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Replying to @wesinjapan, @AlfieJapanorama, @SeanLotman, @ninja_padrino and @deepkyoto
Exactly. I always use Portland’s downtown as an example. The limitation of large chains, the vision to keep money in the local economy, and to make things livable for residents. Kerr talks about limiting “bus tourism” and to go for more deeper experiences. Quality over quantity.
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Replying to @AlfieJapanorama, @SeanLotman, @ninja_padrino and @deepkyoto
Well, if you can get a handle on the first three, you might be able to increase the numbers. Point is: proper planning has been lacking, and the people are rightly pissed.
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Replying to @wesinjapan, @SeanLotman, @ninja_padrino and @deepkyoto
Yeah I don’t have a ton of faith in him. I will not be fooled by his kimono! 😉
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Replying to @wesinjapan, @SeanLotman, @ninja_padrino and @deepkyoto
Jeebus. Well, the first thing they gotta do is stop tearing stuff down and building hotels.
Recently the mayor said they were gonna take this opportunity to rethink, right? They need to do it now while the money waterfall is turned off and people can focus.
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Replying to @wesinjapan, @SeanLotman, @ninja_padrino and @deepkyoto
I haven’t been keeping up, but it’s my understanding that financially Kyoto is in the red, and with all the big companies moving to Shiga or Osaka, they don’t have much of a corporate tax base. And it is expensive to run Kyoto. Was this the problem tourism was supposed to solve?
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Replying to @wesinjapan, @SeanLotman, @ninja_padrino and @deepkyoto
I was ready to toss em all out, but I am no tourism scholar. Alex wrote a whole book on the topic, so he has done much more thinking on this: https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC-ebook/dp/B07R3CFNN2/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC+%E8%A6%B3%E5%85%89+%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC&qid=1606720490&sr=8-2
I am not sure I would label him as a neoliberal…
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Replying to @wesinjapan, @SeanLotman, @ninja_padrino and @deepkyoto
Yeah, he talks about that. His beef is that the authorities have done NOTHING to manage the flows, and that is what needs reform. He gives examples. He thinks Japan can actually handle a lot more. I am no tourism specialist tho, but we can’t go back to what we had before.
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Replying to @SeanLotman, @ninja_padrino and @deepkyoto
Have you listened to Alex Kerr on the most recent episode of Deep Dive? He argues that Japan can handle much more if they managed it properly, and gives example. It made me think…
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Working on my November newsletter, which I will send out tonight. A little light this month (I say why in the newsletter… watch out December!), but for any new followers, sign up if you want my monthly roundup: https://tinyletter.com/chadkoh
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Picked up Ajahn Chah’s “Food for the Heart” again for my before bedtime reading. Helps me calm down. Each chapter is like a podcast ep, a teaching. I think I am in need to go on retreat… been a while. 🙏📿🧎🏼
https://www.audible.ca/pd?asin=B071F6HLH2&source_code=IOSGAAP0531170001
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Replying to @AtkinsonCraig
Ryan has his own podcast network with all kinds of Indigenous shows. Check it out!
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Replying to @AtkinsonCraig
It is sorta on the edge but Thunder Bay by Ryan McMahon and Canadaland is really good. They just got a second season out.
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A story about visiting the beach in Kobe and the importance of Japanese language LISTENING 👂
(See Ant’s original tweet for context [?]) https://twitter.com/chadkoh/status/1332925032348061697
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Replying to @tkasasagi
Ignore the haters, you have LOTS MORE supporters! We love the work you are doing. It is helping to bring Japanese historical text, knowledge, and culture to a wider audience. That is super valuable! 頑張れ！応援してるで！💪 🙌💮
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Replying to @SnufkinJapanes1
It’s a great photo!
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Replying to @RossAHall
Thanks for the tip. I’ve reached out to them and am waiting on a decision. 👍
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Replying to @ozAntinnippon
Here in Iki the (main) beaches are quite clean. Only the occasional nagaremono from Korea 😉 We always compare it to our experience at Suma way back in 2003… there was a million people and you had to step over a meter’s width of garbage to get into the water! 😜
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Replying to @chadkoh
Not sure why the thread was broken but all this treasure came from the food truck drive thru: https://twitter.com/chadkoh/status/1332904420779061250
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Replying to @ozAntinnippon
First time at Suma, 20yrs ago, I was shocked at the garbage. I was waist deep out by a pier, and surrounded by all these gelatin packs that look like what they use for breast implants. My GF yelled at me “Karaage! Karaage!” and I was like WTCluck? 🐔 Turns out it it was “kUrage”
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Replying to @chadkoh
If you don’t know what “Iki beef” is, it is these naturally salted fellows https://twitter.com/chadkoh/status/1279004378653798400?s=21
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Spicy rolls, taco rice, apple pie, Iki beef sandwiches
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If you are in the north part of #ikijima #壱岐 today come down to the bridge at Ashibe and check out the FOOD TRUCK DRIVE THRU! 🍔🌮🍣🥧🚚We got all kinds of delicious items for lunch!
