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To celebrate its 20th anniversary, "Paprika" will be re-released in Japanese theaters on January 2, 2026 (nationwide).
The other films by the late Satoshi Kon will also be screened in January at the Cine Quinto theater (Tokyo).
The other films by the late Satoshi Kon will also be screened in January at the Cine Quinto theater (Tokyo).
December 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, "Paprika" will be re-released in Japanese theaters on January 2, 2026 (nationwide).
The other films by the late Satoshi Kon will also be screened in January at the Cine Quinto theater (Tokyo).
The other films by the late Satoshi Kon will also be screened in January at the Cine Quinto theater (Tokyo).
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HIDDEN KYOTO: Himukai Daijingu Shrine & Ama no Iwato Cave, Kyoto
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ris...
#hiddenkyoto #himukaidaijingu #hiddenpaths #uji #TheRealJapan #Japantravel #Japantrip #Japan #Japanguide #Japantravelplan #japantravelplanning #Japantripplan #japantripplanning #Japantravelblogger
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ris...
#hiddenkyoto #himukaidaijingu #hiddenpaths #uji #TheRealJapan #Japantravel #Japantrip #Japan #Japanguide #Japantravelplan #japantravelplanning #Japantripplan #japantripplanning #Japantravelblogger
July 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
HIDDEN KYOTO: Himukai Daijingu Shrine & Ama no Iwato Cave, Kyoto
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ris...
#hiddenkyoto #himukaidaijingu #hiddenpaths #uji #TheRealJapan #Japantravel #Japantrip #Japan #Japanguide #Japantravelplan #japantravelplanning #Japantripplan #japantripplanning #Japantravelblogger
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ris...
#hiddenkyoto #himukaidaijingu #hiddenpaths #uji #TheRealJapan #Japantravel #Japantrip #Japan #Japanguide #Japantravelplan #japantravelplanning #Japantripplan #japantripplanning #Japantravelblogger
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This film is amazing!
May 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This film is amazing!
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A note to anyone who wants to learn Japanese and actually enjoy most of the process - tadoku.org has a *huge* library of free books organized by difficulty that provide an amazingly smooth on-ramp to easier native content. Pair this with some flash cards and you're golden. tadoku.org/japanese/en/...
Free books
Books listed below are free for on-site reading, PDF-downloading and printing for making books.
tadoku.org
May 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
A note to anyone who wants to learn Japanese and actually enjoy most of the process - tadoku.org has a *huge* library of free books organized by difficulty that provide an amazingly smooth on-ramp to easier native content. Pair this with some flash cards and you're golden. tadoku.org/japanese/en/...
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Check out my article on The Real Japan travel website! 😀🇯🇵👺
"Supernatural Japan - A Beginner's Guide to Ghosts, Demons and Yokai Folklore"
www.therealjapan.com/supernatural...
@therealjapan.bsky.social #Japan #travel #supernatural #folklore #Japanese
"Supernatural Japan - A Beginner's Guide to Ghosts, Demons and Yokai Folklore"
www.therealjapan.com/supernatural...
@therealjapan.bsky.social #Japan #travel #supernatural #folklore #Japanese
NEW! Supernatural Japan - A Beginner's Guide to Ghosts, Demons and Yokai Folklore - The Real Japan
Discover how ancient Shinto and Buddhist traditions created a mystical tapestry still keeps locals looking over their shoulders after dark.
www.therealjapan.com
May 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Check out my article on The Real Japan travel website! 😀🇯🇵👺
"Supernatural Japan - A Beginner's Guide to Ghosts, Demons and Yokai Folklore"
www.therealjapan.com/supernatural...
@therealjapan.bsky.social #Japan #travel #supernatural #folklore #Japanese
"Supernatural Japan - A Beginner's Guide to Ghosts, Demons and Yokai Folklore"
www.therealjapan.com/supernatural...
@therealjapan.bsky.social #Japan #travel #supernatural #folklore #Japanese
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Bring back art deco trains. I had to take an Amtrak across country and was devastated to find it a glorified bus. No richly upholstered interiors, no first-class dining cars. I did not solve a single murder. How far we have fallen.
March 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Bring back art deco trains. I had to take an Amtrak across country and was devastated to find it a glorified bus. No richly upholstered interiors, no first-class dining cars. I did not solve a single murder. How far we have fallen.
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In 2014, at today’s prices, the equivalent of $53,000,000,000 of Bitcoin (600,000) vanished from a bitcoin exchange in Tokyo—Mt.Gox.
It was at the time the largest heist of cryptocurrency in history.
And for me, it was the start of a story that I would follow for almost a decade
#TheDevilTakesBTC
It was at the time the largest heist of cryptocurrency in history.
And for me, it was the start of a story that I would follow for almost a decade
#TheDevilTakesBTC
February 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In 2014, at today’s prices, the equivalent of $53,000,000,000 of Bitcoin (600,000) vanished from a bitcoin exchange in Tokyo—Mt.Gox.
It was at the time the largest heist of cryptocurrency in history.
And for me, it was the start of a story that I would follow for almost a decade
#TheDevilTakesBTC
It was at the time the largest heist of cryptocurrency in history.
