A big thank you to Chris for a lovely review of Another Japan on his Substack, where he also posts about lesser known parts of Nagano and shares his poetry.
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Review — Another Japan: Life and Culture Beyond the Metropolis (2026)
Written by the intrepid Rob Goss, with photography by Irwin Wong, this book brings you to corners of the country where locals are doing good work to sustain and revive their communities, often against...
![My main focus for the next two months is a project I'm very excited about. I'll get to write in depth about a bunch of interesting topics for one of my favourite (and longest) clients.
But I also want to make time for my haiku/haibun collection and get stuck into some scripts. I'd be tempted to send haiku off to publications [mini rant incoming], but so many won't take anything previously shared on social media, which is silly given they don't pay and take ages to reply.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iex7g3chgtx64p2oyusqzvcx/bafkreifzdpstkvmrwvbyiatdrodluh67rgo77yxurgc2kwke4hreh7ishq)
