Kate 🍉 @emkaha.bsky.social Grumpy Londoner, distracting myself from the state of the world by watching too much cycling.
Tom Davidson @t-davidson.bsky.social Senior journalist cyclingweekly.com ✍️🚲
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
https://www.jamesrball.com/
Sake Barry @sakebarry.bsky.social
Stares at CCTV for a living. "Looks like a colourblind tramp that fell into a dressing-up box". Dead good at house-and/or pet-sitting. Stoic. Overenthusiastic on several topics.
"You're here to set people's heads on fire"
Pete Fowler @petefowlerart.bsky.social Painter, illustrator, printmaker & sculptor. Open every other Tuesday on Soho Radio.
Sign up to my patreon, visit my shop, listen to radio shows and more down there.
https://linktr.ee/petefowler
Chrissy Marshall-Bell @cmbreports.bsky.social 🎤 https://lnk.to/GhostInTheMachine Named among best podcasts 2024.
✍️ Journalist, podcaster, storyteller
🗞️ Athletic, Observer, Escape, Cycling Weekly, Rouleur + more
🚵♂️ Cycling and sports politics
⛷️Ski/cycling guide
📍Valencia, España
https://cmb-reports.com/
@jbarry881.bsky.social @jbarry881.bsky.social Expat living the dream on two wheels
🌈💚 The Anxious Cyclist ft. Sepp Wuff 🐶 @noukbikemind.bsky.social 🇳🇱 #CyclingBluesky || cycling fanatic 🚲, coffee connoisseur ☕, mental health domestique 🧠💭, pet cuddler 🐈⬛🐈🐕, amateur artist 🎨🖍️
Peter Stuart @peterstuart.bsky.social Co-founder of Velora Cycling - veloracycling.com
Previously editor @Cyclingnewsfeed, digital editor Rouleur and Cyclist magazine.
Posts about all things cycling, and the occasional nice photo.
Simon Calder @simoncalder.bsky.social Travel news and advice shared here, on TikTok @caldertravel and answering questions at weekends with my 5.30pm UK Instagram Live: http://instagram.com/simon_calder/
I read all relevant posts but cannot reply to everyone.
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Little Alex Horne @alexhorne.bsky.social from Taskmaster, The Horne Section and Chesham United, mainly.
Katie @katie13.bsky.social Mainly here for cycling. Visma 🐝/specialized 🚲 stan. Supposedly allegedly probably a deranged Wout mom.
LeGruppetto @legruppetto.fr Les porteurs de bidons de l'actualité cycliste
Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine with a unique mix of jokes and investigative journalism.
Website: https://private-eye.co.uk
Subscribe: http://subsonline.co.uk
CEEFAUX @ceefaux.bsky.social The TV listings you never did know that you didn't not need, in glorious teletext several times a day. GSOH. Non-smoker preferred. Ring top bell. Your home is at risk if you store dynamite in it.
Hannesson @hannesson.bsky.social Fighting MS #FietsenmetMS
#CyclingBluesky
De Moeren ❤️
Cooks with beer #StoutBeerChef
Tour d'Ambiance Floeren Freddy winnaar 2024-2025
TDA wereldkampioen
April || the tortured cyclists department @aforestfield.bsky.social argumentative antithetical dream girl and a pathological people pleaser
Cerys Matthews @cerysmatthews.bsky.social Food.Action.Music.Books. Happy on the end of a rope.
Programme BBC radio shows -write books, make music and get out and about.
Lloyds Tour of Britain @tourofbritain.bsky.social Britain's biggest bike races.
🚴♀️ Lotte Kopecky | 🚴♂️ Stevie Williams
Top Ciclista @topciclista.bsky.social Sólo ciclismo -Cycling only
Podcast:
Los Palmeros: https://www.youtube.com/@LosPalmeros
Pelotón Fantasy: https://www.youtube.com/@PelotonFantasy
La Vuelta @lavuelta.bsky.social
🔛 #LaVuelta26 📅 22/08-13/09
Daniel Warriner @danielwarriner.com Editor in Tokyo posting Japan-related stuff, articles, essays, photos, and fiction.
