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Pete’s Wanderings @peteswandering.bsky.social Wanderer, lost soul, failing student of life
The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social Partner at Yorke Antique Textiles (est. 2004) | Specialist in antique Japanese kimono and ceremonial textiles | Passionate about Japanese art, ethnology, and the stories textiles carry through time. https://www.yorkeantiquetextiles.com/
JBC @johnbcaddell.bsky.social old guy. photographer & gardener. I post my edited artistic impressions of photos I took, mostly from the natural world & mainly flowers. I never use AI for my images, but thanks if you think I do. Enjoy. I am JBC & I have a daughter I call the Navigator.
DaveO @daveo.bsky.social Former world rambler, now resting indefinitely // gone to take a long hot bath ♨️ not monitoring channel 📮 #mecfs #alwaysbekind
Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social Welcoming guests to our two teahouses and kimono studio in Kyōto. Join us as we explore Japanese culture, tea and history! Website: https://tea-kyoto.com/ You can also find us over on... insta: http://camellia.kyoto & @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social
Fujiiyama Mama @djmisty.bsky.social
ジェン Jenn 珍 @mahjongjen.bsky.social 日本プロ麻雀連盟22期生四段南国麻雀、麻雀格闘倶楽部、ロン２。全身性エリテマトーデス戦士。ADHD(不注意症)疑い。2児ママ Mリーグ目指せ。同性結婚賛成。Professional Mahjong player in Tokyo (JPML), SLE, inattentive ADHD=チョンボ開発者
OkonomiGal @okonomigal.bsky.social Hi, I’m Holly! TN 🇺🇸 gal ➡️ lived in 🇯🇵 ➡️ married a 🇬🇧 and now living in London. 90s anime kid-cozy gamer-language teacher-bookworm-kimono lover 日本語もok！ https://linktr.ee/okonomigal
Seán O’Shea @consumersos.bsky.social Canadian television journalist based in Toronto. https://globalnews.ca/author/sean-oshea/
Erin 💬 @wheemar.bsky.social Loves: planning/journaling, books, plant based recipes, fun hiking trails, women doing cool shit.
Sake Today @saketoday.bsky.social A beautiful quarterly journal (est 2014) about travel in Japan, Japanese culture and cuisine, and its national beverage, sake! We're a kind of National Geographic through the lens of sake. We ship worldwide. https://www.saketoday.com/get-the-magazine/
Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social Living the dream in Japan’s northern wilderness. Backcountry skiing, hiking and motorcycles. I live in a cat hotel!
Clueless Toshika @cluelesstoshika.bsky.social Cabbage futures speculator on the Daikon Prairie. I post mainly random stuff about life in Tokyo/Japan, as and when the mood takes me and/or I have too many pictures on my phone.
Andy Adams @flakphoto.news Culture guy in Madison, Wisconsin. I run media at Outrider.org. In my free time, I publish https://www.flakphoto.news/. Do you like pictures? Read my newsletter! 📬 https://www.flakphoto.news 📸 https://linktr.ee/flakphoto
Norbert Woehnl 📷 @norbertwoehnl.com Graz 🇦🇹 -> RT/TÜ 🇩🇪 -> 東京都・板橋区 🇯🇵 📍Photographer (Film & Digital) 📍Data Architect 📍Coffee Lover 📍Classic Movie Buff 📍Drumming Apprentice 📍Kickboxing Novice NFT/AI 🚫 My 🌀Leaflet Photography Website: https://www.norbertwoehnl.com
🍉Married to Cheng Lei🍉 @winterwoman112.bsky.social She/Her•40+•Wang Yibo Enthusiast•Wangxian•Married to Cheng Lei•EXO•Kyungsoo•Baekhyun•Tyla•Xiao Zhan•Connor Storrie•Hudson Williams•学习中文•日本語もちょっとOK!•Amateur photographer•ISFP
AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social pottering about, growing stuff, cooking stuff, taking photos of stuff, underachieving, trying not to be a grumpy old man
OhTWIST @ohtwist.bsky.social Oh That's Why I'm So Tired - Ehlers-Danlos syndromes blogger and medical educator, co-author EDS Toolkit for Doctors 2018, book on EDS and autism coming 2026 (tbd) (toes crossed) https://ohtwist.com
Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social Chronic Illnesses + Autoimmune Disorders R no laughing matter but my humorous posts will make U feel better for while. https://chronicillnesstees.etsy.com https://mybodyistryingtokillme.com/ https://www.redbubble.com/people/ChronicillnessT #chronicillness
Jake Adelstein @tokyovice.bsky.social Investigative journalist in Japan, paladin, priest, 禅僧, drinker of coffee and donut consumer. One good deed a day is my low-bar motto. 一日一善 Follow me on substack https://tokyopaladin.substack.com
Kevin O'Shea @madformaple.bsky.social Canuck 🇨🇦 living in Asia. Podcaster - host of Supernatural Japan Podcast 🎙️ 👺 - folklore, paranormal, travel, photography 🇯🇵 Currently based in 🇨🇳!
