Japan Interests Starter Pack I
Starter Pack of accounts with information about Japan in English (everything from current affairs to pop culture to fashion to personal updates). If you'd like to be added to (or removed from) this list, get in touch.
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@minkasociety.bsky.social
Minka Preservation Society (Minka): They Built It, We Preserve It Minka is a dynamic, community-focused organization dedicated to safeguarding Japan’s built-heritage https://www.minkasociety.com/
@lundman.net
Unix engineer, kernel dev for ZFS. Consumes all SciFi. Making Tokyo a little more Swedish, married to a kiwi. Forced Celiacs "enthusiast", father of two.
@liamwong.com
☔️ Director, Game Developer & Photographer in Tokyo 🏴🇯🇵 💜 Author: TO:KY:OO & AFTER DARK 👾 Visual Director, ▧ UNSEEN, Prev:Art Director, Ubisoft MTL 💌 hello@liamwong.com ☔️ linktr.ee/liamwong
@heyitssharla.bsky.social
📍living in tokyo japan travel ideas + daily life 🇯🇵✨ 🚃 my japan vlogs: youtube.com/sharlainjapan 💌 my stationery shop: nekonekopost.com/shop 🏡 my tokyo airbnb: https://www.nekonekostays.com/en/neko-neko-home
@nccjapaninfo.bsky.social
Your guide to Japanese library and information resources. 📚💻 http://nccjapan.org/
@va-liminal.bsky.social
Architect • Artist • Photographer #LIMINAL | subliminal | sublime photography by VERL ADAMS my main account👇 @verladams.bsky.social my other explorations👇 @va-sublime.bsky.social @va-subliminal.bsky.social
@japanfilmtitles.bsky.social
Celebrating Japan’s dedication to wrecking (& occasionally improving) perfectly good titles from film, television, and more. このアカウントは、日本が映画タイトルを面白おかしく（時にはうまく）台無しにすることへの情熱を称えています。 We all agreed on what to do with Nazis 80 years ago.
@pathfinderjapan.bsky.social
🌸 We've done the research, so you don't have to! Discover our revolutionary "Blank Canvas Escape" tours (https://pathfinderjapan.com/Blank-Canvas), 2000+ vetted activities, 20+ operators, & hundreds of guides. Contact us: www.pathfinderjapan.com
@norbertwoehnl.com
🇩🇪 born in Graz 🇦🇹, reside & work in Tokyo 🇯🇵. 📍Photographer (Film & Digital) 📍Coffee/Café Lover 📍Classic Movie Buff 📍Photo Book & Fountain Pen Collector 📍Apprentice Drummer 📍Alcohol Ink Art Novice 📍Data Architect NFT/AI 🚫 https://www.norbertwoehnl.com
@shintobuddhajourney.com
📍 Imabari City, Ehime, Japan 📷 instagram.com/shintobuddhajourney 🌐 shintobuddhajourney.com/ #Shinto #Buddha #Japan
@arudoudebito.bsky.social
Author (Embedded Racism 2nd Ed. 2022, Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants and Immigrants to Japan, Japanese Only); columnist (SNA/Japan Times); human rights advocate, scholar, researcher, university Lecturer Faculty. Website www.debito.org
@rockyswift.bsky.social
Reuters correspondent. Ex State Dept., Bloomberg News. Economics, FX and pro wrestling enthusiast. Opinions own. @swiftrocky on Twitter https://www.reuters.com/authors/rocky-swift/
@romancing-japan.bsky.social
My name is James Saunders-Wyndham - teacher/web developer/content creator. I'm a long-time resident of Kyoto, Japan. I'm the founder and content creator of Romancing Japan. Join me in exploring life in Japan. https://www.romancing-japan.com/ #japan
@keitaigoddess.bsky.social
🇦🇺🇯🇵🇬🇧 Tokyo Family Stays CEO and still an Aussie girl living in Tokyo since forever. Now with yummy hubby and deliciously cheeky tween. Still loving my keitais and STR. Www.tokyofamilystays.com
@scriptingjapan.bsky.social
Chair of Languages & Cultures @ Macquarie University. Sociolinguist of Japanese. Lingua Brutallica co-host. Studies Japanese script, media, language, and metal. 日本語の文字やメタル や翻訳を研究する社会言語学者. He/Him. https://wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com
@japanbeertimes.bsky.social
日本のクラフトビアマガジン (日英バイリンガル) The beer magazine of Japan (est. 2009), published quarterly + bilingually in print & digital versions. We ship subscriptions worldwide! https://japanbeertimes.com/magazines
@kuramasuben.bsky.social
Associate professor at Aichi Prefectural University. Historian. Municipal mergers in modern Japan and more. 愛知県立大学日本文化学部准教授。専門は日本近現代史です。 https://researchmap.jp/Kurama83?lang=en
@beertengoku.com
The biggest independent guide to Japanese craft beer, bars, and interviews. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/beertengoku
@thebeanpod.bsky.social
@kml.muninn.net
Historian of modern East Asia he/him; Lecturer at University of St Andrews; From Stavanger, Norway Live in Edinburgh, Scotland. 林蜀道 https://muninn.net
@billadler.bsky.social
I'm an American writer living in Japan. I publish short stories on Substack at billadler.substack.com. I'm a pilot, ramen lover, watch collector, coffee drinker, voracious reader, bicycler, and cat person.
