#Kyoto

the day is shortas is the lifeof the dragonfly日短かは蜻蛉の身にも有にけり-小林一茶, 1806.Tr. David G. Lanoue.The neighbourhood has been filled with dragonflies (トンボ 'Tonbo') this morning, many disturbed by t
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Sep 16th 2007 conference in BucharestGrover Norquist, Dr Andrei Illarianov (Putins ex Chief Economist), Matthew Elliott, Barbara Kolm & Jose Pinera (ex minister for Labor & Social Security for Augusto
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1/11) As promised, I'm going to explain how I dealt with Kyoto-ben while translating "Chōko" by IND Kary. Thanks to @_sinfulcrow for the wonderful lettering work, and to @irodoricomics for
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TATAMI (畳)When we transition between 'summer' and 'winter' in the tearoom, one particular tatami mat is lifted up and replaced, to either conceal or reveal the sunken hearth.https://twitter.com/camelliakyoto/status/1324877
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The new stories circulating about Brexit starting in 2010 are incorrectThe main impetus came in 2005: https://bakerstreetherald.com/2020/09/a-curious-sequence-of-events/ Arguably the seeds were sown in 2003 by Putin's Chief Economist Dr
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YUZUAt 'Kairo' (開炉 'Opening the Winter Hearth') we dust off the larger Okama (お釜) and exchange the tatami to reveal the hearth. In the time of Sen-no-Rikyū (千利休 1522-91) the
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Congrats for clearing the lowest barhttps://twitter.com/matt_keanmp/status/1334955576472694784 Compare the congratulations conservatives get for doing less than the bare minimum on climate change with the vitriol they’re allowed to heap o
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THE WIZARD'S GRAVEFor #FolkloreThursday I have talked a lot about one of my favourite figures, Abe-no-Seimei (安倍晴明). Known by some as the 'Merlin of Japan', Seimei was Japan's greatest 'diviner'.His
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Furutani Tsunehira: The NIKE ad pisses off Japan's right-wing b/c of their innate belief that the Japanese are "a superior people who don't engage in discrimination".https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/furuyatsunehira/20201203
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75 years ago today: General Groves drafted the atomic bombing strike order, with Nagasaki added to the list for the first time to add another back-up target after Kyoto had
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I'm on break, it's almost New Year's, and I can't do any more book proposal revisions today so I'm going to tweet about stuff I like. I was inspired by
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THREAD. Shin Takamatsu is 1 of Japan’s greatest living architects, with an incredibly unique & beautifully executed body of mysterious & pregnant work that ought 2b far better known, &
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Why Kenshin Himura is the perfect protagonist [Thread] Starting with his childhood, Kenshin's upbringing was very sad and remorseful. After his parents died from disease when he was 6, he
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Liz and the Blue Bird’s reimagined character designs and flatter colors perfectly reflect the film’s more grounded, intimate tone while also capturing the dreamy, fairytale feel of a seemingly endless
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Let's try this again: Just finished Rurouni Kenshin, and it was a great experience. This is a manga that imo has basically laid the foundation for what a modern shonen
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Some days, it feels like the fudges were written just for me.So...*deep breath*(a thread.)https://twitter.com/AngusTaylorMP/status/1278143248423243776 First, today's media announcement and this cute little video are based on a pretty ba
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