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BLOG POST: Fifty years ago today we premiered HONEY BUCKET by Mel Escueta, the 1st play to reveal the contradictions felt by Asian Americans in the American war in Vietnam. It was also the 1st professional production of Frank Chin's Asian American Theater Workshop. resisters.com/2026/10/08/5...

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50th anniversary of “Honey Bucket” and the Asian American Theater Workshop | RESISTERS.COM: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 16h

Time Travel

30 second exposure of a small lantern boat zigzagging under Azumabashi under a dark blue night sky. Colorful city light bleeds into the water. Time is hardly linear.

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Paul Bavister @paulbavister.bsky.social · 9h

golden crab apples #photography

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

For me there is a comfort to contemplation by the sea.

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Ron James Hampton @rjhamptonjr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Originals & Covers The Beatles’ “Come Together,” written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney, opened their 1969 album Abbey Road Michael Jackson later covered it for Moonwalker in 1988 #musicsky #MichaelJackson #ComeTogether #TheBeatles #AbbeyRoad youtu.be/Xp_iORAu5q4

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Come Together

YouTube video by Michael Jackson - Topic

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Sanshin Soba- Yo Ki @sanshinsoba.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My youngest couldn't think of Luke Skywalker's name and described him as Star Wars Ken. This may be the best description of him I've heard.

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Floating World🇯🇵 Sanjūsangen-dō in Kyoto(京都三十三間堂景) Artist: 🇯🇵Sadanobu Date: 1870 By the time the artist painted this temple in 1870 the red paint had been weathered away, but he “artificially” reimagined it in its original glory for his print. So a next step…

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Daniel Warriner @danielwarriner.com · 05/10/2026

Mount Fuji, Tue Oct 6

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

of course you’re a real hummingbird

Black and yellow hummingbird hawk moth spreading her wings before some little pink flowers against green background.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

TW: SA After being assaulted I ran away & left my flip phone at the scene. My rapist then called the last number I’d dialed to get in touch with me. That number was my boyfriend. They didn’t know each other but arranged for the 3 of us to meet on campus the next day, so I could get my phone back.

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Then & Now🇯🇵 Back Hall of Sanjūsangendō (三十三間堂後堂之図) Artist: 🇯🇵Sadanobu Then: When rebuilt in 1266 after a fire was painted in vermilion red. Then: 1870 aging stripped the paint, but the artist restored it in the print. Now: A favourite Kyoto temple, with 1000 statues.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’m on fire

Tokyo Skytree now. Lit red, painting the clouds the color of fire. You do not want to be on the receiving end of that kind of wrath.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If it’s been a rough week for you due to the news cycle or whatever, this butterfly thinks you are awesome. And so do I.

Blue and black butterfly, pausing upon some purplish daisies to think about how awesome you are.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A traditional Japanese tea room (chashitsu) featuring tatami mat flooring, rustic earthen walls, shoji paper windows, and a curved natural wood pillar (tokobashira).

Framed within the quiet dimness of an intimate tea room (chashitsu), a curved, natural wood pillar (tokobashira) arches gracefully upward from smooth straw-gold tatami mat flooring. Bathed in soft, muted light filtered through translucent paper windows (shōji), the rustic clay plaster walls feature a traditional white papered base (koshi-bari), creating a clean lower border along the floor. Resting on the tatami, a carefully arranged set of tea ceremony utensils—a stoneware tea bowl (chawan) with a bamboo whisk (chasen), a silk-wrapped tea caddy (chaire in shifuku), and a glazed water jar (mizusashi) with a dark lacquered lid—awaits the preparation of matcha. Suspended in the corner above, rustic floating wooden shelves (tsuri-dana) hold a small vessel in the ambient shadow. The room exudes a deeply contemplative sensory atmosphere: the crisp, dry aroma of woven rushes (igusa) and aged cedar, the faint, comforting scent of damp clay plaster, the soft rustle of silk robes across straw mats, and the quiet, expectant stillness of a ritual gathering. Rooted in the sukiya-zukuri architectural style perfected during the Azuchi-Momoyama period by tea masters such as Sen no Rikyū, this sanctuary embodies the humble spirit of wabi-cha (rustic tea culture). Rejecting the ostentatious luxury of feudal court displays, the design elevates unpretentious, natural materials—unplaned logs, river clay plaster mixed with rice straw, woven rushes, and handmade mulberry paper. The prominent use of an irregular, curved pillar (tokobashira) deliberately honors the organic contours of nature, celebrating timber in its unaltered state rather than square, machine-milled wood.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Essential Odawara Experience.