Takuo Matsuzawa @matsuzawa.bsky.social Urushi Art Producer 🇯🇵 Urushi Art Kintsugi Urushi Fountain Pen 🖊 🪽 Matsuzawa Urushi Kobo in Morioka　IWATE https://matsuzawaurushi.stores.jp/ All my English posts are translated by ChatGPT
Journal of Language and Politics @jlanpol.bsky.social Interdisciplinary journal exploring the interplay between language and politics: https://benjamins.com/catalog/jlp
Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social Professor of Phonetics at Lancaster University. Gàidhlig, Phonetics, Sociophonetics, Bilingualism, Articulation, Sociolinguistics. Otherwise in the mountains. She/her https://clairenance.github.io/
Gareth Roberts @garicgymro.bsky.social Welsh linguist in Philadelphia. I grow languages in the lab. Opinions my own. He. Ieithydd o Gymro yn Philadelphia. Tyfaf ieithoedd yn y lab. Barnau fy hun. Fo. https://linktr.ee/garicgymro
Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus @apjjf.bsky.social In-depth critical analysis of the forces that shape the Asia-Pacific and the world. Edited by Tristan R. Grunow (Nagoya University) and Mary M. McCarthy (Drake University). Find us at: https://apjjf.org/.
Morgan Pitelka @mpitelka.bsky.social Historian of Japan, distinguished professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, specialist in material culture, urban history, environmental history; coeditor, Journal of Japanese Studies
Jonathan Lopez-Vera @jonathanlopezvera.com http://JonathanLopezVera.com / http://HistoriaJaponesa.com Dr. en Història Japonesa, profe d'universitat, escric llibres, mato ninjes. Baixista punkrock jubilat. Faig crossfit regular. Variadito.
Kiyonori Nagasaki @knagasaki.bsky.social 永崎研宣/ Intl. Institute for Digital Humanities, Japan/ Professor of LIS in Keio University
Christina Laffin @christinalaffin.bsky.social Associate Professor in Premodern Japanese Literature and Culture, University of British Columbia. She/her.
Amy Stanley @astanley711.bsky.social Historian of Japan. Loves dogs. Famous 女史, notorious enemy of all sexual relations.
T. Seifman @toranosukev.bsky.social Historian of Japanese & Luchuan (Ryukyuan) arts and culture. Person. Personal, not professional, account. I travel from time to time. They/he. Based in Kyoto.
ama @amasugiru.bsky.social ★ art, comics, games, archaeology, heritage, & museums ★ research fellow at hokkaido university all views are my own
波鴻漫錄 || Sven Osterkamp @schrift-sprache.bsky.social Mostly posting in 変体英文. || Kulturelles Rāmenprogramm. || Inter indoctos, qui semidoctus est, doctissimus habetur.
Jingyi Li @becedo.bsky.social Assistant professor at Occidental College. Cultural historian of 19th ce Japan. Podcaster on New Books Network. I read kuzushiji and crochet. 日本語ペラペラ
Corey Noxon @noxon.bsky.social R-GIRO Assistant Professor @ Ritsumeikan. Prehistoric archaeology, demography, mobility, & 3D applications in archaeology. Archaeology stories with a focus on Japan. He/him ArchaeoJapan on that other app...
Rebecca @stlrebecca.bsky.social 💙 Writer, runner, resister, wanderer, translator and professor, flood survivor. Debut novel The Kimono Tattoo. www.rebecca-copeland.com
Dr. Kurtis Hanlon @kurtishanlon.bsky.social An assistant professor in premodern Japanese Language and Literature at Palacký University. Researching literature, especially waka, and its intersection with play. Former lecturer at Yale, UBC. Designated departmental baker (he/him)
Tom Keirstead @tomkeirstead.bsky.social Torontonian, historian of medieval Japan. Posts about cats, cooking, umami, gardening, and gin making. Sushi, too
Torquil Duthie @torquil.bsky.social Japanese literature at UCLA. Author of Man’yoshu and the Imperial Imagination, 万葉集と帝国的想像, The Kokinshu: Selected Poems. From Cádiz.