記事やフィクション、気になる映画の解説など投稿しています。
Web: https://www.danielwarriner.com/
Gearoid Reidy リーディー・ガロウド @gearoidreidy.bsky.social Bloomberg Opinion columnist on Japan/the Koreas. “Final Boss of the Japan finance bro dungeon.” ｊａｐａｎｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ. Retweets ≠ endorsements, opinions are mine.
James Reynolds @earthuncuttv.bsky.social Global tropical cyclone interceptor, volcanic eruption hunter & snow lover. Born in 🇬🇧, living in 🇯🇵 Video available only via license
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
Jason Garcia 📷 @jgarcia.bsky.social 𝚃𝚘𝚔𝚢𝚘 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚛 🇯🇵 𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕 • 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖
#𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 #𝚞𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚢 #𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚢
https://www.tokyogritandgrain.com • https://www.youtube.com/@TokyoGritandGrain
Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social Tokyo-based writer, localizer, cultural consultant. Author of Pure Invention, Yokai Attack, and more.
https://www.mattalt.com/
https://blog.pureinventionbook.com/
https://linktr.ee/mattalt
Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com Since 2018. Going beyond the clickbait headlines to tell the story of a changing, evolving Japan.
https://unseen-japan.com/newsletter?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social-bio&utm_campaign=newsletter
Rob Dyer | The Real Japan @therealjapan.bsky.social Need help planning deeper travel, richer experiences in The Real Japan? Get my free Japan Travel Bulletin: http://TheRealJapan.com/subscribe.
Krewe of Japan Podcast @kreweofjapan.bsky.social 🎌 Audio journeys through Japanese culture ⛩ Pop-Culture | Travel | History | Food | Language | Guest Interviews🎙Sponsored by Japan Society of New Orleans 👇SUBSCRIBE + MORE👇
https://linktr.ee/kojpodcast
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
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
Daniel Morales @howtojapanese.com Translator, writer. How to get used to Japanese (Additional topics: Murakami, New Orleans, Chicago, beer, writing, translation, basketball). Based in Osaka. http://linktree.com/howtojapanese
永原宣 Hiromu Nagahara @hiromunagahara.bsky.social MIT historian of Modern Japan
MIT教員・近代日本史
https://history.mit.edu/people/hiromu-nagahara/
Currently researching: cultural history of diplomacy, Japanese Anglophones and Anglophiles
Public transit-appreciator and photo-taker
AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social pottering about, growing stuff, cooking stuff, taking photos of stuff, underachieving, trying not to be a grumpy old man
Craig Mod @craigmod.com Writer & photographer. Japan based for 20+ years.
Author of Things Become Other Things (Random House: May 2025), Kissa by Kissa (2020). Contributor to NYTimes, Atlantic, WIRED, and more. Walks a lot. Bla bla bla!!
shop.specialprojects.jp
craigmod.com
@mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social 
Luis Mendo @luismendo.com Drawer and writer at large, from a tiny studio in 🇯🇵
www.luismendo.com/links
Nathaniel M. Smith @nathanielmsmith.bsky.social Anthropologist of Japan @ Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. 立命館大学国際関係学部准教授。Writing/research on rightwing movements/politics/culture, US-Japan relations, and urban studies.
Lindsay Nelson-Santos @newsfromnihon.bsky.social Japanese cinema (especially horror), Japanese popular culture. Book: Circulating Fear. Film reviews at eigafile.com, CV at lindsaynelson.jp. she/her
Jim Rion・ライオン ジミー @jimrion.com Peace, please, peace for all.
Translator (Strange Pictures, Strange Houses, etc.). Japanese horror devourer. Bird picture taker
Co-host of Sake Deep Dive podcast.
