🌇 ⚡ 🚋 "It’s been 125 years since an English-origin Mayor supervised the transition of Rīga’s tramways making the electric tram networks in the Latvian capital one of the oldest in Europe... & the largest in the Baltic States" by Vickey Maverick 🚦 medium.com/found-worlds... #travel #history #Riga

💥 💬 👁️ Japan’s #Manga Industry Is One of the World’s Last True Meritocracies Where Women Thrive "No hiring committee. No résumé screen. No gender quota ... No academic credential. You submit your work. If readers love it, you keep going..." by Kazuki Yamamoto (山本航暉) ✒️ medium.com/found-worlds...

😪 ♨️ 🎎 💁‍♀️ 🍢 it's #WorldEmojiDay #Japanese Characters that Became a Global Language @yuriminamide.bsky.social explores the origin of emojis & looks at a few that are often misunderstood 🛋️ medium.com/signifier/em...

💕 🧸 🐰 Nui-katsu #ぬい活 - trend in which #Japanese adults take our soft toys with us & photograph them in cafés & at travel destinations. @yuriminamide.bsky.social explores the history & background & explains, "they are ourselves, our friends, & our idols..." 🎀 medium.com/found-worlds... #kawaii

STILFOLD creates industrial origami from sheet metal "A straight fold simply changes direction. A curved fold changes the physics — it places the metal into a balanced state of tension & compression, so the geometry carries the load instead of the mass" www.designboom.com/design/stilf... #design

🎤 🤼‍♀️ 🎵 'The Power of Black Music: A Measured Discussion about the India Arie & Yung Miami Situation' When both sides are right… & wrong, The instinct is to pick sides & attack. LGWare, The Black Lens, ask us "Why?" 🎶 medium.com/found-worlds... #music #rap #gender

🚲 🏔️ 🚵‍♀️ "With Tour de France 2026 underway ... possibly an apt time to look back at events in Rimini & narrate the story of the missing statue... of Marco Pantani, popularly known as 'Il Pirata' - winner in 1998." 'Riminiscing [sic] About the Pirate' by Vickey Maverick 🚴‍♂️ medium.com/found-worlds...

For those dudes upset with Christopher Nolan's casting...I’d like you to meet Sean Connery as a Japanese fisherman in 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒆 (1967)

🩹 ⚕️ 🩺 "I was told, to my face, that going pro was impossible. 10 million copies later, here’s what actually decided it." My name is Kazuki Yamamoto. I drew 'God Hand Teru', a medical #manga serialised for over 10 years in 'Weekly Shonen Magazine' ✒️ medium.com/found-worlds... #イラスト #illustration

💥👁️‍🗨️⚡ 'The Methods I Used to Survive 10 Years of Weekly Deadlines' by #Japanese #manga #artist Kazuki Yamamoto (山本航暉） "...by the time the final chapter ran, I had drawn over 10,000 pages across 62 volumes — every single one of them in ink, by hand." 📚 medium.com/found-worlds... #イラスト #illustration

🏚️ 🩸 🏛️ 'When Brit Art was the ‘It’ Art' @remydean.bsky.social remembers when, suddenly, in the final decade of the C20th, #art in Britain became vitally important again & considers a few high-profile pieces that became emblematic of the movement 🦈 medium.com/signifier/wh... #ArtHistory #culture

The covers of the novels I’m reading this month just happen to form a yellow gradient💛 #literature

🥖 🌄 ☕ 'Looking for Oxygen in a Land of Postcards: A Manifesto on Reclaiming Yourself Through Travel' What a soul-shifting trip to #France taught me about the difference between traveling for leisure & traveling for my life by Abigail Carlysle: 🥐 medium.com/found-worlds... #travel

#art + #folklore + #dogs Titan & Mary were among the first batch of Cicorc I made. They were 'discovered' as part of a residency more than 10 years ago... 🐕 medium.com/@remydean/ci...

🌏 🦘 ☁️ "Illuminate Adelaide is not a #festival in the conventional sense... no stages, no schedules to navigate, no wristbands. It is, more precisely, a transformation of the city itself into a medium" 'A Weekend Chasing Light & #Art in #Adelaide' by Swainson🏮 medium.com/found-worlds... #travel

#RemyReviews 2 classics from #Japan released OTD my #movie #reviews @framerated.co.uk Tai Katô's 'The Tale of Oiwa’s Ghost' (1961) • 65 years old 🏮 medium.com/framerated/t... Tokuzô Tanaka's 'The Betrayal' (1966) • 60 years old ⚔️ medium.com/framerated/t... #Japanese #horror #cinema #history

🎤 🎭 👘 RIP Akihiro Miwa, the iridescent beauty who shaped Yukio Mishima @yuriminamide.bsky.social explores why he had such a huge impact on Japanese culture & how his ultimate strength also forged #Japanese identify in the post-war era... 🎙️ medium.com/found-worlds... #Japan #history #art #music

👁️‍🗨️ 🦓 👀 'Op or Pop? What’s the Difference?' "...both offer a non-elitist primary experience of #art ... with an immediate pay-off." @remydean.bsky.social explores how Bridget Riley plays with perception to make us see things that aren’t really there 🏁 medium.com/signifier/op... #fashion #design

Black Boy Boundaries: The Impact of Respect Culture & Masculinity "...not claiming that Black boys have different boundaries than white boys; she is saying that Black boys *have* boundaries too..." L G Ware takes another look at Karmelo Anthony & violence in America 🗽 medium.com/found-worlds...

