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Discover Nikkei @discovernikkei.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

From murals and botanical watercolor to children's book illustrations, three Peruvian Nikkei women artists are redefining contemporary creative expression. Learn how Tamie Tokuda, Sachiko Kobayashi, and Nori Kobayashi blend heritage, nature, and hand-crafted art:

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Nikkei women artists: unpredictable expression

What is the purpose of art? Many have attempted to answer this, but for those who contemplate, consume, and enjoy it, one of those answers can be sur…

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Discover Nikkei @discovernikkei.bsky.social · 10h

From making an award-winning indie movie for just $2,000 to launching the ultra-popular Kaua'i Comic Con, filmmaker Aaron Yamasato’s career has been an wild ride—and it's all fueled by a lifelong love for Kikaida! 🦸‍♂️💥 Read the interview by Lee A. Tonouchi:

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It’s All About Kikaida: Filmmaker Aaron Yamasato’s Perfectly Logical Second Career

As one little boy, before having even seen one movie, Aaron Yamasato wuz already sold on his mom’s pitch. “I remember my mother giving me…

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Kevin O'Shea @madformaple.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Someone's trying to feel "fancy" in their battery 🪫 powered mini car here in Xi'an #China 🤣

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

fuck not with mama water lily

Purple water lily sitting on a lily pad looking all badass like she is guarding all the flower buds tangled up around her. Her reflection on the other side of the water is just as fearsome.

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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 02/10/2026

December 2025 was the first JLPT sitting to attract more than one million applicants worldwide, with 1,049,597 people applying across 81 countries and regions, as well as Japan's 47 prefectures.

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JLPT Seats Are Running Out as Japan Ties More Visas to Japanese Tests

Just as the government is adding Japanese-language requirements to certain visas, the twice-yearly JLPTs are getting seriously crowded.

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Nathaniel M. Smith @nathanielmsmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

favorite daruma in Kyoto

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Dahlia is a birth flower for those born in October. In the language of flowers, it symbolises dignity and elegance. Dreaming of brightly coloured Dahlias is said to bring good fortune, while in flower magic they are associated with “spiritual evolution”. #FolkloreThursday

A colourful display of dahlias in full flower, with large coral, apricot and vivid pink blooms rising among green leaves and unopened buds.

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Garek Maxwell 🔞 @garekmaxwell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This actually may make me reach out to past professors, and ask if there's new books they recommended. I had a few who challenged the hell out of me and others open my mind to what more there is. I'd love to learn more. I never stopped being a student, and never stopped being curious.

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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Isseki Nagae considers what would happen if all foreign workers left Japan. Among his conclusions: GDP shrinking 10% by the 5th year, stagflation, social security deficits, bankruptcies and a recession-induced crime wave. agora-web.jp/archives/260...

Graphic illustrates seven outcomes of foreign workers leaving Japan

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

the shadow wants to be known

Pink and purple water lilies in various stages of development posed in a slipshod family portrait. Shadows and reflections among the lily pads that beg you to see them too.

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As the seasons turn, contemplating the brevity of life, an evening walk along a beach. Acceptance now of what can never be, waves wash clean the past, but a gratitude for what was.

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JJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Absolutely no amazake anywhere in Hiroshima today and my guests was so disappointed - love that people read my bio about my favorite drinks & snacks ❤️

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Adrienne Bragg Cooking Thick Grits

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JJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Some great LIVE talks with "good people doing great things in Japan" this month OCTOBER on the seek-susutainable-japan talkshow-podcast Hope you'll join us to add your comments & questions to these Japan expert insiders 💜 youtube.com/@seeksustain...

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Seek Sustainable Japan | JJWalsh

LIVE Talks & Podcasts & Tours from Japan ❤️ with a focus on how we can live, work and travel with a lighter footprint while promoting and engaging with Japanese culture and local people doing great t...

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JJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Some garden compost treasures 😄 some I'm more excited about than others 😜 I'll take the melon & walnut (just need to watch the height) & happily give away the goya - any takers? #gardening #japan

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JJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Fabulous vegan shojin-ryori cafe in a forested temple area in Sera town Hiroshima - calm, beautiful & yum 😋 youtube.com/shorts/kvND2...

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Old Japan temple lodge turned into stylish vegan shojin-ryori cafe

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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hilarious that the one Asian Games team which suddenly needed to buy socks from Family Mart happened to be Uzbekistan. They have a flag with similar colours. mainichi.jp/english/arti...

