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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thanks to our fantastic speakers – James Brown, Kyoko Nakajima and Roland Kelts – for their fascinating talks at Tokyo Humanities Café last Friday. The next THC will be in December at Impact Hub (details tbc).

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Tokyo Humanities Café #28 Fri 2 Oct, 7–9pm @ Impact HUB Tokyo 3 talks in English: J.D.J. Brown—Espionage & Intelligence Roland Kelts—Manga to Murakami Kyoko Nakajima—The Dreaming Imperial Library ¥500 + drink hubtokyo.com/en www.tokyohumanities.org

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

東京ヒューマニティーズ・カフェ #28 10/2（金）19–21時 @ Impact HUB Tokyo 英語による3講演： J.D.J. Brown—諜報活動とインテリジェンス Roland Kelts—マンガから村上春樹まで中島京子—夢見る帝国図書館 500円＋1ドリンク hubtokyo.com www.tokyohumanities.org

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Join us for Tokyo Humanities Café #27 on 17 July! Three fascinating talks from novelist Keiichiro Hirano, literary scholar Kimiyo Ogawa, and historian/literary scholar Tom Ue. More information: tokyohumanities.org #TokyoHumanitiesCafe #Humanities #TokyoEvents

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Thanks to Geoff Baker, W. David Marx, Keiko Nishimura, and Sven Saaler for their fantastic presentations at Tokyo Humanities Café last night. Next THC is on 17 July and features Keichiro Hirano, Kimiyo Ogawa, and Tom Ue (19:00-21:00 Impact Hub Meguro). More details soon!

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Please come to Tokyo Humanities Café 26 at Impact Hub Meguro 7:00-9:00 on Friday 5 June.

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Tokyo Humanities Café 25 will take place on Friday, 6 March 2026 at 7 pm at ImpactHub Tokyo Meguro (hubtokyo.com). Join us for talks on topics Jane Austen, Poetry, the Opening of Japan and Japanese statues: www.tokyohumanities.org

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

彼女は、満員電車で今にも性的嫌がらせをしてきそうな年配の女性に見える。She looks like an old lady who is about to sexually harass you on a crowded subway train.

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Thank you to Richard Evanoff, Patrick Galbraith, Chelsea Szendi Schieder, and Megha Wadhwa at Tokyo Humanities Café #24! Next THC is 6 March Impact Hub Tokyo featuring Professor Ros Ballaster on Jane Austen (details soon).

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Please come to Tokyo Humanities Café 24 for a series of engaging, 15-minute accessible talks from top experts on topics including Indian food in Tokyo, otaku, transculturalism, and graphic novels.

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

The protuberance is not a stomach:

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

1819 monument to console the spirits of insects that had been used as models for “Chuchijo”, a sketchbook by Sessai Mashiyama, lord of Ise.

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Thanks to our wonderful speakers - Ian Haywood, Mayu Koike, Taylor Mignon, and Mariko Nagai - for their wonderful presentations at Tokyo Humanities Cafe 23. We will be back in a few months!

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Please come to the Meiji-Edinburgh Frankenstein Symposium Saturday 18 October 2025. For details, please see poster and www.alexwatson.info/frankenstein.... 明治―エディンバラ・フランケンシュタイン・シンポジウム 2025年10月18日（土）に開催いたします。詳細につきましては、ポスターおよび以下のサイトをご覧ください： www.alexwatson.info/frankenstein...

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

15-min talks on Hokusai & British art, forgotten lives, online love & visual poetry! Join us for Tokyo Humanities Café 23 – Fri 24 Oct 2025, 19:30-21:15 @ Ryozan Park Lounge (Sugamo): www.tokyohumanities.org.

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Togoshi Hachiman shrine matsuri:

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Family friendly photos from the Kabukicho Shunga and national art centre exhibitions:

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Finally got round to hiking up Fuji-san:

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I hiked in the rain 11 km each way to see this tree “Jomon Sugi” in Yakushima Japan. It is estimated to be between 2170 and 7200 years old.

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Thanks to our wonderful speakers Yuiko Asaba, Ashok Malhotra, Wing Tek Lum and Yuri Tanaka! The next Tokyo Humanities Café will be on Friday October 24 from 19:30 at Ryozan Park Lounge Sugamo (subject to change). Please see:

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Tokyo Humanities Café 22 is coming up on Friday, 11th July, from 7:30pm (finishing around 9:15) at Ryozan Park Lounge, Sugamo. For more information, please visit our website (www.tokyohumanities.org). Please join us!

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Tokyo Humanities Café 22 will feature a Tango violin duo performance, a reading from one of Japan’s leading young poets plus talks on Imperial Science and Honolulu’s Chinatown. Please see our website for details: www.tokyohumanities.org

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Watched Love Exposure again the other day, and it remains one of the Greatest Films of All Time.

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Must the backdrop of the laura kuenssberg show be so hideous?

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

More Fuji-this time from Zushi:

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I took this photo on a hike on Mount Misutoge, Yamanashi, Tokyo yesterday. It is unusual because it presents Sanskrit written on a Daruma stone. The letter says “ba”, meaning “grounding”, marking a path of aescetic practice.

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Nice hike in Yamanashi. Great visibility!

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

The next Tokyo Humanities Café will be on Friday July 11 from 19:30 at Ryozan Park Lounge Sugamo and feature talks on Honolulu Chinatown, Imperial Science and Shangri La, Tango, and a poetry reading (subject to change). To keep updated please see: www.tokyohumanities.org/about.html

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Thanks to our wonderful speakers Derek Attridge, Xinqi He, Mary A. Knighton and Eric Margolis for their fabulous talks on A. A. Milne, linguistic labels, insects in Japanese film, and Japanese translation!

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Bonnie Prince Billy’s “The Purple Bird” is still my album of the year so far, but Backxwash’s “Only Dust Remains” is giving it a run for its money.

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

We made the cover! Great to see the Humanities given such prominence. Thanks to our audience and supporters!

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Japan and UK together in Kabukicho today (I think that Japan would win this fight if it came to a face-off):

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Delighted to announce Tokyo Humanities Café 21 will feature a talk from world-leading literary critic and theorist Derek Attridge, as well as fantastic presentations from Xinqi He, Mary Knighton, and Eric Margolis. Please see www.tokyohumanities.org.

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Alex Watson @footnotesman.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Nice hike on Mount Kintoki and Mount myojingatake:

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