...if you watch #Japanese dramas you'll notice how coded the use of names can be - here's a useful article that helps toward a clearer understanding of those conventions & how they change according to circumstances...

🗾 🌊 🌾 'The Southern Shore that is in the North' "There is a song on Hatoma... It begins with islanders climbing the central hill of the island & looking out over the sea from the top" Hiroshi Sato sings of a time when the sea joined us & the land kept us apart... 🏝️ medium.com/found-worlds...

🥪 #ThisThatAndTheOther #WebNovel Chapter 17 published today! “...a voice that sounded like a gale in the treetops & all the birdsong of the dawn chorus rolled into a few syllables from no language the girls could recognise ... at once both beautiful & terrifying.” 🍃 substack.com/@remydean/p-...

‘Infinitize Imagination!’ Osaka #art & #design 2026 transformed the city’s streets, galleries & industrial landmarks into an exciting & expansive creative trail DesignBoom event review 😺 www.designboom.com/art/osaka-ar...

💮 🌸 🌺 Hana Chōzu: Our new favourite healing floral #art the pandemic left #Japan with that has made shrines & temples even more delightful "At the heart of it all was their wish to put a smile on visitors’ faces..." by @yuriminamide.bsky.social ⛩️ medium.com/found-worlds...

#RemyReviews 'The Boxer' (1977) "...the fighters become pared-back symbols of the self & 'the other' trying to define themselves..." my #movie #review of Shūji Terayama's poetic study in punishing brutality - new #Bluray @filmsradiance.bsky.social @framerated.co.uk 🥊 medium.com/framerated/t...

Long before curry became a national staple via the British Navy, foreign sailors were bringing clay jars of turmeric and cardamom onto Dejima as medicinal tonics. Nagasaki's modern spice scene still carries that independent, maritime spirit. open.substack.com/pub/nagasaki...

& for me 'For the Sake of the Sky' is a perfect deeply emotive follow-on + beautiful #anime MV paired like innocence & experience (not saying which is which) 🩵 #HatsuneMiku x Tota Kasamura🌻 ☂️ #傘村トータ x #初音ミク 🌞 #マジカルミライ Magical Mirai 2026 Theme 「空に免じてって」🎶 youtu.be/m8PbMlflLPM?... #JPop #music

🛢️ 🚢 🗺️ Nevertheless, a #Japanese Oil Tanker Arrived in #Iran @yuriminamide.bsky.social tells the interesting / inspiring tale of how a #Japanese businessman broke through a British naval blockade at the Strait of Hormuz — In 1953: 🌊 medium.com/found-worlds... #history #Japan

#RemyReviews 'Madhouse' (1974) "A macabre murder mystery fusing Gothic #horror & stalk'n'slash suspense starring Vincent Price & Peter Cushing should be a classic?" my #movie #review of this flawed but frightfully fun nostalgia trip, new on #Bluray @framerated.co.uk 💀 medium.com/framerated/m...

not only have they sustained consistent quality for more than 2 decades, they're still solid RAD live RADWIMPS 賜物 💝 clip from forthcoming anniversary concert airing @netflix.com this weekend (20 June) 🎶 youtu.be/sQOqgRtnRXg?... #JPop #music

🦉 🏙️ 🌅 Be a Night Owl or an Early Bird: Tokyo Summer Events to Enjoy & Escape the Heat Shibuya nights, ‘Miko Dance’ at Asakusa Shrine, Asa Katsu activities, shady gardens, tea ceremony discover another side of #Tokyo with @yuriminamide.bsky.social 🏯 medium.com/found-worlds... #travel #Japan

📍 ⛲ 🖋️ What Is James Joyce Doing in Leopold Bloom’s Place of Birth? "Bloomsday (16 June) is a commemoration of the life of Irish writer James Joyce & his acclaimed 1922 novel 'Ulysses'. The day is named after the novel's protagonist." 📚 medium.com/found-worlds... #literature #booksky #history

Thank you, #Paris, for hosting the Grand #Sumo Tournament! I travelled from London and thoroughly enjoyed this wonderful opportunity with a Japanese friend. I also had a lovely chat with the French people sitting next to me😊 #japan #tradition #culture

one week left to take up free subscriptions & qualify for significantly discounted subscription needed to read chapters publishing from #SummerSolstice⌛ #ThisThatAndTheOther #WebNovel "bursting at the seams with magic" read Part 1 as gift from me to you here 📚 threerealms.substack.com #booksky