And for me, it was the start of a story that I would follow for almost a decade
#TheDevilTakesBTC
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Writing in IT Media, Masaki Kubota criticizes recent media reports which portray overseas tourists as a scourge on local areas. He argues foreigners are often being scapegoated for problems endemic to Japanese society. www.itmedia.co.jp/business/art...
「外国人観光客＝悪」の構図は本当か？ ニセコの現実と報道の落とし穴
世界中から外国人観光客が押し寄せ、日本が乗っ取られるのではないか――。SNSではそんな心配の声も見られるが、本当にそうだろうか。冷静に状況を見ていると……。
www.itmedia.co.jp
February 19, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Writing in IT Media, Masaki Kubota criticizes recent media reports which portray overseas tourists as a scourge on local areas. He argues foreigners are often being scapegoated for problems endemic to Japanese society. www.itmedia.co.jp/business/art...
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Another public history project on our map. Minna de Honkoku (Japan) is a collaborative transcription project that converts historical Japanese cursive scripts into modern readable text.
Thank you @emitozawa.bsky.social
honkoku.org/index_en.html
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
#Japan #PublicHistory
Thank you @emitozawa.bsky.social
honkoku.org/index_en.html
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
#Japan #PublicHistory
みんなで翻刻 - MINNA DE HONKOKU
「みんなで翻刻」は、多数の人々が協力して史料の翻刻に参加することで、歴史資料の解読を一挙に推し進めようというプロジェクトです。このプロジェクトは、2017年に歴史地震の研究グループである京都大学古地震研究会によって、地震史料の翻刻プロジェクトとして始まりました。すでに「みんなで翻刻」では、5000人の人々により600万文字もの史料が翻刻されています。
honkoku.org
February 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Another public history project on our map. Minna de Honkoku (Japan) is a collaborative transcription project that converts historical Japanese cursive scripts into modern readable text.
Thank you @emitozawa.bsky.social
honkoku.org/index_en.html
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
#Japan #PublicHistory
Thank you @emitozawa.bsky.social
honkoku.org/index_en.html
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
#Japan #PublicHistory
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Unregistered SUICA and PASMO cards will go on sale again from the 1st of March. Chip shortages meant all sales were supended in August 2023. Registered cards went back on sale in September last year. travel.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/16...
無記名「Suica」「PASMO」カード発売再開決定
JR東日本、PASMO協議会らは、無記名の「Suica」「PASMO」カードの販売を3月1日に再開する。
travel.watch.impress.co.jp
February 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Unregistered SUICA and PASMO cards will go on sale again from the 1st of March. Chip shortages meant all sales were supended in August 2023. Registered cards went back on sale in September last year. travel.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/16...
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Tomoka Shibasaki’s A Hundred Years and a Day delights in the anticapitalist aesthetic of gentle decline, and the 34 stories in this collection express a gorgeously articulated nostalgia for people and places left behind in the past. #Japaneselit #Booksky 📚 My review: japaneselit.net/2025/02/15/a...
A Hundred Years and a Day
In October 2024, Matt Alt published an article in Aeon titled “The Joy of Clutter.” Instead of decrying the unsightliness of visual complexity, Alt argues that clutter has its own unique beauty, “a…
japaneselit.net
February 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Tomoka Shibasaki’s A Hundred Years and a Day delights in the anticapitalist aesthetic of gentle decline, and the 34 stories in this collection express a gorgeously articulated nostalgia for people and places left behind in the past. #Japaneselit #Booksky 📚 My review: japaneselit.net/2025/02/15/a...
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Some manuscripts are never meant to be read, at least not by human eyes. This 13th-century statue of Prince Shōtoku from Harvard University was filled with manuscripts, including prayers by nuns, that were only discovered 700 years later. #manuscriptmonday
harvardartmuseums.org/tour/603/
harvardartmuseums.org/tour/603/
February 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Some manuscripts are never meant to be read, at least not by human eyes. This 13th-century statue of Prince Shōtoku from Harvard University was filled with manuscripts, including prayers by nuns, that were only discovered 700 years later. #manuscriptmonday
harvardartmuseums.org/tour/603/
harvardartmuseums.org/tour/603/
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New book: "Japanese Literary Theories: An Anthology," ed. Irina Holca (Lexington Books). English translation of a volume originally edited by Ōura Yasusuke.
rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
Japanese Literary Theories: An Anthology
This anthology introduces literary theories developed in Japan from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. In rendering it in English, the translators have attempted to ...
rowman.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
New book: "Japanese Literary Theories: An Anthology," ed. Irina Holca (Lexington Books). English translation of a volume originally edited by Ōura Yasusuke.
rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
One of my favourite Japanese writers!
February 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
One of my favourite Japanese writers!
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RJL's new/upcoming list is updated through Feb, adding 3 titles, inc Michiko Ishimure's 480pg Spring Castle (trans Bruce Allen)—the epic story of Japan's bloody Shimabara Rebellion.
With a new Musashi AND Semishigure, I still think it may finally be the year samurai* epics make it into English.
