Gaijin Historian
An amateur Japanese historian, much like Paul Revere was an amateur dentist. Specializing in Japanese immigration & the global impact of Japanese culture on the rest of the world.
https://www.youtube.com/@GaijinHistorian
@joedragovich.bsky.social
History writer, digital archive nerd. Words in @historytoday.com and @sdtimes.bsky.social. Associate Fellow, Royal Historical Society. 📚 https://lnk.to/Hawkhurst Runs @historyclippings.bsky.social
@cheesycrocs.bsky.social
Cheesy ✦ 34 ✦ She/her ✦ Black artist creating reptile & monster focused merch 🦎🎨 ✦ BLM ✊🏾✦ Etsy store 🏪 http://etsy.me/3gIxMYD ✦ 📧 list http://bit.ly/3qNgC
@animejamsession.bsky.social
We are that podcast that talks about anime, games, conventions, fandoms, geek stuff, and everything in between! Hosted weekly by DJ Ranma S, Mako-chan, and Ari Rockefeller, featuring guest host Berry Melon! www.animejamsession.com
@buffer.com
Create and share social media content anywhere, consistently. Built with 💙 by a global, remote team. ⬇️ Learn more about Buffer & Bluesky https://buffer.com/bluesky
@midnightsumo.bsky.social
Sumo wrestling, Pokemon and variety content streamer on Twitch.TV. You can find me at https://www.twitch.tv/midnightsumo/
@redsamurai.bsky.social
Resident of #Japan🇯🇵, #Taiwan🇹🇼, from the #UK🇬🇧. A testimony to what I have seen: Then & Now and Here & There. 🚫DM #fintech Currently in 🇹🇼
@camelliakyoto.bsky.social
Welcoming guests to our two teahouses and kimono studio in Kyōto. Join us as we explore Japanese culture, tea and history! Website: https://tea-kyoto.com/ You can also find us over on... insta: http://camellia.kyoto & @[email protected]
@danielwarriner.com
Editor in Tokyo posting Japan-related stuff, articles, essays, photos, and fiction. 記事やフィクション、気になる映画の解説など投稿しています。 Web: https://www.danielwarriner.com/
@gearoidreidy.bsky.social
Bloomberg Opinion columnist on Japan/the Koreas. “Final Boss of the Japan finance bro dungeon.” ｊａｐａｎｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ. Retweets ≠ endorsements, opinions are mine.
@jjwalsh.bsky.social
Hiroshima sustainably-focused consultant, creator, teacher & guide Host-Creator Japan + sustainable strategy talkshow-podcast Aim: let's find healthy balance for People & Planet with Profits - We have the solutions! #GetHiroshima #SeekSustainableJapan
@jgarcia.bsky.social
𝚃𝚘𝚔𝚢𝚘 𝚞𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚛 🇯🇵 𝙳𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕 + 𝙵𝚒𝚕𝚖 https://www.tokyogritandgrain.com
@hirokoyoda.bsky.social
Tokyo based localizer and author of Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide. Certified kimono fitter. 着物着付け師範 https://linktr.ee/hirokoyoda
@tokyovice.bsky.social
Investigative journalist in Japan, paladin, priest, 禅僧, drinker of coffee and donut consumer. One good deed a day is my low-bar motto. 一日一善 Follow me on substack https://tokyopaladin.substack.com
@howtojapanese.com
Translator, writer. How to get used to Japanese (Additional topics: Murakami, New Orleans, Chicago, beer, writing, translation, basketball). Based in Osaka. http://linktree.com/howtojapanese
@aizuyabanjin.bsky.social
pottering about, growing stuff, cooking stuff, taking photos of stuff, underachieving, trying not to be a grumpy old man
@craigmod.com
Writer & photographer. Japan based for 20+ years. Author of Things Become Other Things (Random House: May 2025), Kissa by Kissa (2020). Contributor to NYTimes, Atlantic, WIRED, and more. Walks a lot. Bla bla bla!! shop.specialprojects.jp craigmod.com
@luismendo.com
Artist and author. Draw and write from a tiny studio 🇯🇵 www.luismendo.com/links
@nathanielmsmith.bsky.social
Anthropologist of Japan @ Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. 立命館大学国際関係学部准教授。Writing/research on rightwing movements/politics/culture, US-Japan relations, and urban studies.
@jay.unseenjapan.com
Journalist @unseenjapan.com. Based in Tokyo. Former Seattleite. 英語・日本語両方で呟く垢。日本語読書専用の垢： https://www.threads.com/@jayallen_uj
@natsumihayashi.bsky.social
Instructor of Japanese at higher education. Pedagogy, Japanese language, literature, traditional performing arts, pop culture, Japanese American History.
@gaijinmommy.bsky.social
Permanent resident of Japan. 日本語 N1. Stop-motion Legoista. Photos of birds, flowers, Fuji and the Tokyo Skytree, preferably all at once. Sober 18yrs. Survivor. Constantly celebrating neurodiversity with my kids. There will be trains.
