Tuesday, July 1, 2025

White Tanabata Rabbit

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Tanabata, when wishes are written on strips of colored paper (tanzaku) resembling very narrow postcards. Tanabata celebrates the annual atte...
Friday, June 27, 2025

Porky and Bess

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Porky picks up a package from Bess, an old acquaintance… Bess : To Narita, Terminal 1, South Wing, Baggage pick up. Porky : A suitcase disgu...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

Origami Reading Woman

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In a stationery store in a remote Japanese town… Mariko : Just look at this. Stunning, isn’t it? Shiho : Ooh, very delicate. What ’ s it cal...
Sunday, June 15, 2025

Rainy Season Strategies

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Avoiding humidity… Hiroshi : You sleep like a cat, curled up,  Hiroko : I nap a lot in the rainy season. Hiroshi : I don’t sleep.  Hiroko : ...
Thursday, June 12, 2025

Solitude or Spooks?

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On moving from a rundown overgrown house… Ricardo : Eventually, you stop noticing the mountains because you’ve spent too long staring at the...
Thursday, June 5, 2025

Eggplants and Butterflies

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Fifty years on… Harold : Never thought I'd see this place again. Almost no change. Look - the house still stands. Akiya now, huh? Hirosh...
Sunday, June 1, 2025

White June Rabbit

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WHITE RABBIT WHITE RABBIT WHITE RABBIT It’s June in Japan, Irises and hydrangeas. The rainy season.
Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Spy Family in the Onsen Manga Room

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Late back... Ken : Sorry. I dropped by the hot spring after work - needed a reset. Louise : Fall asleep in the bath again? Ken : Ha! No, but...
Monday, May 26, 2025

A one-color wardrobe

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Simple green… Hiromi : I have to ask what’s with all your clothes being green? You have a desire to be a tree?  Jiro : Ha! No secret pact, s...
Sunday, May 18, 2025

Noodles, Noise and a Vulnerable Voice

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Argument over ambience… Fred : Noodles? Kyushu Ramen, big, cheerful place. Carl : Hmm. Loud? My hearing’s not what it used to be, and I have...
Sunday, May 11, 2025

Woody Guthrie

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Lyrics that stick… Tim:  Had a line about getting robbed—"Some will rob you with a six-gun, and some with a fountain pen." Pete:  ...
Monday, May 5, 2025

Sōseki meets Hearne in Kumamoto

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A  curious symmetry as H departs for Tokyo, S arrives. Hearne: It is not an easy place to settle. There is a loneliness. Sōseki: I’ve only...
Thursday, May 1, 2025

White Rabbit, Golden Week

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Three white rabbits celebrating Golden Week as samurai, singer and shaman are on a quest to admire azaleas on a mountain hike. May the month...
Monday, April 28, 2025

Persimmons and Coffee

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A guest arrives… Janet : I’ve brought persimmons. Kei : Astringent or sweet? Janet : Sweetish. I like them crunchy. Kei : Mmm. Where did you...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Can Starlink be Trusted?

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Reasoning against a conspiracy… Ann : This offer of a satellite link directly from my iPhone.  It worries me. Max : Hmm? Ann : Isn’t that ri...
Monday, April 21, 2025

The Age of AI and Mission Impossible

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Déjà vu… Heinrich : The movie is about AI going rogue, I got the feeling that your team was referring to anxieties about AI that Kissinger, ...
Saturday, April 19, 2025

Afterlife as a Cat

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A reincarnation conversation… Mariko : If I had other lives, I think being a cat would suit me quite well. Curious, contemplative, occasiona...
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Angel Investors vs Venture Capitalists

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Two entrepreneurs compare their grillings… Gordon:  Angels asked me about my vision and passion. They wanted to know if I was in it for the ...
Tuesday, April 1, 2025

White Rabbits Brave Blossoms

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  What have blossoms bravely blooming in the Japanese spring got to do with rugby you may ask? Well, the Japanese ruggards team is called th...
Monday, March 31, 2025

Minamata Mercury Poisoning

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Recognizing a scene in an old photo … Dennis: That’s the Chisso plant in Minamata isn’t it? Antonio: Sharp eye. Yes. 1973. Dennis: Wasn’t...