Hawaii travel report 2023 (a Japan away from Japan) [Part 2/5]
This is the second post in a series of articles that details a recent trip I had to Hawaii, focusing on a variety of topics including food, culture, and language.
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Hawaii travel report 2023 (a Japan away from Japan) [Part 1/5]
This is the first post in a series of articles that details a recent trip I had to Hawaii, focusing on a variety of topics including food, culture, and language.
Introducing Arigatai Goods: putting appreciation first
Arigatai Books has released a set of everyday items on the theme of “Arigatai” (appreciation) with colorful logs based on sacred geometry, now available for sale on Zazzle.
レビュー：アマゾンのゲーム配信サービス「ルナ」 (A review of Amazon Luna in Japanese)
In this post I wrote a detailed review of Amazon’s game streaming service Luna in Japanese.
The magic of iteration: fractals, writing, and translation
In this post I talk about the concept of iteration, and how it relates to fractals, the act of writing creative works, and the process of translation.
Juza Unno book released in Spanish (classic Japanese SF)
I’ve translated over ten stories by Juza Unno (海野十三), an important figure in Japanese science fiction (which you can find in both E-book and paper book form here), probably more stories than I’ve translated by any other author. One of my goals in publishing these stories was to allow English speakers around the world to… Read More »
Ki-Aikido Lessons: learning from everyone
In this post I talk about something I’ve experienced in my Ki-Aikido training: the idea of being able to learn from others, regardless of their level.
The Case of Amazon KDP and the Missing Page Count
I decided to write up a detailed report of a recent problem I had with publishing an e-book using KDP that ended up delaying the release around a week.
Excerpt of a Hayashi Fumiko story published on Books on Asia
Books on Asia was kind enough to post an excerpt of one of the stories from my recent book: “Days & Nights: Stories of classic Japanese women’s literature”, which contains my translations of Hayashi Fumiko’s fiction works.
A test for measuring distinguishing ambiguity in Japanese
My friend and collaborator Kaimai Mizuhiro (開米瑞浩) is working on an project that I think will be interesting to those studying Japanese, so I’ll talk about it a little here. Kaimai has a bunch of books out, and a common thread throughout them is how to communicate effectively (both verbally and with diagrams) in a… Read More »