@where-in-tokyo.bsky.social
Fun things to do in the big city, with an emphasis on contemporary arts, quirky museums, architecture, pop culture, graphic design and stuff for kids. WhereInTokyo.com.
@bento-com.bsky.social
Restaurant guide Bento.com and craft beer bar guide BeerBarsJapan.com. Places to eat and drink in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Kyoto and the rest of Japan.
@robb-in-tokyo.bsky.social
Editor of Bento.com restaurant guide and WhereInTokyo.com. Fan of spice curry, craft beers and quirky museums. Author of What's What in Japanese Restaurants (Kodansha). Software developer. Born in Morningside Heights, NYC; now in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.
@ijnhistory.bsky.social
Documenting the history of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1868-1945.
@markscogan.bsky.social
- Associate Professor of Peace & Conflict Studies at Kansai Gaidai University - Senior Associated Research Fellow at @isdp-sweden.bsky.social - Former #UN in SE Asia, Africa, Middle East - #Lakers 🏀, #Yankees ⚾️, #ManCity ⚽️ www.markscogan.com
@japonicapub.bsky.social
Daily articles about #Japan: Our diverse writers share their insights on Japanese business, history, travel, and beyond. Follow us on Medium! #JapaneseCulture #JLPT #日本語
@yutranslates.bsky.social
Cultural journalist, language nerd, mom, and knitter based in Tokyo. Bylines: The Japan Times, Lonely Planet, CNBC and more. EiC of JaponicaPub. Views my own. https://t.co/vAYSXQfxal
@kamifirumu.bsky.social
The Japanese Paper Film Project preserves 1930s Japanese paper films (紙フィルム or "kami firumu") and promotes research into these rare movies. kamifirumu.scholar.bucknell.edu
@oldtokyo.bsky.social
OldTokyo.com is an online collection and gallery of vintage Japanese postcards displayed with respective historical detail, 1895-1970. Thank you for "liking"! Be sure to "repost", too!
@mattnid.bsky.social
he/him. Black Lives Matter. Pocari Sweat Hypeman. N1. Goalie. Antifascist. I speak lots of languages. 📍埼玉県 川から海まで🇵🇸
@crabspromenade.bsky.social
Hi, I'm a #crab seeker posting photos and videos of #crabs 🦀 趣味はカニ探しと飼育。#カニ の写真・動画を定期発信します！ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/crabspromenade/ YouTube https://youtube.com/@crabspromenade
@amelieintokyo.bsky.social
Fr・En・日本語⎪Study Program Manager @GPlusmedia | @GaijinPot @SavvyTokyo @JapanToday | Freelance web writer on the side | IG : amelieintokyo 💫 | Feel free to pop Qs about studying in Japan 🇯🇵
@powderbum75.bsky.social
Vermont. Queens. Westhampton Beach. London. Hangzhou. Tokyo. Nikko. And others receiving votes. Living a life with warning track power. Sharing moments in Koenji and Nikko. In Japan. But not an On Japan account.
