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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Being monetized and having hundreds of thousands of followers is cool and all. But how many people can say they have been presented with a custom play button painted by their 6 year old nephew because you're his "Second Favorite YouTuber"

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

🔔New Video Alert!🔔 How did Japan produce one of history's greatest naval admirals? My new video explores the incredible origin story of Togo Heihachiro, & the chaotic era that forged him. WATCH NOW: youtu.be/2B0ftQj-ytQ #NavalHistory #JapaneseHistory #MilitaryHistory

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year! The fleet sets sail tomorrow! I wanted to make sure part 1 of the Admiral Togo biography was perfect, so the relaunch kicks off officially on January 2nd. Get ready for 2 different videos dropping at once!

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Was in Ann Arbor for the JLPTS this weekend. Of course I had to pick up some "new" books for the collection.

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I had the honor of attending a presentation by Masaru Aoki, a doll conservator restoring the 1927 Japanese Friendship Dolls. It was a rare chance to see one of these 46 remaining ambassador dolls up close. Her details are stunning! I even got a special look inside her sleeve.

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Good news guys! My mom's last chemo treatment will be this month, and things should hopefully get more back to normal. Thank you for bearing with me in my absence.

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I know I missed yesterday's upload. My world is kind of imploding at the moment. We got the news one of my moms has cancer & it has been a whirlwind of traveling and appointments, and despite it all she is still insisting on us not canceling our trip back to Japan next month.

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

How come every time I sit down to record a video a Cessna decides to make a leisurely fly repeatedly over my house.😩

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

🎉 100 Subscribers!! 🎉 A big thank you to all my wonderful followers! This was a big goal for me this year, and I appreciate every one of you. I'm still playing with formats, and what content works best, so thanks for sticking with me!

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Interested in a timeline about the Waterways & Sanitation of Edo Japan? I compiled just that during my research for my recent video. You can find it here: gaijinhistorian.com/resources-2/... #history #japanesehistory

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

My audience may be small, but man do I love you guys. This comment has me rolling 😂

screenshot of YouTube comment: "This is my #1 video about #2"

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

The irony is not lost on me that while finishing up a video on Edo's toilet history my own sewage line broke. 😭

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Sadly no video today. Due to network outage issues the last few days I was not able to upload. Plan is to have it up hopefully by Sunday evening, Monday at the latest! Thanks for being so supportive!

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Fun fact: New video features our personal little chaos gremlin kitten. She is a menace to productivity, and a complete stink bug. 🧡 💛 My husband named her Tigrex after his fav Monster Hunter Monster.

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

🔔 NEW VIDEO ALERT🔔 Discover the incredible true story of Lady Myobu, a cat in Heian Japan who was granted a noble title by Emperor Ichijō. #Japan #history #japanesehistory www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfH8...

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Outranked by a Cat: The True Story of Japan's Noble Feline

YouTube video by Gaijin Historian

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Ok, let's try America's take on Coolish.

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

A big thank you to Think Media for the new microphone hookup! What a great team helping the YouTuber community grow! #GrowWithVideo

microphone in front of a laptop with plushies in the background

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

That feeling when a major creator releases a video days before you were going to release your own on the same overlapping subject. 😱 Oh well, video is almost done, so planning a release next Tuesday anyway!

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I love the support I've been getting for the channel! Thank you all! Dreaming big! Going to push for 500 subs before we return back to Japan in October!!

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

🔔 NEW VIDEO ALERT🔔 Ever wonder why samurai have the unique hairstyle that they do and how the tradition is kept alive today? Find out in my latest video! youtu.be/HINK9I270OI #samurai #japanesehistory

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Why does it take me so long to put out videos? Because I spend WAY too much time doing silly edits for 2 second gags, like Tokugawa's eyebrows.

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Been having some fun editing with the next video. Starting next month I'll be going to two videos a month!

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I promise not to make one of these at every milestone, but can I just say, with the growth after my last video, I love each one of you that take the time watch and subscribe to my videos. My YouTube channel achieved 5,000 views on June 06, 2025! #vidiq

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

*Cries in academic research* This isn't even a super expensive book by that standard. 😭

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

My latest video is about the Battle of Tsushima, but all I could think about the entire time is how I wanted to play battleship.

