Susan Karen Burton
@drskburton.bsky.social
Historian, writer, Japanophile
Read the freebie - buy the book! A great Christmas present for anyone contemplating a move to Japan for work or pleasure.
Diving headfirst into the snow on day 1 of our literary advent calendar! Sharing a chapter from The Transplantable Roots of Catharine Huws Nagashima by Susan Karen Burton
Read Jac Philip's story from the snowy hills of Furano, Hokkaidō
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Read Jac Philip's story from the snowy hills of Furano, Hokkaidō
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Parthian's Advent Calendar - Day 1
Join us for our annual advent calendar, sharing literary delights, discounts and deal in the lead up to Christmas. On day 1 read Read “Powder to the People! The philosophy of capitalist ski bum, Jac P...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Read the freebie - buy the book! A great Christmas present for anyone contemplating a move to Japan for work or pleasure.
Reposted by Susan Karen Burton
Des Clifford, literary editor of @nation.cymru , takes a deep dive into the connections between Wales and Japan featured in Susan Karen Burton's absorbing new book of oral history, The Transplantable Roots of Catherine Huws Nagashima
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Book review: The Transplantable Roots of Catharine Huws Nagashima: encounters with the Welsh in Japan by Susan Karen Burton
Desmond Clifford This book is a collection of interviews with Welsh people living in Japan. They are a diverse bunch including ecologists, writers, translators, farmers, video game entrepreneurs (coal...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Des Clifford, literary editor of @nation.cymru , takes a deep dive into the connections between Wales and Japan featured in Susan Karen Burton's absorbing new book of oral history, The Transplantable Roots of Catherine Huws Nagashima
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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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October 23, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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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nation.cymru/culture/post...
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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October 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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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Reposted by Susan Karen Burton
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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October 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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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Happening this Sunday - all welcome.
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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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October 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Happening this Sunday - all welcome.
@parthianbooks.bsky.social @daiwafoundation.bsky.social #walesinjapan2025 #jp_british
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@parthianbooks.bsky.social @daiwafoundation.bsky.social #walesinjapan2025 #jp_british
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September 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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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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September 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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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.
August 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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.
June 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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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April 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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...
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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March 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
What an interesting article. #japan
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.
March 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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.