@patrickmacias.bsky.social
Author, editor, art director. Ex-Netflix & Crunchyroll. Repped by the Hill Nadell Literary Agency. Lives in Tokyo, Japan. 作家・編集者・アートディレクター。 東京に住んでいます。
@jonmitchell.bsky.social
Journalist with Okinawa Times. Author of forthcoming "Why are we in Okinawa? A History of Violence?" (Bloomsbury Academic: Early-2026) 沖縄タイムス特約通信員。米国環境ジャーナリスト協会 出版賞。石橋湛山記念 早稲田ジャーナリズム大賞。著書「『情報自由法』で社会を変える！」岩波書店, etc https://www.jonmitchellinjapan.com
@mainichikimono.bsky.social
👘 Certified kimono teacher/stylist | 着付け師範 • mixed Japanese American | 日米ミックス • based in Kansai area, Japan • 日本語 / 中文 OK • PROFESSIONAL INQUIRIES: mainichikimonos @ gmail • personal account: @christinedaae
@ethanmark.bsky.social
Historian of modern Japan and Indonesia at Leiden University. Author, Japan's Occupation of Java in the Second World War: A Transnational History; translator, Grassroots Fascism (吉見義明の「草の根のファシズム:日本民衆の戦争体験」の英訳). Lover and player of funky music
@jamesdjbrown.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, Temple University Japan. My research focuses on Japan-Russia relations.
@aishiterutokyo.bsky.social
Sports (& more!) journalist (ditto) in Japan | Lots of soccer but sometimes everything else | available for commissions | nerdy shit at @nerdy.tokyo | all hot takes my own | 日本語OK | Philly & Tokyo>>> | he/him | danorlowitz.carrd.co
@percivalconstantine.com
Author, comic book creator, host of @superherocinephiles.com and @japanonfilm.com podcasts. Nerdy dad born in Chicago suburbs but now based in Japan. He/him. DemSoc. PercivalConstantine.com. ❌Crypto ❌MAGA/Nazis ❌Promo DMs ❌OnlyFans
@markthompson.japantimes.co.jp
Managing editor @ The Japan Times https://japantimes.co.jp Usual disclaimers Long-term Tokyoite
@hokkaidomarket.bsky.social
Used English Bookshop in Hokkaido Japan. https://hokkaidomarket.net
@tritonusraven.bsky.social
Japanese resident (2005–2019) Game collector & PS2 emulator tester (Nintendo Switch) Japan is my second home 東北大学大学院修了 | 通訳者・翻訳者 | 日本語能力試験N1 🎮 youtube.com/tritonusraven
@debaoki.bsky.social
Manga addict, journalist & traveler. Posts are 75% comix stuff. 1/4 of the Mangasplaining podcast & manga & webtoons go-to gal at Comics Beat, K-Comics Beat & Publishers Weekly | also @debaoki on Instagram
@myhlee.bsky.social
Washington Post Tokyo/Seoul Bureau Chief, covering Japan, the two Koreas and beyond. Mom to two needy cats & a rambunctious golden retriever. [email protected]
@gillespoitras.bsky.social
Author of Tokyo Stroll. Retired librarian, writer on things Japanese. At the age of 5 Gilles was taken by aliens to California and raised on a diet of science fiction, Loony Toons & honky tonk music.
@madformaple.bsky.social
Canuck 🇨🇦 living in Asia. Podcaster 🎙️ Supernatural Japan Podcast 👺 - inquiry education, travel, doodles/cartoons, photography 🇯🇵 Currently based in Malaysia 🇲🇾, soon China 🇨🇳!
@micheypeckitt.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD via Hull Uni. Runs the news blog ‘Barrier Free Japan’ about disability in Japan. Email: [email protected]
@norwegianinjapan.bsky.social
Showing a bit of the real Japan alongside its popular destinations. Tips for travel and exploring Japan and Tokyo as a tourist. 日本の本当の姿と人気の観光地を少し紹介します。日本や東京を観光しながら旅行するためのヒント。
@fotomat.bsky.social
American photographer in Japan. Hoping to bring a little light to the darkness. All photos are my own.
@alfie.photography
55years young. Full-time pro photographer, creator & educator in Tokyo/Fukushima. Occasional TV presenter for NHKWorld. Music lover. Hasselblad Ambassador, 2015. No Meta, Twitter or Amazon. Free Palestine. https://linktr.ee/alfiejapanorama
@retirejapan.com
Personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan. Helping people learn and improve their financial situation since 2013. More at RetireJapan.com
@mutantfrog.bsky.social
Mutantfrog.com. Researched Japan colonial history at Kyoto U. Formerly lived in New Jersey, Kyoto, Taipei, Brooklyn. Love games. Now resident in Tokyo, working in a job unrelated to any of the above things I prefer to talk about.
@davidamcneill.bsky.social
Professor of Communications at Sacred Heart Uni, Tokyo. Ex-correspondent with The Economist, Independent, Chronicle of Higher Ed., Irish Times etc. I post mainly about the media and politics. Hoping to escape Twitter/X.
@justinmmccurry.bsky.social
Guardian Japan & Korea correspondent. Wolves fan. Author of War on Wheels: Inside Keirin and Japan's Cycling Subculture. 競輪大ファン。
@thatjohn.bsky.social
Editor in chief of @theupfront.media: in-depth independent aviation journalism for the digital age. Journo, Japan travel expert, bon vivant, and more. Loves: gardens, 22°C weather, crochet, Champagne. Big 🏳️🌈 w/the 🏳️⚧️, 🇪🇺 in 🇫🇷
@philipbrasor.bsky.social
Japan media watcher, blogger of Japanese housing philipbrasor.com catforehead.com
@10wataru.bsky.social
Naturalized Japanese citizen from Michigan via San Francisco, car-free Tokyo resident since 1978, thriving on a no-mammals diet since 1970
@casperwits.bsky.social
Lecturer in East Asian Studies, Leiden University International history&Geopolitics: China🇨🇳|Japan🇯🇵|Taiwan 🇹🇼|EU🇪🇺 @geopolitieknu.bsky.social