@otakunews.com
Otaku News - News for Fans of Japan. Anime, manga and more. #Anime #Manga #Otaku https://www.otakunews.com
@brianbergstrom.bsky.social
Lecturer & Literary Translator JPN -> ENG March 2025: UNUSUAL FRAGMENTS July 2025: DILEMMAS OF WORKING WOMEN by Fumio Yamamoto Spring 2026: CAPITAL FROM ZERO by Kōhei Saitō Tarte 🥧 and Butt 🌈 Enthusiast (à Montréal) IG: instagram.com/asa_no_burei
@katch.bsky.social
🇯🇵→🇺🇸 Game Translator & Editor; Writer (he/him) 和米ゲーム翻訳家・編集者 Some game series I've worked on: The Rumble Fish, Gundam, Romancing Saga, Dragon Ball, Final Fantasy, Phantasy Star, Captain Tsubasa, Phantom of the Kill, Sword Art Online
@surudenise.bsky.social
Artist, Photographer, Game Dev living in Tokyo 🇯🇵 PR Manager @ UNSEEN 💌 me@surudenise.com Daily Japan life: http://instagram.com/surudenise Shop, wallpapers & more: surudenise.com/links
@zaichishka.bsky.social
Welsh-Kiwi Japanese translator, chanoyu practitioner & host to a timeshare cat. Memorial Device ANT
@casperwits.bsky.social
Lecturer in East Asian Studies, Leiden University International history&Geopolitics: China🇨🇳|Japan🇯🇵|Taiwan 🇹🇼|EU🇪🇺 @geopolitieknu.bsky.social
@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
@philipbrasor.bsky.social
Japan media watcher, blogger of Japanese housing philipbrasor.com catforehead.com
@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。
@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.
@mutantfrog.bsky.social
Owner of dormant blog 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.
@retirejapan.com
Personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan. Helping people learn and improve their financial situation since 2013. More at RetireJapan.com
@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
@fotomat.bsky.social
American photographer in Japan. Hoping to bring a little light to the darkness. All photos are my own.
@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。
@micheypeckitt.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD via Hull Uni. Runs the news blog ‘Barrier Free Japan’ about disability in Japan. Email: micheypeckitt@gmail.com
@madformaple.bsky.social
Canuck 🇨🇦 living in Asia. Podcaster 🎙️ Supernatural Japan Podcast 👺 - inquiry education, travel, doodles/cartoons, photography 🇯🇵 Currently based in Malaysia 🇲🇾, soon China 🇨🇳!
@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.
@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. michelle.lee@washpost.com
@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
@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
@hokkaidomarket.bsky.social
Used English Bookshop in Hokkaido Japan. https://hokkaidomarket.net
@markthompson.japantimes.co.jp
Managing editor @ The Japan Times https://japantimes.co.jp Usual disclaimers Long-term Tokyoite
@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
@japanonfilm.com
Hosted by @percivalconstantine.com, Japan On Film is a podcast devoted to Japanese cinema! Member of @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social. Promo DMs = block/report. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes and guest info at: japanonfilm.com
@astanley711.bsky.social
Historian of Japan. Loves dogs. Famous 女史, notorious enemy of all sexual relations.
@aishiterutokyo.bsky.social
Sports journo 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
@kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social
That chick obsessed with Shinto and #torii gates. ⛩️🔍🗺️ Anthropologist of (Japanese) religion, digital tech, media & pop culture | Lecturer & Assoc. Editor @ Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture | YouTuber @ Eat Pray Anime | Cultural consultant
@mondomascots.bsky.social
My hobby is taking pictures of fun and weird Japanese mascots.
@jamesdjbrown.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, Temple University Japan. My research focuses on Japan-Russia relations.
@msteinbrg.bsky.social
Platforms (digital & not), animation, convenience stores in Japan and Asia. Super apps! Prof at Concordia University. Director of The Platform Lab. Books: In/Convenience (http://bit.ly/3Vcs4m4); The Platform Economy; Anime's Media Mix.
@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
@asianstudies.org
The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) is dedicated to the advancement of the field of Asian Studies through international exchange, networking, publications, research support, and career development.
@elkazu.bsky.social
ECR Japanese art historian. In Singapore. Postwar Painting, Nihonga. Tanaka Isson and Amami Oshima. Lectures at National University of Singapore and University of the Arts (Singapore). Also sharing posts on Japanese art and culture events, in SG.