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Floating World🇯🇵 Sailing Boats – Afternoon (帆船午後) Artist: 🇯🇵Hiroshi Yoshida Date: 1926 Yoshida created a series of prints depicting these same wooden sailing vessels at different times of day -such as Morning, Afternoon, Evening, and Night. For me seemed like a dead calm.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

あるいていこう

White egret strutting across a grassy island like he owns the place. Possibly mischievous cormorant laying in wait on the far right.

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Floating World🇯🇵 Deer in Kasuga (春日の鹿) Artist: 🇯🇵Hiroshi Yoshida Date: 1928 A young woman in a kimono feeds the famous sacred deer in Nara, near the historic Kasuga Grand Shrine. The background features traditional stone lanterns and lush foliage of the shrine grounds.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

violet

Skytree with cool scattered white clouds. Lit purple atom top then blue and green.

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Frank Abe @frankabe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Join @konraderer.bsky.social and me at the Brooklyn Public Library on Sat, Oct. 10, for "UPRISING/DOWNFALL," a cross-cultural array of talks, performances, and readings about ordinary people "who stood up for democracy and human rights while state activity repressed them."

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy Friday Tokyo

Dragonfly in flight above a red rose. A blurry background so that you can imagine yourself there too.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In what will come as a surprise to exactly none of you, sento obasan friend has peer-pressured me into doing yet another sento stamp rally. Mere mortals, behold the free towel:

The free towel I got for going to 4 different sentos in Taito ward last month. One of the image is of Kaminarimon with a sento mark in the middle, which I appreciate.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

prickles need love too

Weird ass closeup photo of pine needles drenched in raindrops in direct sunlight. Many bokehs result.

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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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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Located in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, Genbi-kei Gorge—designated a Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument of Japan—stretches for two kilometers along the Iwai River.

Winding through a rugged chasm of water-sculpted stone, the turquoise waters of the Iwai River carve a dramatic path framed by a brilliant autumn canopy. On the right, fiery beech and maple leaves glow in shades of russet, copper, and vermilion, creating a vivid counterpoint to the deep green pines clinging to the dark, mossy rock faces on the left. A soft, silvery mist settles over the distant bend of the ravine, partially shrouding a narrow suspension bridge in atmospheric haze. The scene evokes a vivid sensory atmosphere: the cool, sharp autumn air of Iwate Prefecture, the roaring spray of rushing white water, the earthy scent of damp basalt and fallen leaves, and the quiet reverence of a secluded mountain gorge.
Carved out over millennia through the erosion of volcanic tuff, the ravine is celebrated for its dramatic rock formations, cascading rapids, and unusual cylindrical potholes (ketsugun) worn smooth by tumbling pebbles. Historically, the gorge was admired by Date Masamune, the legendary warlord and founder of the Sendai Domain, who praised its raw, untamed beauty as equal to the famed pine-clad islands of Matsushima. Beyond its dramatic geography, Genbi-kei is famous for its delightful local heritage, including flying dango (Kakko Dango), where teahouse orders of fresh rice dumplings and green tea are sent gliding across the canyon to visitors in a wooden basket suspended on a cable high above the water.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Located in the Taihaku Ward of Sendai, Japan, Akiu Great Falls is widely celebrated as one of Japan’s most majestic waterfalls and a designated Place of Scenic Beauty.

Framed by a delicate arbor of snow-draped branches glowing with cool indigo light, Akiu Great Falls (Akiu Ōtaki) cascades through a frozen gorge in Sendai's mountainous western rim. Heavy winter frost encases every twig and bough in pristine white yukisheshō ("snow makeup"), forming a crystalline lattice over the dark basalt cliffs. Below, the churning waters of the Natori River plunge into a deep, shadowed basin, captured in a silky, luminous blur that contrasts against the static, frozen landscape. The scene evokes an intimate winter sensory atmosphere: the biting, clear mountain air of Miyagi Prefecture, the muffled roar of rushing water echoing within the snow-insulated canyon, the clean scent of frozen hemlock and wet stone, and the deep stillness that settles over the valley during a heavy snowfall.
Plummeting 55 meters into the river canyon below, the falls serve as the natural crowning jewel of the Akiu region, famous for its historic hot springs (Akiu Onsen) which have drawn visitors—including the legendary feudal warlord Date Masamune—for over fifteen centuries. This wilderness landscape embodies Sendai’s enduring identity as Mori no Miyako ("The City of Trees"), where refined culture seamlessly yields to untamed forests and rugged mountain gorges.

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

Some flowers to make your timeline suck less.

Purple flowers growing diagonal, only half in focus. No sky. I might try to stay online a bit longer, but it is getting bad. Yet if I leave for the duration of the news cycle, as I’m won’t to do, who will send you flowers.