英訳者：「悪魔がきたれて、笛をふく」「変な家」「変な絵」等等
執筆者：「Discovering Yamaguchi Sake」
20年以上日本在中
山口県万歳🙌
Read Japanese Literature @readjapaneseliterature.com a podcast about Japanese fiction + some of its best works | posting updates on new Japanese fiction | apologies for the typos | blocking new follows that look like bots | DON’T buy or read AI translations | all stories are political
Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social Journalist, Unseen Japan. Get my comprehensive guide to Tokyo nightlife - out now!
https://unseen-japan.com/jay/
Caleb Carter @calebscarter.bsky.social Teaching Japanese religions at Kyushu Uni, thinking about religiosity and mountains, modernity, religious graffiti. Casual climber and banjo noodler.
Natsumi @natsumihayashi.bsky.social Instructor of Japanese at higher education. Pedagogy, Japanese language, literature, traditional performing arts, pop culture, Japanese American History.
Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social Permanent resident of Japan. Neuro-affirming parent. Amateur photographer of a certain age. Shitamachi supremacist. Sober 19yrs. Survivor. I write stuff sometimes, but don’t tell anyone. 日本語👌
Profile: @nakimushiart.bsky.social
Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social PhD. Lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies. I research Japan's Politics/Nationalist Activism/History Disputes/Pop Culture. Shares/Likes ≠ endorsements. https://linktr.ee/jeffreyjhall
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.
Patrick Macias @patrickmacias.bsky.social Book author, magazine editor, art director. Ex-Netflix & Crunchyroll. Repped by Hill Nadell Literary Agency. Lives in Tokyo. 作家・編集者・アートディレクター。 東京に住んでいます。
Emily @suika.bsky.social Editor at @tokyoreview.net. Freelance journalist & translator. Independent researcher specialising in Japanese LGBTQ+ politics. 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。
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/. 
Jon Mitchell 🏴 ジョン・ミッチェル @jonmitchell.bsky.social Author, journalist with Okinawa Times. "Why are we in Okinawa? A History of Violence" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026). 沖縄タイムス特約通信員。米国環境ジャーナリスト協会 出版賞。石橋湛山記念 早稲田ジャーナリズム大賞。著書「『情報自由法』で社会を変える！」岩波書店, etc https://www.jonmitchellinjapan.com
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
Hannah Dahlberg❄️Dodd, PhD @hedahlbergdodd.bsky.social Sociocultural linguist and digital/popular media studies human | 📍Tohoku University | 社会言語学・デジタル社会・メディア表象・役割語/キャラクター言語 | J-E translation 日英翻訳 | they/she | (発言は個人の見解です)
Hayley Scanlon @hayleylscanlon.bsky.social Japanese & East Asian cinema specialist.
Writer for hire.
Japanese to English translation & subtitling
I can't access DMs because I live on Silly Island, but you can contact me via my website:
https://windowsonworlds.com/
한국어도 공부하고 있어요!
Andrew Campana @andrewcampana.bsky.social Associate professor of Japanese literature and media at Cornell. Poetry, video games, and disability. Expanding Verse: Japanese Poetry at the Edge of Media out now in open access from UC Press!
コーネル大学の日本文学とメディアの准教授。詩とか、ゲーム、障害学。詩人と翻訳者。
Eve Loh Kazuhara @elkazu.bsky.social ECR Japanese art historian. In Singapore.
Postwar Painting, Nihonga. Tanaka Isson and Amami Oshima.
Lectures at National University of Singapore and University of the Arts (Singapore).
Also sharing posts on Japanese art and culture events, in SG.
Association for Asian Studies @asianstudies.org The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) is dedicated to the advancement of the field of Asian Studies through international exchange, networking, publications, research support, and career development.
Ethan Mark @ethanmark.bsky.social Historian of modern Japan and Indonesia at Leiden University. Author, Japan's Occupation of Java in the Second World War: A Transnational History; translator, Grassroots Fascism (吉見義明の「草の根のファシズム:日本民衆の戦争体験」の英訳). Lover and player of funky music
Marc Steinberg @msteinbrg.bsky.social Writing about platforms capitalisms, super apps, convenience stores in Japan and Asia. Director of The Platform Lab.Books: In/Convenience (http://bit.ly/3Vcs4m4); The Platform Economy; Anime's Media Mix.