M Marnie Anderson @msanders.bsky.social Historian of Modern Japan at Smith College
Susan Dine @susandine.bsky.social Senior Lecturer @ Vanderbilt University. Art historian studying arts of Japan (medieval Buddhist works and 18th-19th century Ainu works). Museum Studies scholar.
kit brooks @ippikiookami.bsky.social Curator of Asian Art at Princeton University Art Museum プリンストン大学美術館・アジア美術担当学芸員 they/them
Marjorie Burge @margiburge.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Japanese, University of Colorado Boulder; early Korea/early Japan. 百濟萬歳
Steve Forrest @sforrest.bsky.social Read teach eat run, bike write build. Traveller; always learning. Teaching (classical) Japanese at a public univ. in USA. Doing life and Japanese book history, etc. In diversity, strength; in equity, justice; in inclusion, an open welcome. LGBTQ+ 🏳️‍⚧️
Jesse Drian @jdrian.bsky.social Japanese reference librarian. Scholar of premodern Japanese religions and literature. Dabbles in DH. This account reflects my private views and does not represent the views of my employer.
Yuta Hashimoto @yuta1984.bsky.social Digital Humanities scholar/developer. 歴史系プログラマ。
Britta @smilinghaniwa.bsky.social Archaeologist, Japanologist, cook, traveller, reader, gamer, hiker PhD candidate at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg. Researching Kofun Period horse culture https://britta-stein.net/
Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social At some point I'll start posting useful stuff here. Maybe.
Elodie Pascal @elodiepascal.bsky.social PhD Student in #JapaneseArtHistory at the University of Edinburgh Focus on #buddhistsculptures and their hidden contents Also working on emotions and gender studies
Sara @saraelle.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Translator. PhD. Likes splatter-gore comedies, mismatched socks, colorful metaphors. Dislikes fascism and white supremacy. Strongly anti-GenAI. She/her
Takashi Kawato @kawatotakashi.bsky.social Historian of Medieval Japan, Pre-modern Currency and Maritime Asia. PhD. Prof. at Nagoya City University. 日本中世史、貨幣流通史、海域アジア史
Bianca Chui @bmychui.bsky.social 📚 MA grad @ UBC Asian Studies. BA History. 💕 bad jokes + dim sum 🫖 🎲 research on sugoroku/print culture/travel/food/games/meibutsu/kuzushiji 🎲
Orion Klautau @orionklautau.bsky.social Associate Professor, Tohoku University (Japan). Buddhism & Historiography, Shotoku Taishi & Kamakura New Buddhism, the Occult & Japan.
Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social CONNECTING THE GLOBAL AND THE LOCAL. Working on Hokusai publication. Postdoctoral Fellow, East Asian Art History, University of Zurich. Japanese arts, prints and digital humanities specialist.
Simona Lazzerini @simonalazzerini.bsky.social Shinjo Ito Postdoc, UC Berkeley | PhD Religious Studies, Stanford University |Chinese and Japanese Buddhism | Hārītī 鬼子母神 | Demonology and creepy stuff 👹 | Italiana 🇮🇹 She/her
Michael Watson @mgwatson.bsky.social Premodernist. Retired from teaching but not from research (nō drama, medieval Japanese prose writings). Living in Iwaki, Fukushima-ken, after 44 years in Yokohama and Tokyo.
Dr. Emma Yasui @ponopls.bsky.social PhD, archaeology | Starch, foodways, Jomon | Pop culture & diaspora | Cultural consultant in TTRPGs | emmakeikoyasui at gmail dot com | she/her, 🇨🇦(mixed 🇯🇵)
Barbara R. Ambros @bambros.bsky.social Professor of East Asian Religions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Animals and religion, gender and sexuality studies, place and space.
Elijah @tokusei.bsky.social Jaded idealist. Ponderer of the past.
Ry Beville @rybeville.bsky.social UC Berkeley lecturer (Japanese literature & neurodiversity studies), translator of Japanese poetry, author, publisher, analog photographer, occasional musician. メディア・出版会社のボス。Notre Dame, UTokyo, Cal https://brightwavemedia.com/product/chuya-pog/
Raji Steineck @raji-steineck.bsky.social Chair of Japanology at UZH. Philosopher. In love with language and music. Believes in the complementarity of the sciences and the humanities. Views my own.