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JJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Really beautiful, insightful, fun & hopeful film despite all the most seriously devastating issues - everyone should definitely watch this - for all of our future sakes ❤️ It's free on YouTube #howtoliveonearth #sustainability #noplanetb #future #community 🌍 youtu.be/h3mRsvFmWi0?...

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How to Live on Earth | Feature Documentary | Presented by Benedict Cumberbatch

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

creature the color of night

Black butterfly resting on red higanbana against green background. If you look closer you will see she is actually blue and red. Look even closer and she is looking back at you.

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Lindsay Nelson-Santos @newsfromnihon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fascinating thread about the origins of the term セクハラ and one of Japan's first sexual harassment trials in the early 1990s.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

i contain multitudes

Dying water lily, mostly a yellowish white with purple tips beginning to wilt. Her reflection in the dark water is a omehow even more colorful. This is how I want to age.

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JJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Rainy days in Hiroshima peace memorial park

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Read Japanese Literature @readjapaneseliterature.com · 26/09/2026

#worldkidlitmonth Miyuki Miyabe (1960- ) began her career as a mystery writer; she won the Japan Mystery Writers Association Prize for her debut novel. Most of her work is still in the mystery genre, where she broke new ground for women with the publication of her 1992 novel, All She Was Worth.

A color photograph of Miyuki Miyabe speaking earnestly. She has bobbed hair and is wearing stylish yellow glasses and a striped purple sweater over a collared shirt.

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JJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Unbelievably delicious 😋 & satisfying vegan Chinese lunch set for only 990yen at KeiAi Hiroshima #plantbased #japan #goodeats

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JJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Stay bright even when everything is dull ☀️

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JJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tokyo hotel making good use of abandoned suitcases (about 10/mo) as planters/garden & also beekeeping for on-site honey & herbs, vegetables for use with guests - great strategy for reuse & grow healthy food in urban areas #eco #hotel #tokyo #japan @japantimes.co.jp www.hotelniwa.jp/en/about/env...

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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 25/09/2026

NEW: You want your trip to Japan to be the memory of a lifetime. But what do you do if you get sick while you're here? Here's what you need to know about seeking medical help as a tourist, how much it'll cost, and how to prepare before you arrive.

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What Happens If You Get Sick While Traveling in Japan?

Sick in Japan? Don't panic. Learn where tourists can get care, what it costs, and why travel insurance matters.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

welcome to the fall

Bright red higanbana in red sea of other equinox flowers against bokeh trees and dude I can’t unsee now that I just realized he’s there but oh well

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JJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Went to an interesting exhibition at the A-bombed former Hiroshima branch of the Bank of Japan - on until tomorrow - short film on the peace-dialogue between A-bomb survivor Keiko Ogura & Patti Smith last year Such a cool preserved building to hold peace events youtube.com/shorts/DkNyo...

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worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#ReadJapan #JapaneseKidLit for #WorldKidLitMonth! Phenomenonal bluesky action from @readjapaneseliterature.com this month! and GLLI (Global Literature in Libraries Initiative) has an entire month of Japan kid lit this September glli-us.org #kidlit #kidlitUK #readtheworld #readasia #booksky

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Global Literature in Libraries Initiative

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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🐒🧵🙏KUKURIZARU🙈🙉🙊 When walking through the neighbourhoods that fan down from Kiyomizu-dera to Gion, you may notice some oddly shaped talismans hung outside homes and businesses. Kukurizaru (くくり猿) are small balls of cloth, most commonly red in colour. #Kyoto #くくり猿

Statues of the 3 Wise Monkeys at Koshin-do.

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Michael / マイケル🦁📸 @mlyonphotos.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026

Throwing it back to a clear dusk at Mount Rainier. Watching the full moon rise right above the icy ridges, with the pine forest framed in the foreground, is still one of my favorite moments behind the lens. 🌕✨ #ThrowbackThursday #Photography #PNW #MountRainier #Nature

A landscape photograph of Mount Rainier with snow-capped peaks lit in soft pink and blue twilight colors. A bright full moon sits in the clear blue-grey sky above the right shoulder of the mountain. In the foreground, a dense line of dark green pine tree tops stretches across the bottom of the frame

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

our prodigal sun

I was so happy to finally see the sun again that I aimed my camera directly at it, causing a weird effect that turned the Tokyo Skytree into a sort of rainbow rocket. Don’t ask me how i just work here. Blue sky!