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Replying to @wesinjapan
Haha! Nice!
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Replying to @wesinjapan
I had no idea about this place. When I found out, I saw lots of amazing pics of the gorge. Looking forward to visiting! I’ve only been to Miyazaki-shi to visit a friend (using the 18 kippu!) and see summer fireworks. Maybe 2003?
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Takachiho is where the gods came down to earth, and started the imperial line of Emperors in Japan. It is on my list for visiting next spring. https://twitter.com/SnufkinJapanes1/status/1332806474037297152
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Replying to @philosophybites
During my thesis I needed some general philosophy for background. The show helped me figure out which books/fields I should delve into. But it also triggered a fascination with philosophy I didn’t know I had, and I’ve kept listening & buying books since. Here’s to 41m more! 🍸🦆
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Replying to @philosophybites
I have been listening and downloading since about 2006 or 2007. Done my bit! 💪
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Replying to @AlfieJapanorama
One day I will book a lesson with you and get some visually storytelling tips. If I was up near Tokyo I’d definitely go on a photo walk with you.
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Replying to @toranosukev
That one was pretty fishy
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Replying to @AlfieJapanorama
I love the colours/comp on the yellow and blue car images. Usually when I take a wide shot like that, there is so much happening that it is all a mess. These have such good balance — even tho there are lots of details my eye looks across the image like it is following a story. 👍
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Replying to @MENAhouritsu
My guess is “Carpal tunnel syndrome”
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ZOMG she found one even more complex than “byan”! This guy is apparently the most complex character in Chinese, with 172 strokes! https://twitter.com/aoyagibisen/status/1316726657730838533
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Replying to @Lin82406805
It is the character 武, the “martial” from the martial arts. I love her calligraphy. I am a huge fan. Scroll through her account and be amazed! 😍
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#Japan tweeps, I need your recommendations.
I’ve interviewed the superintendent of Iki’s Board of Education about their remote island study program. I would like to pitch the article to publications interested in Japan lifestyle content. Who should I take it to? 🤔
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Wee bit of clouds makes the morning walk to school pretty spectacular. Second photo shows a boat coming into the village as the kids walk along the water. This is Ashibeura. #ikijima #壱岐 #NOFILTER
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Replying to @wesinjapan
Lobsters yes, but they don’t have to be little (… a thread)
https://twitter.com/chadkoh/status/1326826223276752901
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(maybe unrelated… but I am sitting at home with two rib injuries from judo last week… there must be a German word for what I feel while looking at this) https://twitter.com/aoyagibisen/status/1331817919244746757
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Gary is brilliant. Thanks for these stories. 😢
#RIPMaradona https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/1331680485672706048
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Replying to @machiko798
Looks delicious!
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Lol https://twitter.com/AntonyJohnston/status/1331354801234382849
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“The only thing more worrisome than finding a trap was not finding a trap.” — CG
“Of course – he should have known there’d be another shoe” — BA
“Al-Kitab didn’t seem like the kind of guy who bought red yarn in bulk, but sometimes you just couldn’t tell.” — AE https://twitter.com/dmoren/status/1331326742619955208
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This wintry night, sipping hot cocoa as I wait for the 11PM ferry to pull in. Picking up my wife who was in Fukuoka for the day.
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RT @BooksOnAsia: Our exclusive interview with Alex Kerr about writing his new book “Finding the Heart Sutra,” will be sent out to our newsl…
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Replying to @AntonyJohnston and @dmoren
Can’t believe Baby Yoda is a school bully! Such a little jerk I love him
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This wintry morning…
Silver & Gold
#NOFILTER
L: walked the kids to school
R: dropped wife off at jetfoil terminal
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While the tide was low we walked out to Kojima Shrine. You can see where the water comes up to at high tide. We took a moment to (successfully!) throw a rock on top of the torii ⛩️ for good luck!
#ikijima #壱岐
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Replying to @chadkoh
There are 5 pages of characters totalling 2008. This is Classical Chinese so there are many characters that people don’t know.
The Wajinden also appears inside the entrance of the Ikkikoku Museum.
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Today’s event at http://www.iki-haku.jp is copying the Wajinden, a part of the 3rd C “Records of the Three Kingdoms.” This is the first historical record of #ikijima #壱岐. I used a tracing sheet 😅 (I won’t bother showing you my terrible results… but you can see the sample)
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Replying to @alexanderlee1
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Replying to @alexanderlee1
This one is right around the corner from the Oni Kofun that we went to that was not that impressive. Wish I had known! It was really freaky!
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