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

🔔NEW VIDEO ALERT🔔 Learn how Japan crushed the Russian Navy, solidifying itself as a powerhouse country. #japanhistory #militaryhistory youtu.be/ynecu2bgIOI

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The Battle of Tsushima: How Japan SHOCKED The World (Russo-Japanese War)

YouTube video by Gaijin Historian

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Doing some final polishing on this month's video. Considering dropping shorts altogether, just not seeing the traction I want with them. (they do way better on TikTok) but this would meana transition to 2 full videos a month instead of 1.

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

First decal on my new laptop goes to this adorable Tsuchinoko-yaki by @cheesycrocs.bsky.social Bask in the yokai adorableness!

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

The Labubu hype gives me such 2000's Domo-kun energy.

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

I know I'm still a rather new YouTuber, but waking up to a new subscriber fills me with such joy! Like someone watch my videos and was like "heck yeah, I'd watch them again" 🥹

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

I know people have their favorites, especially with the Sanrio character ranking, but I just discovered Gaopowerroo the cat dinosaur, and I love them.

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Trying to get permission from an order of nuns in order to read excepts from a book they published about Hokkaido was not something I ever expected to have to do, but it is proving harder than I thought.

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

NGL, I would totally rent an Ossan to take me to good eats and experience some more izakayas. I don't know why, but I've always felt intimidated, or worried I would be a nuisance going into some of them but they look so cool & food looks good. mainichi.jp/english/arti...

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From 'creepy' to awesome: 'Old guy rental' service in Japan changes lives - The Mainichi

TOKYO -- It's been 13 years since Takanobu Nishimoto started an

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Reading an old fairytale book that references "the province of Shinshin in Japan" and can't for the life of me figure out if it is supposed to be an imaginary place or a translation error and they maybe meant Shinshū?

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF THE CYCLETHON!! Join Connor, Pete, and Chris as they finish their 15 day cycle for charity! tiltify.com/@cdawg-va/cd...

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Tiltify - Made for Fundraisers

We give you the tools to engage with your donors and raise more for your charity

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

My whole timeline is people bashing on Pico Lyre right now and I'm 100% here for it.

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

This article led me down a rabbit hole about vaccine hesitancy in Japan. I had no idea pre-pandemic, it was ranked among the nations with the lowest levels of vaccine confidence, but at the same time rates for mandated vaccines remain among the highest globally. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

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Measles infections rise in Japan | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

The number of people infected with measles in Japan has been rising nationwide. Cases reported so far this year have already exceeded total for all of 2024.

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

A little #throwbackthursday to 2014 when I had the opportunity to visit Ryōgoku Kokugikan for a sumo tournament . I appreciate (and understand it) a lot more now than I did then. #japan #sumo

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The Expo might be a logistical nightmare right now, but the Grand Ring looks amazing.

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Something I find interesting is that there is a random Torii gate in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Gov Osborn gifted it to the city in 1905. It used to serve as the main entrance of Government Park, which sits right next to the Soo Locks. #ToriiTuesday

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

If you want a change to view some amazing views of the Japanese countryside, and follow along with multiple online personalities as they bike to raise money, definitely check in with cDawgVA's Cyclethon 4 for the next two weeks! www.twitch.tv/cdawgva

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CDawgVA - Twitch

DAY 1 CYCLETHON HOKKAIDO TO TOKYO w/ @abroadchris | #sponsored !gamersupps !merch !tiltify !cycle !soundeffects !bingo

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Forget Duolingo, I only learn Japanese from vinyl now.

Drawn art of a scene of Japan on a box of records. "living japanese a complete language course"

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

A little throwback Thursday to last time I visited Fushimi Inari Taisha and caught a local cat dipping into some offerings. #throwbackthursday

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Japan's prefectures have some beautiful and simplistic flags. Take Hokkaido's for example. The blue represents the sea and sky of Hokkaido, red stands for the energy of the people, and white represents light and snow. The star stands for hope and development.

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

"The Harimayabashi bridge here, considered one of the three most disappointing sightseeing spots in Japan, has reopened to the public after repair work." Well, now I'm tempted to visit all 3.... www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

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Gaijin Historian @gaijinhistorian.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

New logo, who dis? Surprisingly cute new logo update for the socials!

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