

Island blogging encounters
These amazing group of young people has singlehandedly put the Amami islands in the blogosphere. Kojiro Fukada felt the need to fill in...
Aug 29, 2017


Island radio encounters
Doing research in the Amami islands is such a delight! I have met some lovely people, all happy to share their experiences. Yesterday I...
Aug 9, 2017


Island Magazine Encounters:
I met this most amazing person yesterday here at Amami Oshima as part of my research. Yuriko Hamade is the editor and producer of Horizon...
Aug 8, 2017

A migrant's dignity
“Kiria (ma’am), do you need a mobile case? I have some very nice ones and very cheap, just five euros for you.” The red long rabbit’s...
Jul 5, 2017

Echoes of the Sino-Japanese war...
I found myself locked out of my apartment the morning after I arrived in Tokyo to take up a lecturing position at a local university....
Jun 15, 2017


Questions of identity
As any person with an accent would tell you, the much-repeated question about one's provenance can be utterly irritating and boringly...
Jan 5, 2017