Fiber & textile artist. Lover of Japanese traditional handcrafts & pop culture. Disabled traveler. 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇦🇺🇮🇹 🌸
Austin, TX
Joined March 2018
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Juliann retweeted
So Ghost of Yōtei is set in Hokkaido in 1603. Why 1603, and what was happening at the time up there?
Let me fill you in with a thread that will give you some context about Hokkaido at this time (with more to come later!) 🧵 1/11
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My friend @Taroootan startet her small business: Tontoko Shop ✧*｡
She offers pretty custom-made cases for trading/character cards or polaroids, shakers, accessories and more.
Cutify your oshi- and otakatsu* and check out her shop in the post below ♡
I received a customized case and three shakers.
The design matches perfectly with my Cure Nyammy card and the shakers are so adorable!
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*otakatsu (オタ活 / ヲタ活): otaku activities
oshikatsu (推し活): activities dedicated to your favorite characters, idols, artists
Juliann retweeted
Since I can’t actually vote for the governor of Tokyo, the best thing about this election happening in my city is that I get to make another one of these videos 😉
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Senjafuda (神社札) are the traditional answer to meshi (名刺 calling cards). Before salaryman pinned their calling cards to izakaya walls, they would paste their senjafuda there. Some places in Kyoto still do, and you can see remnants of this practice on temples and shrines. While it's uncommon and discouraged these days to paste them on temples usually, you can still have them made and pass them out in lieu of cards while in Japan. Plus, they make for great souvenirs.
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Today's adventure.
Can I find evidence of a long abandoned shrine in a village once infamous for its population of oni, using a 17th century hand-drawn map...
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@KintsugiStyle - I saw this and thought about your work:
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I've just bought an eSIM for my next trip to Japan and only paid $6 for 10 GB of data (valid for 30 days from arrival in Japan). Until February 1, you only pay half price via the Airlo app (9$ instead of 18$) and with my referral code AXEL9514 it will be another 3$ cheaper.
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Stunning!
Incidentally, the kanji 瀧 (taki) in the shrine's name means "waterfall" and consists of the character for dragon with the water radical (the 2 dashes and line at the left-hand side)
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Just part of my hotel room in Kyoto. 5,883 yen after all fees were paid. That’s $40
This is why I use @bookingcom frequently. The customer loyalty rewards are great. Bait and switch offers rare.
Very pleased.
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Update service for my readers "Japan in 60 easy steps": Please add the following sentence to the top of page 115 (in addition to the online information already included):
Switch on NHK and activate English using the button [ 音声切替 ] on the remote control.
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Wasabi, beloved on sushi, linked to "really substantial" boost in memory, Japanese study finds - CBS News cbsnews.com/news/wasabi-memo…
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Some techniques that might help:
Build one to throw away.
Start doing the task in a quick and scrappy way. For writing, do a 'vomit draft' where you just write anything. Or, make a quick demo that you don't plan to use. This can often give you enough momentum to make progress.