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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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Costa Rica Kid @zymplex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Autumn in Costa Rica.

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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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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tokyo in a drop of rain.

Bokeh city reflected more clearly, if upside down, in a raindrop about to fall from a rose this morning.

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Floating World🇯🇵 Kudanzaka Night (九段坂夜) Artist : 🇯🇵Kiyochika Date : 1880 Passersby carry paper umbrellas and hand-held lanterns to navigate a dark, rainy night. A rickshaw hustles across the wet, reflective street near the famous stone beacon then visible from Tokyo Bay.

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

There once was a moth who thought herself a hummingbird. And no one corrected her, for she was anyway.

Hummingbird hawk moth doing a strikingly hummingbird-like pose by some little pink flowers.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A Three-Case Inro Edo period (19th century), Japan Decorated in gold, silver and red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane and nashiji and inlaid in mother-of-pearl on a black lacquer ground, with a family of wild boar amongst chrysanthemums and a stream, dense nashijiinteriors, fundame rims Christies

Set against a mirror-polished, jet-black lacquer ground (urushi), a family of wild boars reposes beneath a lush canopy of blooming chrysanthemums (kiku) beside a golden, winding stream. Rendered in dramatic raised relief (takamaki-e), the mother boar curls comfortably upon a bed of gold moss, her textured fur etched with painstaking detail, while her two spirited piglets play nearby in smooth low relief (hiramaki-e). Luminous inlays of iridescent mother-of-pearl (raden) catch the ambient light along the chrysanthemum petals and eyes, gleaming with subtle opalescent blues and greens against the dark backdrop. Intricate mosaic squares of cut gold leaf (kirikane) adorn the stylized riverbanks, blending into soft clouds of sprinkled gold dust (nashiji). The tactile interplay between the glass-smooth black ground, the raised metallic relief of the boar bristles, and the cool shimmer of shell creates an exquisite, miniature sensory cosmos.
Created during the late Edo period (19th century), this three-case inrō represents the pinnacle of Japanese lacquer monozukuri (artisanal craft and technical mastery). Because traditional kimono lacked pockets, men carried personal items—such as seal paste, medicines, or incense—in suspended containers (sagemono) slung from the obi sash via a cord secured by a netsuke counterweight and an ojime bead. The wild boar (inoshishi), one of the twelve animals of the East Asian zodiac, traditionally symbolizes fierce courage, unstoppable determination, and protective maternal devotion, while chrysanthemums embody autumn, nobility, and long life. To craft such an object required months of painstaking labor by a master lacquerer (maki-e-shi), applying dozens of microscopic layers of sap, hand-placing minute gold foil squares, and fitting dense nashiji flake interiors behind tightly sealed, gold-finished fundame rims.

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

we know you’re back there

Moon hides behind swirling clouds beside Skytree lit red and pink, as if we wouldn’t know she’s there.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

So yesterday I took the Tobu line into the depths of unloved, untouched Saitama & walked 40min while srsly questioning my life choices & did find a bus back 2 the station but it was actually a van w/ a bus sticker on it that drove in circles & took longer than walking but y’all it was so worth it!!!

The obligatory yellow and black butterfly on a red higanbana shot. All serious amateur photographers are required to post one of these per season in Japan. I am particularly pleased by how this year’s turned out.

Ridiculously red river of spider lilies under canopy of trees losing their leaves. Not one of them is distinct enough from the cloud to know what is is without my telling you. Sort of like that death march passage through Shinagawa station but with flowers instead of people.

Red spider Lillie’s in blue of their friends below a slope. Above is a creepy shadowy bokeh dude if you look for him. Probably perfectly normal but I’d still choose the bear.

Red red red spider lily poking out of more red and almost identifiable but not quite so spider lilies with bokeh trees in background losing their green.

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Not quite the money shot, but I’m never here anymore so I’ll post it anyway.

Red Marunouchi line crosses Kanda River, crossing paths with the Chuo line pulling into Ochanomizu station. Missing is the Sobu line that would be crossing that green bridge back there. Imagine it for me, if you will. Taken from hijiribashi but you knew that.

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

It occurs to me now that I may soon have enough material to publish an entire photobook of flowers trapped inside impressionist paintings of themselves.

Red higanbana trapped in an impressionist painting of herself.

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

I’m here. I’m trying.

Red higanbana barely holding onto the shape of herself in a swirling bokeh sea of her peers.

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

I did not make the list😭😂

Child’s list of his favorite things in Japanese. Among other things I lost out to chocolate, clocks, a potato and the number 67.

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

in light of us

Red spider lilies basking in floating bokeh lights

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