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JJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

PM Takaichi made good points UN speech: need to stop 'enemy state' term, support Ukraine & ICC international criminal court & reaffirm commitment to peace without nuclear weapons Since 1956 membership: support universal health / Climate risk #leadership #japan #unitednations youtu.be/8skU84PCfIk?...

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🇯🇵 Japan - Prime Minister Addresses United Nations General Assembly 81st Session | #UNGA

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The first #kappa figurine I ever bought about 30+ years ago. I still have him and today he's celebrating the autumnal equinox #autumnalequinox

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Awai Books @awaibooks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

BIG announcement! Ian F. Martin’s new book, "Tokyo Doesn’t Exist: Not a Guide to Music or Cycling in Japan," is out Oct 17. You’re going to enjoy another trip through the mind of our beloved music journalist—this time cycling across Japan. Store preorders open now🚲 @ianfmartin.bsky.social #booksky

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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

📰 Today in the ARB: Vikram Zutshi reviews “Music Sets You Free / How Many More Times Will I Watch the Full Moon Rise?” by Ryuichi Sakamoto, published by William Collins. buff.ly/FJ5pOmc

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JJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This was incredible early morning healthy ochazuke breakfast - I loved the beautiful garden setting & they did a lovely vegan version for me with varieties of seaweed instead of fish Definitely check out Waryu Proposta in the Bikan historical district of Kurashiki youtube.com/shorts/RTbVR...

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Healthy Japanese Syphon Roasted Genmai & Green Tea Ochazuke Breakfast

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JJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Getting ready for guiding in high-season October-November Hiroshima tours - re-reading this excellent book by Hibakusha A-bomb survivor Mayor Shinso Hamai (translation EW Baldwin) so many great insights abt passion & struggles to rebuild the city after the nuclear bomb #peace #tourism #japan #travel

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Michael K. Bourdaghs @mbourdaghs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

New book: "The 'Inheritance' of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Rethinking the Bombings towards a Post-Survivor World," edited by Maika Nakao, Masaya Nemoto, and Ran Zwigenberg (Bloomsbury). www.bloomsbury.com/us/inheritan...

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The "Inheritance" of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

With 2025 marking the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this timely study focuses on the challenge of keisho or 'inheritance' and the way a new genera…

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Kjell Ericson @kjelldericson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Today's treat: Kyoto-style white miso kakigōri, topped with caramelized nuts and hiding jellied squares of ginger kanten.

Kakigōri shaved ice topped with white miso and caramelized nuts

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Kojurin-kun, a cheerful 10-year-old Japanese bunting bird, is the mascot for the town of Tonosho, in Chiba Prefecture.

A brown bird mascot in a red cap and yellow T-shirt stands, waving.

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JJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Until this week I had no idea that distressing jeans to look old & broken was part of the fashion industry 😳 Stone-wash actually denim damaged with real stones in tumbler I was scared to ask about 'acid wash' (hard bleach) Amazing to see techniques for 'creased' jeans youtube.com/shorts/nvpX9...

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Distressing Japan Jeans by Design following fashion trends

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JJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

'End Enshittification Fascism' - nice book stack juxtaposition of the 2 great books I'm reading now on why everything seems to be wrong Would love to see/hear conversation between Naomi Klein & Cory Doctorow So many parallels between these books @naomiaklein.bsky.social @doctorow.pluralistic.net

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Awai Books @awaibooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A big thanks to Noah Oskow at Unseen Japan for giving “Pink Auteur, Red Outlaw” such a thorough and nuanced reading, and for asking difficult, important questions. Much to think about in this review and interview with biographer William Andrews. unseen-japan.com/pink-auteur-... #booksky

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Review - Pink Auteur, Red Outlaw: Adachi Masao and Japan's Cinema of Revolution - Unseen Japan

William Andrews’ new book explores Adachi Masao's radical cinema, the Japanese New Left, and decades of involvement with the infamous Japanese Red Army.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Japanese Woman in Western Dress, was captured by Japanese photographer Gesshū Ogawa around the 1920s to 1930s.

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JJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Catching up for #caturday on cat Sunday 🐈😺 - every day is a good cat day! #rescuecats Tik, Tok & Gary are good company 💜

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