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Replying to @chadkoh
People stack stones all around this shrine. We made our own contribution. 2/4
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In celebration of cracking 1K followers, on their request, I took my camera and some kids out for a little adventure. Today is pretty hazy (farmers burning) so no good ocean pix. First was Ryujashin Shrine, just off the coast, with its cool rock formations
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Replying to @ronanhand
Still haven’t made it over to Tsu yet, but is is on the list for sure!
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Hello new followers 👋 I am 🇨🇦 who moved to Ikijima w/ my 2 small 👯♀️ on the 離島留学 program to experience Kyushu. I tweet about all the things (https://chadkohalyk.com/about/) but mostly post pics of beaches with tidbits on Kyushu history. I take ideas seriously, but I am not serious!
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Replying to @BeingKansai
Thanks for the signal boost!
If people are interested in who I am, please take a peek at my blog to learn more about why and how we got to #Ikijima. For example:
https://chadkohalyk.com/2020/04/11/moving-to-japan-during-a-pandemic/
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Replying to @BeingKansai
Glad to know I am entertaining and not PUNishing all of my followers! 😉
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Replying to @laurie_ljg
Haha! Wow! That is an aspect of my personal brand that I didn’t know I projected. Get yer fresh farm tweets here!! 🌱👨🌾
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Replying to @JessMarinDavis and @wesinjapan
Beach photos was my first thought! Lol! I am such an empty human being… 🤣
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Almost at 1000 followers. I feel like I should be doing something special like giving something away. Unfortunately, considering how eclectic my stream is, I don’t what The People want. I don’t have any swag, and, probably nobody wants my bad puns. 🤔
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After Mary Poppins 🌂
👧🏻 Why do they put sugar in the medicine? Is there bad stuff in the sugar?
👱🏻♂️ No! The sugar IS the bad stuff!
👧🏻 Then why do they put it in the medicine?
👱🏻♂️ To make it taste good!
👧🏻 Then why do they need medicine!?
👱🏻♂️ Because they eat too much sugar!
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RT @jolyonbt: This initiative is one outcome of the petition we submitted to AAS last year. Please circulate widely. @asianartlibrary @mcla…
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COVID-19 outbreak since Dec 28
#Ikijima #壱岐 #壱岐市 #新型コロナ #感染😷 Total cases 56
💪 Recovered 56📆 0 New cases since Jan 14.
🏥 Hospital 0/10
🏨 Quarantine 0As of today we are #covidzero! 🎉 🥳 🙌
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Replying to @BeingKansai
外国人も日本に貢献できる！💪
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So happy to hear the neighbour kids refer to it as キャベツの刃 and my 親父ギャグ is spreading across the island!! 🥬 🔪
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Replying to @bmann, @louderthanten, @TheStrayMuse and @travisgertz
Well, once I get back to Canada and start getting back into working life we will have to grab a coffee and scheme positively together 👍
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Replying to @bmann and @louderthanten
Wow! These are the kinds of shops I am interested in. Very cool.
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Replying to @mijustin
Are you saying these bell bottoms I have been wearing this whole time are cool again? ✌️GROOVY!✌️
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Yep! There is a big monument in the SW part of the island 🌬🏝 https://twitter.com/ikiakagi/status/1357468723410477056
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Replying to @matthew_stavros
Only 10% in so far and it’s all Big Picture stuff right now, but he has dropped a few facts here and there that I didn’t know (eg Buddhist-like religious group in Egypt!?)
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Replying to @chadkoh
#NowReading2021 “The Silk Roads: A New History of the World” by Peter Frankopan. I have wanted to listen to this for a while. Enjoying with some local animal pastries.
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RT @nippon_en: The Japanese archipelago consists of 6,852 islands, almost 1,000 of which are in Nagasaki Prefecture.
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h00806/japan-a-nation-of-nearly-7-000-islands.html(original)
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RT @davidschneider: If you watch this closely you can see the exact point back in time where it makes sense for the UK to be part of the Pa…
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RT @BooksOnAsia: Announcing our new podcast sponsor @StoneBridgePub and new streaming options! Subscribe to the Books on Asia Podcast and c…
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RT @StoneBridgePub: Stone Bridge Press is now the official sponsor of the @BooksOnAsia Podcast. Check out the first seven episodes and subs…
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Don’t blink! It only takes a moment to admire this calligraphy!
