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Susan Karen Burton
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Historian, writer, Japanophile
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Susan Karen Burton @drskburton.bsky.social · Jun 6
@parthianbooks.bsky.social @daiwafoundation.bsky.social @newwelshreview.bsky.social #walesinjapan #japanlife #teachinginjapan #wales #japan #oralhistory #japantravel
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Susan Karen Burton @drskburton.bsky.social · 4d
Lovely piece from fellow @parthianbooks.bsky.social author Eluned Gramich on our recent cultural trip to Osaka where she lived up to her name and brought much-needed rain to the city.

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Postcard from Osaka
Eluned Gramich’s postcard is addressed to her five-year-old daughter, Angharad. It’s a strange coincidence that while I’m in Osaka, you’ll be dressing up in Japanese costume for Diwrnod Rhyngwladol (I...
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Susan Karen Burton @drskburton.bsky.social · 6d
Lord Gregory Mostyn, a frequent visitor to Japan and fluent Japanese speaker, kindly wrote the foreword to my book, 'The Transplantable Roots of Catharine Huws Nagashima: Encounters with the Welsh in Japan'. Thanks, Greg! @parthianbooks.bsky.social

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Meet me at Shibuya Station
Lord Gregory Mostyn  One day in 2015, we were tidying up the library in Mostyn Hall when I was astounded to come across an old, dusty photo album. It looked as if it had been almost hidden, and yet by...
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On the journey they were beaten, tortured and shackled beneath a waste pipe. The ship had dropped anchor in the middle of the bay of Hirado, a thriving trading post in the west of Japan, north of Nagasaki...

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The first Welchman in Japan
Susan Karen Burton In the summer of 1619, three sailors lay chained in the hold of Dutch sailing ship, The Angell. Captured in a sea battle between the Dutch and the English off the coast of Java, the...
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Susan Karen Burton @drskburton.bsky.social · 21d
Happening this Sunday - all welcome.
@parthianbooks.bsky.social @daiwafoundation.bsky.social #walesinjapan2025 #jp_british

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2025.10.06 Interview in Japan: Dr Susan Karen Burton "The Year of Wales and Japan 2025"
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Susan Karen Burton @drskburton.bsky.social · 27d
This Sunday - all welcome! @parthianbooks.bsky.social #wales #japan
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Susan Karen Burton @drskburton.bsky.social · Sep 17
These are a few of my favourite things ...
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The Non-fiction That Shapes Us: Susan Karen Burton
Hinterland authors reflect on the non-fiction that inspires their own writing.
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Susan Karen Burton @drskburton.bsky.social · Aug 10
Thanks so much for the photos Yuko and I look forward to chatting with you in Osaka in October at the Kansai St David’s Society, Japan / 関西ウェールズ協会 event. Mata, ne!
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Susan Karen Burton @drskburton.bsky.social · Aug 10
Yuko is in the book (and on the back cover) along with many other Welsh residents of Japan and Japanese fans of Welsh culture. She also caught up with Catharine Huws Nagashima herself (in blue and on the front cover).
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Susan Karen Burton @drskburton.bsky.social · Aug 10
2025 is the year of #walesandjapan and last week, DJ and podcaster Yuko Nakauchi taught a Japanese lesson at Wrexham eisteddfod where my book 'The Transplantable Roots of Catharine Huws Nagashima: Encounters with the Welsh in Japan' by @parthianbooks.bsky.social was on the shelves at the bookshop.
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Susan Karen Burton @drskburton.bsky.social · Jul 13
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Susan Karen Burton @drskburton.bsky.social · Jun 6
@parthianbooks.bsky.social @daiwafoundation.bsky.social @newwelshreview.bsky.social #walesinjapan #japanlife #teachinginjapan #wales #japan #oralhistory #japantravel
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Susan Karen Burton @drskburton.bsky.social · Jun 5
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Susan Karen Burton @drskburton.bsky.social · Apr 6
A worrying article. I love the bitter taste of matcha in all its forms, particularly: matcha Kitkats, matcha lattes, and matcha donuts with coconut glaze. #japan #matcha www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ap...
‘Skyrocketing’ demand for matcha raises fears of shortage in Japan
Fuelled by social media, a global boom is outstripping production of the powdered green tea
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Susan Karen Burton @drskburton.bsky.social · Mar 17
What an interesting article. #japan
An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
As a volunteer cave digger, Takamatsu Gushiken has unearthed the remains of several hundred people. Excavation is not his goal. The “gamahuya” wants the bones to be identified and returned to their fa...
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Susan Karen Burton @drskburton.bsky.social · Mar 17
Out June 2025
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Susan Karen Burton @drskburton.bsky.social · Mar 17
Looks like the party has moved over to Bluesky so here I am. Will continue to post on X awhile as many of my Japanese friends are on there.
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