🥬 🧑‍🍳 🍜 "Simple & Delicious: #Japanese Hot Pot Dish ‘Nabe’ - peeking into Tokyo’s authentic lifestyle through daily cooking with no strict rules, so you can customize the ingredients according to your preferences..." by Masa Yamada 🍲 medium.com/found-worlds... #food #foodsky

🖌️ 👘 🍶 Traditional #Japanese Crafts in the Heart of #Tokyo Here are three of the main themes that connected many of the crafts from the Japan Traditional Crafts Ginza Artisan’s Street (Ginza Meishoichi) by Clairine Daphne Tjahjono 🥣 medium.com/found-worlds... #tavel #art #design #fashion

👢 🆒 🧥 Cool Japanese Appliances the World Hasn’t Discovered Yet "...introducing four household appliances common in #Japan but rarely seen elsewhere. They are so good that I actually brought some of them to the UK..." by @yuriminamide.bsky.social 😺 medium.com/found-worlds...

🗾 ⛩️ 🩴 "The mikoshi 神輿, commonly translated as ‘portable shrine’, is a well-known part of traditional #Japanese culture. You may have seen it in films or anime. But have you ever wondered about its origins or how it has evolved over time?" by @yuriminamide.bsky.social ☀️ medium.com/found-worlds...

🖥️ 📺 🎮 'The Digital & the Divine' pioneering digital #artist Yucef Merhi "saw great potential in computer metalanguages & hypertext to bring people together as a global community" @remydean.bsky.social listens to the media of materials 🕹️ medium.com/signifier/th... #digital #art #retro #gaming

🌇 🌳📍 The most iconic landmark of the city of Leeuwarden was a magnificent mistake: "Shortly after construction commenced the structure began to sink. Planners failed to take into consideration the swampy terrain that defines Frisia." by Vickey Maverick 📐 medium.com/found-worlds... #travel #history

👩‍🏭 🧑‍💼 👨‍👩‍👧 We Japanese Are Always Role-Playing in Society "...by switching multiple roles, we're less likely to be cornered into thinking 'I’m a complete failure'. Our actions in one place do not define us as a whole." by @yuriminamide.bsky.social 💐 medium.com/found-worlds... #Japan #culture

'British Landscapes: A Sense of Place' at Pallant House till end of October - pallant.org.uk/whats-on/bri... - "works by 60+ artists, reveal landscape as a powerful expression of memory, identity & emotion" @uk.theconversation.com 🌄 theconversation.com/british-land... youtu.be/-uFRJ5nu8rE?...

🎭 👘 💮 'Gender & Kabuki. The Night I Lost Words for a Man’s Beauty' "I am a man. The person in front of me was also a man yet I found him beautiful - beautiful in the way I might describe a woman ... a question about what 'femininity' even means..." by Hiro Usui 🪭 medium.com/found-worlds...

"Sakura have been cherished by the #Japanese since the C9th... that affection has taken root among many people around the world" Our Sakura Are Disappearing. But We Won’t Let That Happen - learn how you may help... by @yuriminamide.bsky.social 🌸 medium.com/found-worlds... #travel #art #craft

🫓 🍛 🥣 "Like any other Bengali household, the spread on the table seemed endless, but what particularly caught my attention was a bowl of pale yellow, translucent condiment garnished with cashews & raisins..." (clue: it's not plastic) by Riya Das 🥗 medium.com/found-worlds... #food

I do recommend "Toruko Raisu" (meaning Turkish Rice, but _never_ connected to Turkey) for first-time visitor to #Nagasaki. The “Adult’s Kid’s Meal”: Unraveling the Delicious Chaos of Nagasaki’s Toruko Raisu open.substack.com/pub/nagasaki...

#RemyReviews 🌄 'Legend of the Mountain' (1979) "...a cinematic experiment to be applauded - director King Hu trusts the tenacity of his audience to engage with a story that takes vast liberties with concepts of Time & Space..." my #movie #review @framerated.co.uk🎞️ 🪈 medium.com/framerated/l...

🥘 ⚓ 🌲 bloody past, progressive present... hopeful future? "Nantes is a port city in #France, along the River Loire. I’ll share 5 reasons why I found this place ‘extraordinary’. I hope you’ll enjoy this short city tour with me." by @yuriminamide.bsky.social 🐘 medium.com/found-worlds... #travel

weekend viewing highlights: 'Spy X Family'📺 wonderfully quirky & unpredictable S.3 'Spider Noir'🕷️ loved 1st episodes (in Authentic mode) #KyaryPamyuPamyu💗 on THE FIRST TAKE ongoing 'Onegai My Melody'🐰 inventive #kawaii & genuinely hilarious (even enjoyed a sports-themed story featuring a clown)🪄

🌱 ⚠️ 💥 "I can’t say that the rat is my favourite rodent in the world, but I recently had an experience that changed the way I look upon rats, which I would like to share with you here..." by Kevin Bottomley 🐀 medium.com/found-worlds...