With a new Musashi AND Semishigure, I still think it may finally be the year samurai* epics make it into English.
2025 New and Upcoming Japanese Fiction Releases
*Updated as of February 5, 2024 This is a list of titles from Japan translated into English for publication in 2025. It does not include most manga, light novels, or picture books. Listed released …
readjapaneseliterature.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
RJL's new/upcoming list is updated through Feb, adding 3 titles, inc Michiko Ishimure's 480pg Spring Castle (trans Bruce Allen)—the epic story of Japan's bloody Shimabara Rebellion.
With a new Musashi AND Semishigure, I still think it may finally be the year samurai* epics make it into English.
With a new Musashi AND Semishigure, I still think it may finally be the year samurai* epics make it into English.
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Read Japanese Literature is a podcast and resource site about Japanese lit and some of its best works. Follow this account for updates about the podcast, booklists of translated lit, and updates on new English-languages releases.
Remember to fill out your profile before you follow folks. ☺️
Remember to fill out your profile before you follow folks. ☺️
November 17, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Read Japanese Literature is a podcast and resource site about Japanese lit and some of its best works. Follow this account for updates about the podcast, booklists of translated lit, and updates on new English-languages releases.
Remember to fill out your profile before you follow folks. ☺️
Remember to fill out your profile before you follow folks. ☺️
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A new RJL booklist about Romance in Japanese Fiction.
Very happy to receive feedback about books that are missing or miscategorized!
Very happy to receive feedback about books that are missing or miscategorized!
Romance in Japanese Fiction
It’s February and (for some of us) love is in the air. Traditionally, RJL has celebrated with some pretty unromantic topics like sexlessness and misogyny in Japanese fiction. But this year, RJL pre…
readjapaneseliterature.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A new RJL booklist about Romance in Japanese Fiction.
Very happy to receive feedback about books that are missing or miscategorized!
Very happy to receive feedback about books that are missing or miscategorized!
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Happy everywhere publication day to Osamu Dazai's No One Knows (translated by Ralph McCarthy).
It's a collection of 14 tales. A half-dozen have never before appeared in English. Dazai described them as “soliloquies by female narrators.” The collection includes the novella Schoolgirl.
It's a collection of 14 tales. A half-dozen have never before appeared in English. Dazai described them as “soliloquies by female narrators.” The collection includes the novella Schoolgirl.
No One Knows
Check out No One Knows - <p> <em>No one really understands how we suffer. One day, when we're adults, we may come to recall this suffering, this misery, as silly and laughable, but how are we to get t...
bookshop.org
February 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Happy everywhere publication day to Osamu Dazai's No One Knows (translated by Ralph McCarthy).
It's a collection of 14 tales. A half-dozen have never before appeared in English. Dazai described them as “soliloquies by female narrators.” The collection includes the novella Schoolgirl.
It's a collection of 14 tales. A half-dozen have never before appeared in English. Dazai described them as “soliloquies by female narrators.” The collection includes the novella Schoolgirl.
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"Shigeru Mizuki was no ordinary manga artist; he was a storyteller of unparalleled creativity whose works left an indelible mark on Japanese culture and beyond."
kunzum.com/exploring-th...
kunzum.com/exploring-th...
January 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
"Shigeru Mizuki was no ordinary manga artist; he was a storyteller of unparalleled creativity whose works left an indelible mark on Japanese culture and beyond."
kunzum.com/exploring-th...
kunzum.com/exploring-th...
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Live through this
with me
In color
with me
In color
January 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Live through this
with me
In color
with me
In color
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Happy N American release to Yukio Mishima’s Voices of the Fallen Heroes, ed Stephen Dodd.
(Out Thurs. in the UK+.)
Also, it’s Mishima’s birthday.
(Out Thurs. in the UK+.)
Also, it’s Mishima’s birthday.
January 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Happy N American release to Yukio Mishima’s Voices of the Fallen Heroes, ed Stephen Dodd.
(Out Thurs. in the UK+.)
Also, it’s Mishima’s birthday.
(Out Thurs. in the UK+.)
Also, it’s Mishima’s birthday.
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Gmail tracks every click you make and feeds into Google's web dominance. Gmail is a great place to find better options. Our 4 Favorite Alternatives:
✅ @proton.me
✅ @tutaprivacy.bsky.social
✅ @startmail.bsky.social
✅ @mailbox.org
It mustn't be all or nothing, just open an account & get started.
✅ @proton.me
✅ @tutaprivacy.bsky.social
✅ @startmail.bsky.social
✅ @mailbox.org
It mustn't be all or nothing, just open an account & get started.
January 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Gmail tracks every click you make and feeds into Google's web dominance. Gmail is a great place to find better options. Our 4 Favorite Alternatives:
✅ @proton.me
✅ @tutaprivacy.bsky.social
✅ @startmail.bsky.social
✅ @mailbox.org
It mustn't be all or nothing, just open an account & get started.
✅ @proton.me
✅ @tutaprivacy.bsky.social
✅ @startmail.bsky.social
✅ @mailbox.org
It mustn't be all or nothing, just open an account & get started.