Chit Shat From Japan
This is an ongoing, updated list of my pictures and essays on Japanese culture and food. Most links are to Ello since I love how the platform lets you tell a story back and forth in images and words. All posts are public and should be visible to anyone, even those without an account.
(A chit, by the way, is a brief official note, memorandum, or voucher.)
General Culture:
The Identity Politics of Fandom From Afar (or, Japan Isn’t It’s Pop Culture)
Asakusa Night Photography: Part 1; Part 2
Popular Japanese TV Persona Matsuko Deluxe, cross dresser
Notes on the Japanese Aesthetic: Wabi Sabi; Kintsugi
Shunga (Traditional Erotic Art): Main post; Addendum
Thoughts on Cake After a Month in Japan
Sasebo, Japan (A Letter from my Grandfather, December 4th, 1945)
A Note About Cultural Difference in Intimacy
Nissin’s CUPNOODLES Museum; Addendum 1; Addendum 2 (Orine and Me)
Tokyo Exists in Three Dimensions
Photobook:
Kamakura 1; Kamakura 2; Kamakura 3; Kamakura 4
A Stroll Along the Kanda River
Japanese Food:
Home Cooking: Dinner 1; Dinner 2; Dinner 3;
Natto! (Fermented Soybeans)