David Keohane @davidkeo.bsky.social FT Tokyo correspondent, formerly other things 
James D.J. Brown @jamesdjbrown.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Temple University Japan. Currently working on: “Spy Paradise: Russian Espionage against Japan, from the Cold War to Cyber Warfare.” This book is the sequel to “Cracking the Crab”.
Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social I explore my adopted home of Japan, looking for fun and weird mascots (and other costumed characters).
Dr. Kaitlyn Ugoretz @kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social That chick obsessed with Shinto and #torii gates. ⛩️🔍🗺️
Scholar of Asian religion, digital tech, media & pop culture | Postdoc Fellow in Asian Media Studies @ University of Idaho | YouTuber @ Eat Pray Anime | Cultural consultant
Dan Orlowitz @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social Sports (& more!) journalist (ditto) in Japan | Lots of soccer but sometimes everything else | available for commissions | nerdy shit at @nerdy.tokyo | all hot takes my own | 日本語OK | Philly & Tokyo >>> | he/him | danorlowitz.carrd.co
Amy Stanley @astanley711.bsky.social Historian of Japan. Loves dogs. Famous 女史, notorious enemy of all sexual relations.
Japan On Film (A Film Stories Podcast) @japanonfilm.com Hosted by @percivalconstantine.com, Japan On Film is a podcast devoted to Japanese cinema! Member of @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social. Promo DMs = block/report. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes and guest info at: japanonfilm.com
Mark Thompson @markthompson.japantimes.co.jp Managing editor @ The Japan Times https://japantimes.co.jp
Usual disclaimers
Long-term Tokyoite
Hokkaido Market @hokkaidomarket.bsky.social Used English Bookshop in Hokkaido Japan. https://hokkaidomarket.net
Deb Aoki @debaoki.bsky.social Manga addict, journalist & traveler. Posts are 75% comix stuff. 1/4 of the Mangasplaining podcast & manga & webtoons go-to gal at Comics Beat, K-Comics Beat & Publishers Weekly | debaoki.com
Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social Covering Asia at The Washington Post. Mom to two needy cats & a rambunctious golden retriever. michelle.lee@washpost.com
Gilles Poitras @gillespoitras.bsky.social Author of Tokyo Stroll.
Retired librarian, writer on things Japanese.
At the age of 4 Gilles was taken by aliens to California and raised on a diet of science fiction, Loony Toons & honky tonk music.
Kevin O'Shea @madformaple.bsky.social Canuck 🇨🇦 living in Asia. Podcaster - host of Supernatural Japan Podcast 🎙️ 👺 - folklore, paranormal, travel, photography 🇯🇵 Currently based in 🇨🇳!
Michey Peckitt @micheypeckitt.bsky.social Philosophy PhD via Hull Uni. Runs the news blog ‘Barrier Free Japan’ about disability in Japan. Email: micheypeckitt@gmail.com 
Norwegian In Japan @norwegianinjapan.bsky.social Showing a bit of the real Japan alongside its popular destinations. Tips for travel and exploring Japan and Tokyo as a tourist. 日本の本当の姿と人気の観光地を少し紹介します。日本や東京を観光しながら旅行するためのヒント。
Matt Johnson @fotomat.bsky.social American photographer in Japan. Hoping to bring a little light to the darkness.
All photos are my own.
Photography by Alfie Goodrich @alfie.photography Full-time pro photographer, creator & educator in Tokyo/Fukushima. Do walks & tours here, too. TV presenter for NHKWorld. Music lover. Antifa. Hasselblad Ambassador, 2015.
No Meta, Twitter or Amazon.
Free Palestine.
https://linktr.ee/alfiejapanorama
RetireJapan @retirejapan.com Personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan. Helping people learn and improve their financial situation since 2013. More at RetireJapan.com
Mutantfrog @mutantfrog.bsky.social Mutantfrog.com. Researched Japan colonial history at Kyoto U. Formerly lived in New Jersey, Kyoto, Taipei, Brooklyn. Love games. Now resident in Tokyo, working in a job unrelated to any of the above things I prefer to talk about.
David McNeill @davidamcneill.bsky.social Professor of Communications at Sacred Heart Uni, Tokyo. Ex-correspondent with The Economist, Independent, Chronicle of Higher Ed., Irish Times etc. I post mainly about the media and politics. Hoping to escape Twitter/X.
Justin McCurry @justinmmccurry.bsky.social Guardian Japan & Korea correspondent. Wolves fan. Author of War on Wheels: Inside Keirin and Japan's Cycling Subculture. 競輪大ファン。 
Philip Brasor @philipbrasor.bsky.social Japan media watcher, blogger of Japanese housing
philipbrasor.com
catforehead.com
Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social Naturalized Japanese citizen from Michigan via San Francisco, car-free Tokyo resident since 1978, thriving on a no-mammals diet since 1970
Casper Wits @casperwits.bsky.social Lecturer in East Asian Studies, Leiden University
International history&Geopolitics: China🇨🇳|Japan🇯🇵|Taiwan 🇹🇼|EU🇪🇺
@geopolitieknu.bsky.social
Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social Welsh-Kiwi Japanese translator, chanoyu practitioner & host to a timeshare cat. Memorial Device ANT
Denise ☾ @surudenise.bsky.social Artist, Photographer, Game Dev living in Tokyo 🇯🇵
http://instagram.com/surudenise
Shop, wallpapers & more: surudenise.com/links
K4TCH @katch.bsky.social Professional Translator & Editor (mostly games)
Posting on Japan, food, and localization.
Currently, Tokyo. Still a bit of a US Midwesterner.
I mostly want to share goofy stuff & chat ^_^
Otaku News @otakunews.com Otaku News - News for Fans of Japan.
Anime, manga and more. #Anime #Manga #Otaku
https://www.otakunews.com
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.
(Leave a message and I’ll get back to you.)
Amelie In Tokyo ✨ @amelieintokyo.bsky.social Fr・En・日本語⎪Study Program Manager @GPlusmedia | @GaijinPot @SavvyTokyo @JapanToday | Freelance web writer on the side | IG : amelieintokyo 💫 | Feel free to pop Qs about studying in Japan 🇯🇵
カニの散歩道Crabs' Promenade @crabspromenade.bsky.social Hi, I'm a #crab seeker posting photos and videos of #crabs 🦀
趣味はカニ探しと飼育。#カニ の写真・動画を定期発信します！
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/crabspromenade/
YouTube
https://youtube.com/@crabspromenade
Matt 🍉 @mattnid.bsky.social he/him. Black Lives Matter. Pocari Sweat Hypeman. Goalie. Antifascist. Polyglot.
川から海まで🇵🇸
Old Tokyo @oldtokyo.bsky.social OldTokyo.com is an online collection and gallery of vintage Japanese postcards displayed with respective historical detail, 1895-1970. Thank you for "liking"! Bookmark the site! Pages often have multiple images. Repost, too!
The Japanese Paper Film Project @kamifirumu.bsky.social The Japanese Paper Film Project preserves 1930s Japanese paper films (紙フィルム or "kami firumu") and promotes research into these rare movies.
kamifirumu.scholar.bucknell.edu
Yuko Tamura @yutranslates.bsky.social Cultural journalist. Bylines: The Japan Times, Lonely Planet, CNBC and more. EiC of JaponicaPub. Views my own, not here for arguments. Please be kind or scroll on.
https://t.co/vAYSXQfxal
Japonica @japonicapub.bsky.social Daily articles about #Japan: Our diverse writers share their insights on Japanese business, history, travel, and beyond. Follow us on Medium! #JapaneseCulture #JLPT #日本語
Mark S. Cogan @markscogan.bsky.social - Associate Professor of Peace & Conflict Studies at Kansai Gaidai University
- Senior Associated Research Fellow at @isdp-sweden.bsky.social
- Former #UN in SE Asia, Africa, Middle East
- #Lakers 🏀, #Yankees ⚾️, #ManchesterCity ⚽️
www.markscogan.com
Imperial Japanese Navy History @ijnhistory.bsky.social Documenting the history of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1868-1945.