Donna Weeks @psephy.bsky.social Academic-ish, Aust-Japan: politics, society, community; music, books, many books, photography, sports-ish; {Suomi} 政治学、政治思想、日豪関係、9条の会、音楽、写真、波乗り、より良い社会を目指す。#tokyolyf and random commentary. Either in Brisbane/Meanjin or Tokyo 東京&茅ヶ崎 Psephy—a psephologist. 😊
JJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social 30+ yrs in Hiroshima, Japan: sustainable tourism focus: tours, consulting & seminars | Feature 'good people doing great things in Japan' on the LIVE Seek-Sustainable-Japan talkshow & podcast https://youtube.com/@seeksustainablejapan
Japan Morning Commute @joefowler.bsky.social This is a hybrid account, so while it is mainly about me, it is also about my podcast,Japan Morning commute, which is also about me. I am an English teacher by job, but a podcaster, trombonist, vocalist, artist, voice artist, Newcastle United fan by fun
Meatbag | Travel & Lifestyle Blogger @kansaibeyond.bsky.social I'm Jenny. Food reviewer. Tea addict. 🍵 Visit http://thatch.co/@kansai for your next Japan trip advice 🇯🇵❤️
Hiroko Yoda @hirokoyoda.bsky.social Tokyo based author of Eight Million Ways to Happiness. Certified kimono fitter. 着物着付け師範 https://linktr.ee/hirokoyoda
Hannah Kirshner @sweetsnbitters.bsky.social Author of WATER, WOOD & WILD THINGS. Probably spending the rest of my life trying to fix a 100-year-old farmhouse in Ishikawa, Japan. www.hannahkirshner.com www.mokkei-yamanaka.com https://www.kodansha.co.jp/book/products/0000421507
Noah Oskow @noahoskow.bsky.social JPN translator, Global Studies MA, former JET. 10年間以上日本に滞在。Minnesotaיהודי מ. 🇺🇸🇯🇵🇩🇪🇦🇹 Ghibli stan. EiC/writer at Unseen Japan, head of UJ Tours. Writing/making videos on intercultural meeting points and lesser-known historical junctures in Japan.
毎日きもの @mainichikimono.bsky.social 👘 Certified kimono teacher/stylist | 着付け師範 • mixed Japanese American | 日米ミックス • based in Kansai area, Japan • 日本語 / 中文 OK • PROFESSIONAL INQUIRIES: mainichikimonos @ gmail • personal account: @christinedaae
Emily @suika.bsky.social PhD candidate at @unileiden.bsky.social. Editor at @tokyoreview.net. Freelance journalist & translator. Volunteer lexicographer. Photographer. Tanka poet. Human. 研究者。記者。翻訳者。編者。日蘭・蘭日辞書編集者。歌人。写真家。人間。
Powderbum75 @powderbum75.bsky.social Vermont. Queens. Westhampton Beach. London. Hangzhou. Tokyo. Nikko. And others receiving votes. Living a life with warning-track power. In Japan. But not an On Japan account. (powderbumisdead@yahoo.com)
Rin 🎐 @rinnyx82.bsky.social ⫯𝘜𝘒 𝘨𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧 3 & 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘔 ⋆𝘗𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 ⋆𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳 ⋆𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤 ⋆𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 ⋆𝘒-𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 ⋆𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨(𝘏𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪) ⋆𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘢
@mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social
Olivia Bernkastel @livingwithkami.bsky.social Licensed Shinto Priestess of the Konko Faith🌿教派神道金光教の神職です。I share about my life as a priestess and Shinto traditions. 📬Contact me at: livingwithkami@gmail.com | https://livingwithkami.carrd.co
Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social Santaku Dynamics tachi-class combat doll & Your Fave Historydyke (PhD UPitt '17). Public historian. She/彼女. 暴れん坊姫様. Anatolian altersex bimbo by Daoist praxis. BEY/PHL/SDJ->PGH. Byline@Unseen Japan. 八幡信者. Opinions mine. ➡️ http://riverside-wings.com
F. Zoe Blackheart, The Inkweaving Doom @inkweaver.bsky.social when I call myself a madwoman, I'm not joking. I'm F. Zoe Blackheart, award winning author, several foxes in a trenchcoat, one half of the podcast Cleyera. oh, right, I'm in my 30's
Cleyera: Conversations on Shinto @cleyerapodcast.bsky.social This is Cleyera: Conversations on Shinto, a podcast where two friends and fellow practitioners of Shinto in the Anglosphere, talk about their faith, its cultural, historical, and other contexts, and try to bring knowledge and community to others.
