James Hadfield
Tokyo-based word mangler. awfuldross@gmail.com
I post gig listings and the other drivel at https://tokyodross.blogspot.com/
@yumatakeshita.bsky.social
unusual instruments builder / bird watcher https://linktr.ee/yumatakeshita
@vierzigskizzen.bsky.social
part time sound person @ https://vierzigskizzen.bandcamp.com
@saving-throw.bsky.social
Editor @thewiremagazine. she/her. @saving_throw@ohai.social on Mastodon. Dexterity 6, Charisma 4, a d20 kiss for luck.
@jonmitchell.bsky.social
Author, journalist with Okinawa Times. Environmental justice. Militarism. Colonialism. FOIA. 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
@wrongsreversed.bsky.social
mentally I'm about to have my second beer after getting out of the onsen; physically I'm being used as a climbing frame by a toddler
@drstewartsmith.bsky.social
Writer: jazz, improvised, experimental, Scotland & the avant-garde @ The Wire, Bandcamp, The Quietus, We Jazz, Guardian. Associate lecturer Newcastle University. Musician. He/him. 🇵🇸
@htnuotio.bsky.social
Metakino Festival (producer / programmer), Hangö Filmfestival (programming team), Filmihullu (board member / translator). Editor of Finnish filmgoers' year-end lists (vuosielokuvissa.wordpress.com)
@jazzsnipe.bsky.social
Free jazz, free improv, creative music, wherever. I write for The New York City Jazz Record, Point Of Departure, All About Jazz, Jazz Podium. Love live music!
@obsofdeviance.bsky.social
"Observations of Deviance has become a Wire deadline weekend staple." The Wire (UK) David Mittleman DJ @wfmu.bsky.social Vinyl collector Writing @ We Jazz Magazine https://wfmu.org/playlists/OV
@markpendleton.bsky.social
Historian (mostly of Japan) and trade unionist (mostly in UCU). Also into queer stuff. He/him
@marshy00.bsky.social
Film critic type person in Hong Kong: South China Morning Post / RTHK Radio 3 / Deadline / Deep Dive Movie Reviews / ScreenAnarchy / Fantastic Fest / Critics Choice Association / OFCS - also Arrow Video / Umbrella Ent / Second Sight Films / Film Movement
@yassokiiba.bsky.social
dub // microhouse // electronica // ambient // Eurorack Based in Tokyo YT: www.youtube.com/@yassokiiba Bandcamp: https://yassokiiba.bandcamp.com/music IG: https://www.instagram.com/discoclive/
@orenambarchi.bsky.social
@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
@10millionhardbacks.bsky.social
Too many books, not enough time! Reading and relaxing in Tokyo or Liverpool and elsewhere. Books, travel and more: http://10mh.net
@testtone.bsky.social
@footnotesman.bsky.social
Prof. at Meiji University, Tokyo. Research: Romanticism; paratexts; Asian adaptations/translations; intermediality; public humanities. Organizer of Tokyo Humanities Café. Like hiking, travelling, museums, music, and movies. https://www.alexwatson.info
@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.
@hoodcp.bsky.social
クリス・フッド http://linktr.ee/hoodcp Academic and author. Research on shinkansen, the JAL123 plane crash, death studies, disaster movies, and symbolism in Japan. Also author of three novels so far & writing books about Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
@chadkoh.com
Generous with Likes ❤️ 📸 🖊️ 📿 🙏 He/him 日本語 🙆♂️ THFC. https://micro.chadkohalyk.com/about-me/ #opensource #fiscalhosting #Japan @dwebyvr.org Tech policy papers: https://lemmy.ml/c/mae
@nmanabe.bsky.social
Professor of Music Theory; also work in ethnomusicology and Japan studies. Research in music and social movements, popular music, music and language. Author of Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Protest Music after Fukushima. Views my own. linktr.ee/nmanabe
@tristiger.bsky.social
Emily Balistrieri, Japanese translator: People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice, Tatami Galaxy, Until I Love Myself, Soul Lanterns, Kiki. 39/he/T💉8/21/2019 🔪 10/17/2023 日本語では: @tristora.bsky.social
@richardmedh.bsky.social
Brit in Yokohama, translator at https://www.nippon.com/en/ Translator of The Essential Akutagawa (Sep 2025) Interested in Japanese language, literature, and history.
@sublightmonster.bsky.social
Former paid liar. Advisor/ghostwriter to Japan PMs Abe, Suga and Kishida, speechwriter for Tokyo Gov. Koike. Still deciding whether I’m retired or just a bum. Born🇺🇸, living🇯🇵, trying to speak🇫🇷🇸🇪🏴. Have the same name pretty much everywhere. He/him
@fernandogros.com
Writer - memoir, essay, and non-fiction Lived in 🇨🇱🇦🇺🇬🇧🇮🇳🇭🇰🇸🇬🇯🇵 Worked in academia and music https://fernandogros.com/blog/ Made in Chile, grown in Australia, polished in Japan
@jkjtdp.bsky.social
@ The Japan Times | Avid reader of press, media maniac & all-round supporter of journalism | views my own unless otherwise stated https://www.japantimes.co.jp/ | https://bsky.app/profile/japantimes.co.jp Our newsletters: www.japantimes.co.jp/email-newsle.
@multicore.blog
proprietor of www.multicore.blog editor at @japantimes.co.jp in tokyo formerly @theverge.com and @reuters.com dad of pascal the shiba
@markthompson.japantimes.co.jp
Managing editor @ The Japan Times https://japantimes.co.jp Usual disclaimers Long-term Tokyoite
@alexktmartin.bsky.social
Journalist/ジャーナリスト 🐺 Feature writer at The Japan Times. Previously Tokyo correspondent at The Wall Street Journal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/author/219/alex-kt-martin/
@wheatfu.bsky.social
Novelist 🪞 MASQUERADE (Tin House) Translator 🏜️ STORIES OF THE SAHARA by Sanmao (Bloomsbury) Editor 👨🏻💻 The Japan Times mikefu.me
@yukozama.bsky.social
I run elsewhere music label, work for Erstwhile Records & Gravity Wave. designer, translator. classical music & beyond. cooking, baking, audio, Mac. NJ, USA. Our labels only release CDs/digital but I love vinyl. Label website: http://elsewheremusic.net
@davesegal.bsky.social
Contributor to The Wire, Pitchfork, The Stranger, SPIN, Discogs / world-unfamous DJ Veins / Made in Detroit https://www.discogs.com/seller/veins/profile
@pmargasak.bsky.social
Listening, writing, and sharing—writing for Bandcamp Daily, the Wire, Chamber Music Magazine and petermargasak.substack.com. Sharing with frequencyfestival-chicago.com
@matanaroberts.bsky.social
i make records and art, love books, and the outdoors… short list: #neurodivergentadulting #nonbinary #theythem #artssky #musicsky #bookssky #blacksky citizen of the world... we talk "arts" over here and world building...