Tokyo this weekend:
@footnotesman
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
Tokyo this weekend:
One overlooked story in Japan’s election: the hyper-technocratic new party Team Mirai, led by AI engineer made gains. It backs digital transparency, innovation, and tech-driven bureaucracy-an emerging alternative to the xenophobic turn. www.chosun.com/english/worl...
Tokyo this weekend:
Tokyo Humanities Café 25 will take place on Friday, 6 March 2026 at 7 pm at ImpactHub Tokyo Meguro (hubtokyo.com). Join us for talks on topics Jane Austen, Poetry, the Opening of Japan and Japanese statues: www.tokyohumanities.org
彼女は、満員電車で今にも性的嫌がらせをしてきそうな年配の女性に見える。She looks like an old lady who is about to sexually harass you on a crowded subway train.
Tokyo this weekend:
Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.
Ilhan Omar: “He was saved by security”
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Tokyo this weekend:
Thank you to Richard Evanoff, Patrick Galbraith, Chelsea Szendi Schieder, and Megha Wadhwa at Tokyo Humanities Café #24! Next THC is 6 March Impact Hub Tokyo featuring Professor Ros Ballaster on Jane Austen (details soon).
Tokyo this weekend:
Please come to Tokyo Humanities Café 24 for a series of engaging, 15-minute accessible talks from top experts on topics including Indian food in Tokyo, otaku, transculturalism, and graphic novels.
I find conference organising super stressful, but it is a chance to imagine the field in ways that interest you.
I'm very proud of the programme we have for our joint Romantic Studies Association of Australasia / David Nichol Smith seminar - you can see it here www.wgtn.ac.nz/fhss/about/e...
The protuberance is not a stomach:
1819 monument to console the spirits of insects that had been used as models for “Chuchijo”, a sketchbook by Sessai Mashiyama, lord of Ise.
Thanks to our wonderful speakers - Ian Haywood, Mayu Koike, Taylor Mignon, and Mariko Nagai - for their wonderful presentations at Tokyo Humanities Cafe 23. We will be back in a few months!
Great interview and interesting to find out Eno loves London Review of Books! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfYY...
Please come to the Meiji-Edinburgh Frankenstein Symposium Saturday 18 October 2025. For details, please see poster and www.alexwatson.info/frankenstein....
明治―エディンバラ・フランケンシュタイン・シンポジウム
2025年10月18日(土)に開催いたします。
詳細につきましては、ポスターおよび以下のサイトをご覧ください:
www.alexwatson.info/frankenstein...
15-min talks on Hokusai & British art, forgotten lives, online love & visual poetry!
Join us for Tokyo Humanities Café 23 – Fri 24 Oct 2025, 19:30-21:15 @ Ryozan Park Lounge (Sugamo): www.tokyohumanities.org.
Nice hike in Tsukuba:
Togoshi Hachiman shrine matsuri:
Family friendly photos from the Kabukicho Shunga and national art centre exhibitions:
#books are awesome.
Fascinating exhibitions today:
Finally got round to hiking up Fuji-san:
#WeWillNotTolerateASocietyWhereDisinformationAndDiscriminationSpread
Street Rally
Friday, August 1
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Shinjuku Station Southeast Exit Plaza
Speakers:
Keiko Ota / Sumiko Hatakeyama / Shoichi Ibusuki / Sayaka Oki / Yutori Takai (invited)
+ Members of Parliament
I hiked in the rain 11 km each way to see this tree “Jomon Sugi” in Yakushima Japan. It is estimated to be between 2170 and 7200 years old.
Please see: www.tokyohumanities.org/about.html