Colin Doyle
@nagaijin.bsky.social
Teacher, Writer, Osaka Resident, Freelance Canadian
Just heard that today is the 75th anniversary of Rabbit of Seville, which introduced so many of us to opera without us realizing it (“Welcome to my shop/ Let me cut your mop”).
December 17, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Just heard that today is the 75th anniversary of Rabbit of Seville, which introduced so many of us to opera without us realizing it (“Welcome to my shop/ Let me cut your mop”).
Young guy in the corner of the last car on the subway (no, not me) noisily barfing his guts out. Bonenkai (Year-end party) season has officially begun in Osaka! 🎄
December 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Young guy in the corner of the last car on the subway (no, not me) noisily barfing his guts out. Bonenkai (Year-end party) season has officially begun in Osaka! 🎄
Canadian Conservatives (or their foreign assistants over at the Other Place) are losing their shit over Carney’s “Who cares?” comment, and I couldn’t be happier: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
'Who cares?': Carney, when asked about last time he spoke to Trump
Prime Minister Mark Carney seemed to brush off questions about when he last spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump, at one point saying, 'Who cares?' while stressing there’s no 'burning' issue that requ...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Canadian Conservatives (or their foreign assistants over at the Other Place) are losing their shit over Carney’s “Who cares?” comment, and I couldn’t be happier: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
I wonder how much good early 21st century writing has been lost due to defunct sites?
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I wonder how much good early 21st century writing has been lost due to defunct sites?
Teatime at the hardware store.
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Teatime at the hardware store.
Happy Culture Day, Japanfolk! Might celebrate simply this year, with yogurt on my cereal, then maybe a bit of cheese on my sandwich at lunchtime.
November 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Happy Culture Day, Japanfolk! Might celebrate simply this year, with yogurt on my cereal, then maybe a bit of cheese on my sandwich at lunchtime.
Still no kinmokusei (flowering olive), my favourite autumn flower, in my neighbourhood. Usually a mid-October flower. I miss their lovely fragrance.
October 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Still no kinmokusei (flowering olive), my favourite autumn flower, in my neighbourhood. Usually a mid-October flower. I miss their lovely fragrance.
Leisure suits are back.
October 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Leisure suits are back.
It always fascinates me that men (mostly) will give up decades of their lives to campaign, sit through boring meetings, drink merrily with people they despise, on the off chance that, for a few months or a couple of years, they can be prime minister of Japan. Human cicadas.
September 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
It always fascinates me that men (mostly) will give up decades of their lives to campaign, sit through boring meetings, drink merrily with people they despise, on the off chance that, for a few months or a couple of years, they can be prime minister of Japan. Human cicadas.
Why so many cops at the train stations (and even on the Midosuji Line train I’m on) these days? Is it to keep those nasty tourists in line? Not used to it.
August 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Why so many cops at the train stations (and even on the Midosuji Line train I’m on) these days? Is it to keep those nasty tourists in line? Not used to it.
Spare a thought for George Orwell on his birthday. Poor bugger thought he was writing fiction.
June 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Spare a thought for George Orwell on his birthday. Poor bugger thought he was writing fiction.
A new and exciting fleet of bots at the Other Place now, arguing that JD Vance is a better theologian than Pope Leo. Blessed are the petty.
May 19, 2025 at 6:15 AM
A new and exciting fleet of bots at the Other Place now, arguing that JD Vance is a better theologian than Pope Leo. Blessed are the petty.
Japanese houses: ingeniously designed so that you’re never too hot in the winter or too cold in the summer.
May 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Japanese houses: ingeniously designed so that you’re never too hot in the winter or too cold in the summer.
“Archive the Future,” says the cap worn by the woman across from me on the Sakaisuji Line.
May 7, 2025 at 6:06 AM
“Archive the Future,” says the cap worn by the woman across from me on the Sakaisuji Line.
Election night post-mortem: The Panel really don’t want to be sitting next to Jason Kenney. And I don’t blame them.
April 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Election night post-mortem: The Panel really don’t want to be sitting next to Jason Kenney. And I don’t blame them.
As the Canadian election enters the home stretch, and older Canadians are abandoning the Conservative Party in droves, the right-wing bots and trolls at the Other Place have replaced “pedo” with “boomer,” in their personal attacks, but basically are sticking to the same script.
April 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
As the Canadian election enters the home stretch, and older Canadians are abandoning the Conservative Party in droves, the right-wing bots and trolls at the Other Place have replaced “pedo” with “boomer,” in their personal attacks, but basically are sticking to the same script.
Interesting reading how so many people at the Other Place, who had never heard of Neil Young until today, when he endorsed Mark Carney, are saying they’re never going to listen to his music again.
April 16, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Interesting reading how so many people at the Other Place, who had never heard of Neil Young until today, when he endorsed Mark Carney, are saying they’re never going to listen to his music again.
Instagram has been flooded with ads on how to renounce your US citizenship. I can’t imagine why, as their government seems to think everybody wants to be American.
March 31, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Instagram has been flooded with ads on how to renounce your US citizenship. I can’t imagine why, as their government seems to think everybody wants to be American.
Reposted by Colin Doyle
Me in the national security group chat.
March 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Me in the national security group chat.
Might as well be rain
Be careful what you wish for
Wet Osaka snow.
Be careful what you wish for
Wet Osaka snow.
February 19, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Might as well be rain
Be careful what you wish for
Wet Osaka snow.
Be careful what you wish for
Wet Osaka snow.
Happy New Year, folks.
January 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Happy New Year, folks.