Vadim Mozhzhevelnik @mozhzhevelnik.bsky.social РУС | ENG ⛩ 金光教 Konkōkyō believer who was born and raised in Russia 🕊️❤️‍🩹 Creator of "Konkōkyō in Russian" web-site: https://konkokyoinrussian.com/ 講元 Founder of the 金光教ロシア講 Konkōkyō Roshia Kō
Ilya ✯ イリヤ @cosmic-faerie.bsky.social イリヤ、２８歳 ✯ 𝙸𝚕𝚢𝚊, 𝟸𝟾 日本語 ✯ 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 神道について学びたがり僕のブログ： 𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚂𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘, 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚐 https://tenjin-no-shinja.tumblr.com ＡＩ禁止 • 𝙽𝚘 𝙰𝙸 𝙰𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍
Kit @a11yartificer.com Human-centered UX = every kind of human. Accessibility specialist, loves RPGs, Japanese religions & traditions. Queer, chronic illness spoonie. They/them. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/kit_flowers Have something to say to me? https://www.admonymous.co/kitw
Martin van der Linden @martinvdlinden.bsky.social PhD candidate in the study of religion, Linnaeus University, Sweden | Shinto, digital religion, aesthetics theory, popular culture, and critical media theory https://lnu.se/en/staff/martin.vanderlinden/
Asha Bardon MA x 2 (@ashabardon everywhere!) @ashabardon.bsky.social Anime/games/sci fi journo + manga adaptor. Queer bipolar AuDHDer. I have a BA in Religious Studies and MA's in Classics and Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies (w. Merit). Current novel projects: #foxandflower, #thedirectorareseries and #kalafia
Megan Manson @meganmanson.bsky.social #Secularist, #Secularism, #Pagan, #Shinto.
Jolyon Thomas @jolyonbt.bsky.social Assoc. Prof of Religious Studies @ Penn. Books: Drawing on Tradition (2012), Faking Liberties (2019); New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions (2025); Animating Action (coming Dec 2026); Difficult Subjects (coming Fall 2027). More: jolyon.thomasresearch.org
Bryan Lowe @bryandaniellowe.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. of Religion @Princeton. Historian of Japanese religions (esp. 7th-9th c.) & Buddhism. Author of Ritualized Writing (UH Press, 2017). Unapologetic Boston sports fan.
Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm @profstorm.bsky.social Professor, author, former rocker. My books: "The Invention of Religion in Japan," "The Myth of Disenchantment," "Metamodernism" and "The Genealogy of Genealogy," https://sites.williams.edu/jaj1/
Levi McLaughlin @levimclaughlin.bsky.social Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies, North Carolina State University
Hannah Gould @hannahgould.bsky.social Researching death, technology and religion. Future food for worms.
Matthew McMullen @mcmullen.bsky.social Research fellow at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture and editor of the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. Follow @jjrs-nirc.bsky.social for journal and institute updates.
JJRS + NIRC @jjrs-nirc.bsky.social The official account of the JJRS and NIRC. Follow for publications and event announcements. https://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp
J Barts, PhD (he/him/his) @jbartashius.bsky.social religion & film/gender/migration. pubs on stranger things/lady bird/fight club. bylines: @japantimes@kyotojournal@civilbeat @religiondispatches@deepkyoto https://buymeacoffee.com/jbartashius
Dr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis.bsky.social Medievalist. Historian. Japan. Project Juggler. DH. Extremely Tired. Good & Bad cats. 🐾 Rock art. 🎨 Operations Leader @jppinfo.bsky.social, UCLA http://prcurtis.com/ Support open-access projects: http://patreon.com/prcurtis, http://ko-fi.com/prcurtis
Matthew Hayes @matthew-hayes.bsky.social Librarian for Japanese Studies and Asian American Studies at Duke University. Researcher in Japanese Buddhist Studies.
Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app Martial artist, motorcyclist, pragmatist, comics philosopher, queer phenomenologist. Assistant Prof @CSUN. Japanese philosophy, race, gender, disability, tech/AI. Inquiries: johnathan.flowers@csun.edu IRON LORD. Rider of the mind shaitan. He/Him/His 🏳️‍🌈
Avery M @averym.bsky.social
Caleb Carter @calebscarter.bsky.social Teaching Japanese religions at Kyushu Uni, thinking about religiosity and mountains, modernity, religious graffiti. Casual climber and banjo noodler.