Pauline von HellermannJan 24, 2023

Just spent a very enjoyable and interesting 20min reading toots with the #Japan hashtag - love #Hashtag searches here to find new things!

Can anyone here recommend introductory books or articles about Japan?

Show threadArek Bekiersz de KornyátJan 24, 2023

@pvonhellermannn #OnlyInJapan #YouTube channel. Great 4 my kids, fascinated w/ #Japan, #StudioGhibli, 🇯🇵 quirks, as #Kintsugi, #Mokuhanga

Tireless funny #JohnDaub, 🇬🇧 teacher married to 🇯🇵 girl, explains all. Tea, forbidden islands, train travel:

At some point, riding on his popularity, the channel was taken & renamed. Thus 2 or more different channels - always go for John😉

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_QZJOBH-u4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtoZOqbwH9E

https://youtu.be/-N5pqG7-qDY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZmUuRG87sU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Daub

How Japanese GREEN TEA is Made | Farm to Factory ★ ONLY in JAPAN

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Show threadArek Bekiersz de KornyátJan 24, 2023

@pvonhellermannn Also, try to find 🇬🇧 versions of books of our traveller Bronislaw Pilsudski, who studied #Japan & endemic #Ainu people in XIX-XX century.

Brother of more famous Józef (Marshall of independent #Poland, military commander during the victorious 1918-21 war w/ Russia. that saved Europe from Communism), he's cherished & remembered by the #Japanese. Has a monument in #Shiraoi, #Hokkaido

https://ank.gov.pl/en/first-news/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronis%C5%82aw_Pi%C5%82sudski

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Pi%C5%82sudski

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War

Japanese trails of Bronisław Piłsudski - Archiwum Narodowe w Krakowie

On 19 October 2013 in Shiraoi-cho on Hokkaido, in the presence of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, a statue of Bronislaw Pilsudski was unveiled, followed by a two-day seminar […]

Archiwum Narodowe w Krakowie
Show threadPauline von Hellermann
@bekieark thank you so much! have just read a bit Bronislaw Pilsudski, and started watching the first YouTube clip - all really interesting. Thank you!
Jan 24, 2023 at 2:34pmWeb
Show threadArek Bekiersz de KornyátJan 24, 2023

@pvonhellermannn Cool!😊

Especially love the one about #Aogashima secret #Japanese #island. In particular, the story of island's only #nurse & #paramedic. Starts at 19min : 29sec. mark. Detailed link again:

https://youtu.be/-N5pqG7-qDY?t=1168

Generally I know You asked for books and these are not 📚, haha! My old mom, a retired #ethography.er, has a full house of #Japanese #art books. But she would understand, that our video #GenerationX, as well as #Millennials & #GenerationZ, we got short attention span😁

Tokyo's Secret Island Paradise | AOGASHIMA ★ ONLY in JAPAN

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Show threadPauline von HellermannJan 24, 2023

@bekieark thank you and no worries at all - films perfect for my ever shorter attention span, too. the island one is great and reminded me of a couple of documentaries i posted here myself a while back, about #AgroEcology systems in Japan (part of a super-long thread) - if you haven't seen these yet, enjoy!

https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/109508234567702815

Pauline von Hellermann (@[email protected])

24/52 Here is "The Seeds we sow" - a documentary about Takachiho. Which I have only just started watching myself, but it looks really good, too. (And, since I have spare space: Studio Ghibli films are just about the most wonderful films about human-nature relations. #MyNeighbourTotoro, #PrincessMononoke, #Ponyo, #Nauticaa - all brilliant) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LXqoYyQZYU

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Show threadArek Bekiersz de KornyátJan 24, 2023

@pvonhellermannn Will do in the afternoon! (have to end the business day first.. 😉)

But what’d that everyday life be, hadn’t we had these breaks from reality, straight into a better, distant, or simply different world up there 🌍🌏, on the other side of the planet. Cheers!