Made a really long video about Japanese vulgarity for some stupid f***ing reason youtu.be/GcjbwkBQeO8?...

It's finally happening. I'M DOING A PARTNER PUSH!!! Lurks, raids, spreading the word - all of it will be SO appreciated!! I've was rejected from Twitch Partner last year. With a bit of help, we might finally get that badge 🧡 #vtuber #envtuber #twitch

A great lecture and, also, a good introduction to the idea that what people call "bushido" today is in fact a pretty recent (19th century) notion. More about that in Prof. Benesch's book! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Live soon for some Q&A! I'll answer your psychology questions!! 🟠 www.twitch.tv/psydere #scicomm #psychology #vtuber

Once a year, Japan’s many gods hold an annual conference – the Kamihakari (神議り) – to discuss matters such as agriculture and marriage. Their gathering place? Izumo Taisha in Shimane Prefecture. Here's why you ought to go see it for yourself.

Is this the best translation of キラキラネーム ever?!

Ever wanted to see a MASSIVE piece of animation history? (Literal and figurative!) See more in our tour of Nippon Animation's studio youtu.be/YVNySLcSk3Q

Does a cat have a Buddha nature? Mu.

Thanks to those who viewed my stream tonight! Still early days, as my failure to successfully play a game on stream showed, but the only way is forward. 😀

Live now! twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #twitch #japanesehistory #retrogames

Less than 2 hours from now (8 PM EST)! twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #twitch #japanesehistory #retrogames

If you're preparing to teach some complex or potentially sensitive topics, or just find it useful to educate yourself, @jackiantonovich.bsky.social and I updated our open-access "No Offense? 😬" guide to help folks navigate some common issues in writing and discussion! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Tonight at 8 PM EST! I'm going to talk a bit about the Edo domain map I posted the other day. (Also some gaming) twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #twitch #japanesehistory #retrogames

This is payback for the million English loanwords in Japanese, isn't it?

In some slightly unorthodox Ainu-related news, the 2026 "Japan Fursuit Creators’ Competition" concluded last week, with the Artistry Award going to Hokkaido-based maker Subtra for a suit called Tukar (Ainu for seal) - a cat-seal hybrid featuring Ainu motifs. The rare ト゚ (tu) katakana even appears.

Where can you find outstanding historical maps of Japan? Revisit our #NCCSpotlight by Dr. Sonia Favion on @thejohnrylands.bsky.social collection (Manchester) to find world maps, provincial & regional maps, political maps, maps of spiritual sites, and more! 🗺️🗾 guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...

Meidi-ya on Roppongi Dori, which opened there in 1959, will close next month. It's one of those shops which everyone knows, and hardly anyone uses. That wasn't always the case. roppongi.keizai.biz/headline/5045/

Public service announcement: Kizuna Ai is not AI

More streaming! More yapping, some Edo history talk, and going to try playing a game on-stream for the first time! (Probably Mega Man?) 15 Jan 2025 (Thursday), 8 PM EST: twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #twitch #japanesehistory #retrogames

TIL that one of the words for "orange" in German is "die Apfelsine", or "Chinese apple." So, that's at least one country that compared apples to oranges.

Oxford noticed senpai

Jisho has long been an incredibly valuable website for learning Japanese - huge range of definitions, well sourced, and no ads. It's an honor that my silly little slang dictionary is now part of it. Can't wait for the full launch of the new version (plz bring back the dark background Kimtaro 🙏🙏🙏🥺🥺🥺)

There's a bypass entrance in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, that ends in a loopback if you miss the bypass turnoff. But instead of calling the road a "dead end" in English, it simply says "The End." This is currently amusing pretty much everyone on Japanese social media.

Mainichi has an English translation of the December article on how Tokyo handled its crow problem. mainichi.jp/english/arti...

I am humbled, completely!

Payment processing issues have caught about $240 of my Patreon income in limbo, just when bills are due. You can help close that gap via the links below. Your assistance in 2025 has been life changing and I know we can do it again. Thanks for your support! buff.ly/naqbWyD buff.ly/ZWFWlL5

That data is now under a CC0 license and in turn, I've put together a domain map based on that data, also under CC0. Hopefully this will be useful to someone!

Time for some actual Edo history on this Edo history VTuber account! In the Edo period, Japan was divided primarily between lands under direct shogunal rule and those under daimyo. These daimyo holdings are typically called "domains" in English, although the Japanese term can vary. #japanesehistory

And if you are a history account and have a cool history deep dive thread, @ me on it, both because I love that stuff and also because I love retweeting (or whatever we do in place of that word) that stuff.

Definitely going on the list!

Bonus for all Patrons - The Guide to Retro Anime, a 90 page preview of a book we've been working on for quite some time www.patreon.com/posts/147339...

This Tokyo subway poster warning passengers not to rush onto trains gets updated every year to match the Chinese zodiac. (This year it’s the year of the horse.)

You may be familiar with pine tree themes for the new year, but have you seen them like this? 🌅 Happy tidings for the New Year from NCC! Please enjoy this New Year’s Sun and Old Pine Tree (1800) by Itō Jakuchū. Held by @artsmia.bsky.social: collections.artsmia.org/art/118095/n...

Summary of art from 2025! I only wanted to use personal art so june ended up empty.. i tried working hard on my art this year and I'm quite happy, can't wait to draw and learn more in 2026 😤

Matsue is currently in the middle of a small tourism boom due to the current NHK morning drama, Bakebake, being a fictionalization of Yakumo Setsuko's life. There's Bakebake stuff *everywhere*.

2026 is the year I actually try to take coherent notes on all this Japanese history reading I've been doing the past several years.

Even when they do have cellphones, they bear-ly get reception.

A story about that time I almost liberated Lafcadio Hearn’s whiskey glass for a drink with his ghost: allabout-japan.com/en/article/1...

Hi, new Bluesky folks! I'm Hishi Setsuki, VTuber and Edo period history enthusiast. I'm still new at this Bluesky thing, too, and I hope you'll stick around! #vtuber #twitch #japanesehistory

Blusky algo is a bit different (in that it doesn’t push your posts so much), it’s good to interact regularly and join lists! You don’t get punished for retweeting Just block people acting in bad faith/manners

Thanks for coming out this evening! If you want to follow my VTuber journey: www.twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #twitch

Japan's Furusato Tax allows you to contribute to rural areas in return for tax credit and some kind of product. Many of Hokkaido's regions are offering Ainu crafts. In some towns like Biratori you can opt to contribute your tax directly to the promotion, preservation and development of Ainu culture.

Starting shortly! twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #twitch #japanesehistory

Some recent visitors asked about shelves full of シャンメリー(Chanmery) which prompts me to repeat an old thread. Chanmery is a carbonated soft drink, with a cap that sounds like a champagne cork popping when you open it.

Second stream tomorrow! Probably going to talk a bit about the structure of the Tokugawa Shogunate. 23 Dec 2025, 8 PM EST on: twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #twitch #japanesehistory

When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.

FINALLY LFG (to the museum!)

The category was "CLASSIC NOVEL ADD A LETTER"

This will be super helpful near those stations that lack enough coin lockers (or those places that just don't have any to start with).