一瞬 = isshun: instant
瞬間 = shunkan: moment
瞬く = matataku: blink, twinkle, flicker https://twitter.com/machiko798/status/1356581639736893441(original)
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Replying to @laurelpegl
👏 👏 👏 強いぞ！
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Jetfoil pickup
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Beautiful day on #Ikijima #壱岐市 just a wee bit of wind! 🌬
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Some tips on building your own simple journaling practice from the ground up https://chadkohalyk.com/2021/02/01/learning-about-myself-after-journaling-for-just-1-month/
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Replying to @chadkoh
Just the other day I reposted my piece on “danshari”, the Japanese minimalism concept. For more on how to get out of this system see some of my writing on downsizing, the debt trap, teaching children minimalism, tiny living, and more https://chadkohalyk.com/category/downsizing/
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Some of the stats in this piece!? Consumerism and the cult of growth has a history older than I thought.
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-brief-history-of-consumer-culture/ #Capitalism #Consumerism #History via @mitpress
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“They’re beginning to realize that it doesn’t just come from inside them—that maybe they are weak for a reason, and not because of themselves.”
Loved “The Trap” and “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace.” Looking forward to this. https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/1354834995773382658
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Replying to @SeanLotman
I enjoy hearing other’s perspectives, especially when they are written well and provide some stimulating points. I couldn’t “Like” the newsletter, so I thought the least I could do was give you a shout out here.
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Replying to @SeanLotman
“Hashtag realtalk” but I think about that kind of stuff all the time, not only as a 42 year old with kids, but also someone who spends a lot of *active* time in reflection (I wrote up a blog post about journaling this morning to be published later!).
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Replying to @SeanLotman
Meh, it is not nearly as artistic. Just a friendly/casual email message with a roundup of links of my stuff, or funny crap I want to send to people who don’t follow me on Twitter. YMMV 😂
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As a fellow self-reflective I found Sean’s newsletter this month an enjoyable read. https://twitter.com/SeanLotman/status/1356098616373334016
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RT @AikeRots: These are the most beautiful kamidana (Shinto altars) I have ever seen.
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Replying to @TakeshiMorisato and @masa_morioka
I had heard that these days manga and anime are all the rage in Japanese Studies classes. It probably wouldn’t be too tough to put together such a course. I imagine it would be pretty popular. Maybe have the students work together on a piece as a group project 🤔
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Replying to @TakeshiMorisato and @masa_morioka
“Man of Peace” on the life of the Dalai Lama is a work of love and art. If I recall, it took the artist 20years to hand paint all the panels! My image of Zhou Enlai is heavily influenced by that book 😅
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Replying to @masa_morioka and @TakeshiMorisato
I will certainly take a look! Thank you for bringing it to my attention. I’m not a manga reader per se, but manga is a great medium for providing overviews. 「日本の歴史」などは最高です！I think a philosophy one would be great.
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Replying to @TakeshiMorisato and @masa_morioka
Actually, thinking about it a little more, Tezuka’s BUDDHA was amazing. The way that he could visualize a concept was striking (thinking about the scene at the beginning with the rabbit). The key tho, is the visual aid in these complex stories.
https://chadkohalyk.com/2016/12/14/buddha-the-manga/
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Replying to @TakeshiMorisato and @masa_morioka
Not a philosopher, but Logicomix had a big effect on me. Here are some others https://fivebooks.com/best-books/illustrated-philosophy-helen-de-cruz/
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Putting together the first newsletter ✉️ of the year. Last month I moved everything over to @buttondown. I’m still playing with the styles a bit, but if you want to get on the list before the first new issue drops, you can check it out and sign up here 👉https://buttondown.email/chadkoh/
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Kids have been missing poutine 🇨🇦, so I did the best I could with some Mos fries, melted mozzarella, and leftover カレー🍛…
Not quite the same, but not bad either. 🤷♂️
(I’m actually surprised this combo hasn’t already come out of some Japanese food lab!👩🔬)
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Replying to @chadkoh
#NowReading2021 “英語対訳で読む禅入門 Introduction to Zen” by Ozeki Sōen and Elizabeth Wills. Picked it up at the library on a lark just to check some vocabulary and actually got into it. Reading with a ceramic filter drip.
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What a thread! https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1355586240578420739
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Replying to @JessMarinDavis
We have an infestation of an invasive species called the “Taiwanese Squirrel.” Maybe they did this? Apparently they are a real pest. The city has put out a $7/head bounty on them! 😢
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Replying to @chadkoh
For some reason this post has become my most read blog post of all time (I think it was on the Google front page for “danshari” in English for a while back in the day)
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If you have been seeing “Japanese cleaning up” trending recently, you might also be interested in my take on the minimalist concept of “danshari” https://chadkohalyk.com/2016/07/19/danshari-thinking-about-stuff/
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Replying to @JessMarinDavis
Wonder what it could have been? I don’t think there are any deer left on this island, and I doubt the boar would eat that, would they? Lots a bugs tho, as you can see from the leaves of our daikon. Probably bugs.
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