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
🏡 宿泊情報(更新済み)はこちら → www.minkasociety.com/eventsandwor...
📩 宿泊予約や言語サポートについてのお問い合わせは、 [email protected]

までお気軽にご連絡ください。
この11月、美しい愛知県新城市・愛知県民の森で皆さまとお会いできるのを心より楽しみにしております。ともに学び、祝い、日本の伝統的な建築文化の未来を考えましょう。
https://www.minkasociety.com/eventsandworkshops📩
October 4, 2025 at 5:31 AM
著書には『Lotusland』(Guernica Editions、2015年・Painted Veil Press、2025年)、『Kanazawa』(Stone Bridge Press、2022年)、『The Heron Catchers』(Stone Bridge Press、2023年)があり、最後の作品は2024年国際ルベリー文学賞フィクション部門を受賞しました。ベトナムと日本にそれぞれ10年以上滞在し、現在は石川県の金沢市と山中温泉を拠点に活動しています。

www.david-joiner.com
DAVID JOINER
This is the personal website for David Joiner, author of the literary novels The Heron Catchers, Kanazawa, and Lotusland. He lives in Japan.
www.david-joiner.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
デヴィッド・ジョイナー氏の短編小説、エッセイ、詩は、The Brooklyn Rail、Phoebe Journal、The Ontario Review、The Madison Review、Presence、Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Networkなど、文芸誌を中心に数多く掲載されています。
September 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
スコットランドのアバディーン生まれのイアン・マロニー氏は、2005年より日本に在住しています。9冊の著書があり、その中には旅行記『The Only Gaijin in the Village』と『The Japan Lights』の2冊が含まれ、The Japan Timesなどの媒体に定期的に寄稿しています。岐阜県在住で、iainmaloney.substack.comや主要なソーシャルメディアプラットフォームで活動しています。

iainmaloney.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
19世紀の湿板コロジオン技法の習得でも知られるエベレット氏は、風景、伝統、そして人々が過去の響きを現在へと運ぶ様を探求しています。2013年、文化庁より日本文化への貢献に対して文化庁長官表彰を受けました。

www.everettkennedybrown.kyoto
Fine Art Photography | Everett Kennedy Brown | Kyoto, Japan | エバレット・ブラウン
Visual artist based in Kyoto using wet plate negatives and Japanese ceramic and painting techniques to create unique images of deep culture of Japan. Everett Kennedy Brown's work is in several major i...
www.everettkennedybrown.kyoto
September 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
エベレット・ケネディ・ブラウン氏は、1988年より日本に在住するアメリカ生まれのアーティスト、作家、そして文化探求者です。エベレット氏は、文化理論、アイデンティティ、そして現代日本の変化をテーマとした日本語での人気書籍を数冊執筆しています。また、千葉県にある自身のファーム・リトリートセンター「ブラウンズフィールド」での複数の古民家修復や、九州英彦山の古い山伏の庵の修復にも積極的に取り組んでいます。
September 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
『The Genius of Japanese Carpentry』に加え、『Small Spaces』(1993年)、『The Japanese Dream House』(2001年)、『The Very Small Home』(2005年)、『Just Enough: Lessons in Living Green from Traditional Japan』(2010年)を執筆しています。2017年に金沢工業大学を退職するまで同大学でフューチャーデザイン研究所を設立し、現在は東京の武蔵野美術大学彫刻学科で教鞭を執っています。

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September 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
MinkaCon 2025, November 7-9, Aichi

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MinkaCon 2025
日本語のメッセージは英語の後に続きます。 We warmly invite you to join us for the Minka Preservation Society&rs...
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September 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
He has lived for more than a decade each in Vietnam and Japan, and currently splits his time between Kanazawa and Yamanaka Onsen in Ishikawa prefecture.

www.david-joiner.com
DAVID JOINER
This is the personal website for David Joiner, author of the literary novels The Heron Catchers, Kanazawa, and Lotusland. He lives in Japan.
www.david-joiner.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
His novels include Lotusland (Guernica Editions, 2015 & Painted Veil Press, 2025), Kanazawa (Stone Bridge Press, 2022), and The Heron Catchers (Stone Bridge Press, 2023), which won the 2024 International Rubery Award in Fiction.
September 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
David Joiner’s short stories, essays, and poetry have appeared in literary journals and elsewhere, including The Brooklyn Rail, Phoebe Journal, The Ontario Review, The Madison Review, Presence, and Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network.
September 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
...and writes regularly for outlets like The Japan Times. Residing in Gifu, he can be found at iainmaloney.substack.com and on major social media platforms.
The Only Gaijin in the Village | Iain Maloney | Substack
The forest floor for my fallen leaves... writing new and old, writing about writing, and much more. Click to read The Only Gaijin in the Village, by Iain Maloney, a Substack publication with hundreds ...
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September 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
@iainmaloney.bsky.social born in Aberdeen, Scotland, has lived in Japan since 2005. He is the author of nine books, including two travel memoirs - The Only Gaijin in the Village and The Japan Lights— ...
September 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
... Everett explores how landscapes, traditions, and people carry echoes of the past into the present. In 2013, Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs awarded him the Cultural Commissioner’s Award for his contributions to Japanese culture.

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September 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
He has also been active in restoring several old minka at Brownsfield, his farm retreat center in Chiba, and an old yamabushi hermitage on Mt. Hiko in Kyushu. Also known for his mastery of the 19th-century wet-plate collodion process, ...
September 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Everett Kennedy Brown is an American-born artist, writer, and cultural explorer who has lived in Japan since 1988. Everett has authored several popular books in Japanese on cultural theory, identity, and shifts in modern Japan.
September 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM