Katch

@katch.bsky.social

1249 Followers 970 Following

🇯🇵→🇺🇸 Translator & Editor; Writer 和米翻訳家・編集者・修正者 Currently, Tokyo. Kagawa is always in my ❤️ I enjoy reading, cooking, & long walks.

chilled mandarin orange daifuku bought in Shibamata
a non-alcoholic lemon drink with a little slice of lemon in it that has a light and refreshing taste; the implication that lemon-based drinks would be alcoholic by default is curious
a light blue polo shirt with a tomato juice-related stain on it
a screen cap from the Lovett or Leave It video podcast on YouTube where users can receive a discount on a product called Willies by using the coupon code "Loli"
a news headline from Japan Daily stating that the Japanese government is making a card that combines the foreign residence card and the MyNumber identity card (used for various governmental transactions and health insurance); I received my own MyNumber card 2 days ago, and now this will be available starting tomorrow... I would've expected someone to tell me!
a picture of my hands as I'm plucking thyme for an asparagus soup
a picture of an anime girl with apparently 4 ears: 2 animal ones high up, and 2 human ones lower down; the Japanese phrase 四つ耳 (よっつみみ) refers to this and when you wear a headband with animal ears on it because you have your human ears and whatever animal ears you've acquired
a big ceramic mug with cute pictures of the vtuber character that has 3 empty cans of sugar-free Monster behind it because they have been poured into it
the localization credits from Romancing Saga 3, featuring a team of three brilliant "young" men: Melvin Ok, Hiro Nakajima, and Matt Katch
a delicious Cubano made in west Tokyo
Cary Elwes portraying Westley in The Princess Bride with a mustache that is thin and broader than his nose but not as broad as his mouth and has the bizarre property of looking unevenly shaven from virtually any angle.
a little bottle of saké from Sanuki (Kagawa prefecture) and a wooden drinking box with my name on it from my friends' wedding sitting on the safety bar of my bathtub
General Morden from Metal Slug laughing while riding in a tank.
the kushi katsu menu at Kushikatsu Tanaka; Japan loves cooking things on sticks & deep-fried things on sticks are a yummy lunch
a very mischievous looking squirrel from the 25th episode of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
postcards with cats on them that have bits of fur that you can pet
At the end of Season 1, Episode 7 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Dio reclines after turning a town into zombies. On his lap is some weird human-animal hybrid. It is unclear what it is, what it has to do with the story, or how it came to be.
Graveyard Keeper is currently free on Steam, even though it normally costs $19.99.
An image of Jonathan Joestar using his special power called Hamon to rain down punches on a resurrected knight, who is also kind of a ghoul creature.
A Birkenstock bag with sandals that cost me about ¥17500. When I first bought a pair in Japan, they were around ¥8500.
JoJo having a dark internal monologue moment where he remembers Dio killed his dog and SA'd the girl he liked
a Final Fantasy 6 sticker pack with lots of stickers of the pixel art from the game and a big Final Fantasy 9 sticker of Vivi & Stiltzkin traveling together
box for Qanba 3 Obsidian joystick with quiet buttons
Tokyo Sky Tree looms
a cutting board with a bunch of cut up onions on it
a picture of a desk with a laptop running Overwatch and a small whiteboard next to it on the wall acting as a "2nd screen"
a Wordle screen stating that it does not recognize the word "rebin"
packaged miso ramen from Sumire in Sapporo
Hidden Valley Ranch dressing available for purchase on Amazon Japan for roughly three times the normal price.
the Tokyo Sky Tree lit up blue & white
a photo of two of the leads in costume from the film The Magic Sword (1962)
Kirishima Chanko restaurant located in Ryogoku, Tokyo
a small plate of cooked chicken hearts
Front of Voltaction Keema Curry box. Comes with 1 of 8 original cards featuring members of the group.
a coffee mug celebrating cow tipping as a Wisconsin pastime
Front of Hokkaido Corn Curry box. Made by Bell Foods, proprietors of Hokkaido soul food.
Front of Sapporo Bier Garten Original Lamb Curry box. 180g.
non-alcoholic lemon sour drink