@andrewcampana.bsky.social
Assistant professor of Japanese literature and media at Cornell. Poetry, video games, and disability. Expanding Verse: Japanese Poetry at the Edge of Media out now in open access from UC Press! コーネル大学の日本文学とメディアの助教授。詩とか、ゲーム、障害学。詩人と翻訳者。
@hayleylscanlon.bsky.social
Japanese & East Asian cinema specialist. Writer for hire. Japanese to English translation & subtitling https://windowsonworlds.com/ 한국어도 공부하고 있어요!
@hedahlbergdodd.bsky.social
Sociocultural linguist and digital/popular media studies human | 📍UTokyo/Temple | 社会文化言語学・デジタル社会・メディア表象・役割語/キャラクター言語 | J-E translation 日英翻訳 | they/she | (発言は個人の見解です)
@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
@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
@apjjf.bsky.social
In-depth critical analysis of the forces that shape the Asia-Pacific and the world. Edited by Tristan R. Grunow (Nagoya University) and Mary M. McCarthy (Drake University). Find us at: https://apjjf.org/.
@suika.bsky.social
Researcher specialising in Japanese LGBTQ+ politics. I post about Japan, poetry, politics, LGBTQ topics, DnD & more. 🏳️⚧️ 研究者。短歌大好き。元早稲ギャル
@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。
@noahoskow.bsky.social
JPN translator, Global Studies MA, former JET. 10年間以上日本に滞在。Minnesotaיהודי מ. 🇺🇸🇯🇵🇩🇪🇦🇹 Ghibli stan. EiC/writer at Unseen Japan, head of UJ Tours. Writing/making videos on intercultural meeting points and lesser-known historical junctures in Japan.
@mrjeffu.bsky.social
PhD. Lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies. I research Japan's Politics/Nationalist Activism/History Disputes/Pop Culture. Shares/Likes ≠ endorsements. https://linktr.ee/jeffreyjhall
@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.
@natsumihayashi.bsky.social
Instructor of Japanese at higher education. Pedagogy, Japanese language, literature, traditional performing arts, pop culture, Japanese American History. She/Her
@calebscarter.bsky.social
Teaching Japanese religions at Kyushu Uni, current Harvard-Yenching visiting scholar, thinking about religiosity and mountains, modernity, sacred graffiti. Casual climber and banjo noodler.
@jay.unseenjapan.com
Journalist @unseenjapan.com. Based in Tokyo. Former Seattleite. 英語・日本語両方で呟く垢。 https://linktr.ee/unseenjapan
@readjapaneselit.bsky.social
a podcast about Japanese fiction + some of its best works | posting updates on new Japanese fiction | apologies for the typos | blocking new follows that look like bots | DON’T buy or read AI translations | all stories are political
@jimrion.com
Author of Discovering Yamaguchi Sake, translator of Japanese mystery/horror, bird picture taker. Living in Japan, writing in English. Co-host of Sake Deep Dive podcast. 英訳者：「悪魔がきたれて、笛をふく」「変な家」「変な絵」等等 執筆者：「Discovering Yamaguchi Sake」 20周年日本在中 山口県万歳🙌
@newsfromnihon.bsky.social
Japanese cinema (especially horror), Japanese popular culture. Book: Circulating Fear. Film reviews at eigafile.com, CV at lindsaynelson.jp. she/her
@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.
@luismendo.com
Artist and author. Draw and write from a tiny studio 🇯🇵 www.luismendo.com/links
@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
@aizuyabanjin.bsky.social
pottering about, growing stuff, cooking stuff, taking photos of stuff, underachieving, trying not to be a grumpy old man
@hiromunagahara.bsky.social
MIT historian of Modern Japan MIT教員・近代日本史 https://history.mit.edu/people/hiromu-nagahara/ Currently researching: cultural history of diplomacy, Japanese Anglophones and Anglophiles City-walker and photo-taker
@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
@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
@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
@kreweofjapan.bsky.social
🎌 Audio journeys through Japanese culture ⛩ Pop-Culture | Travel | History | Food | Language | Guest Interviews🎙Sponsored by Japan Society of New Orleans 👇SUBSCRIBE + MORE👇 https://linktr.ee/kojpodcast
@therealjapan.bsky.social
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