#Japan

Camellia Tea Ceremony

camelliakyoto

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

#WereRemovingADictator

LungeloN_Zulu

A bit of insomnia. Might as well do a thread on MMT. The difficulty with this expansionary monetary theory, is that the pool of country's that can borrow in their

かすっち（ルビ：ｋａｓｔｅｌｐｌｓ）🥐🌕🔎

highimpactsex

while it's good that people are calling out jp creators for supporting conspiracy theories and the such in relation to the attempted coup in the usa a while ago, i'd

Nightcrawler

SchizoCavalier

Thread on Ryonsuke Akutagawa and his relationship with Christianity For many Japanese, Christianity was immensely attractive in the years immediately after the Meiji Restoration, especially among the samurai

one more voice

morinotsuma

Watched Shūbun/Scandal (Kurosawa, 1949) with @sforrest this evening. What a great film. *Such* an affirming view of humanity, in spite of our weaknesses and flaws, and such breathtaking cinematography. https://asakiyume.dreamwidth.org/9534

Stephen Stapczynski

SStapczynski

It is a beautiful Saturday afternoon, so obviously I'm spending my time dissecting data from the recent power crunch in JapanThis is what I found:While nationwide demand spiked in Jan.

rin aelia 🤍 凛

MissRinAelia

a majority of adults in Japan don’t even watch anime. according to the Nippon Research Center, only 33% of Japanese adults watch anime. most of them only watch very mainstream

Mieko Kikuchi-Conbere😷

miekocakes

I saw many in criticize closing of bars/restaurants at 10PM and got curious, because is ALSO encouraging bars to close at 10PM (for 3 weeks). So here is

Franka De Mille - MUSIC 🇪🇺🎶🎵

FRANKADEMILLE

Thread:1/ The natural state of affairs between nations is not free trade, it is regulated trade and protection internal markets and jobs from foreign competition. "Free trade" is a very

Pass Judgement 🉑

petedjackson

SAGE have published a paper that has studied cases that have come from the Hospitality Sector which was the driver to put them in further restrictions. 1/4https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transmission-risk-in-the-hospitality-secto

Andrzej Kozlowski

akoz33

Coup and counter-coup. @ELuttwak in his recent Wall Street journal piece argued that the attempt to seize the Capitol was not a “coup”. This seems to be mainly an argument

Chris Wright

CWrightmedia

My five conclusions on the #GIC annual report today: look out for a full article on @euromoney later today. 1. Lim Chow Kiat didn't predict a global pandemic, but GIC

モーリー・ロバートソン

gjmorley

Just in case it is newsworthy, I can attempt to tweet some explainers for English speakers regarding: why Japan's conservative/rightwing spectrum is in the grip of pro-Trump fever right now.

Martin Jacques

martjacques

1/6 Isolate China! Build a broad alliance of democracies! So where to start? Five Eyes, of course: US, UK, Australia, Canada and NZ. Anglo-Saxons together. Four former settler colonies. English

Renato Rivera Rusca （レナト・リベラ・ルスカ）

RENATOLOGY

I do often take slight issue whenever Laputa Castle in the Sky is touted as a “completely original” work by Miyazaki, as implied here... ...I’ve heard it many times, but

Brandon Beylo

marketplunger1

Listen up you @michaeljburry fanboys/girls (myself included)! You made some money on $GME. Congrats. But do you know what else The "Big Short Squeeze" holds? Probably not. Here's a thread

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