Legal Storyteller
@bohemianslaw.bsky.social
Lawyer / Univ. Lecturer / Writer in USA & Japan / Law Related Ed./ Inequality / Meritocracy/ Invisible Poverty in Japan & Beyond / Sharing Excerpts from #NovelBohemians
米国弁護士 / 大学教員 / ライター
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米国弁護士 / 大学教員 / ライター
instagram.com/bohemianslaw
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What is autonomy when #poverty decides for you?
Eagerly awaiting my publication exploring the myth of #meritocracy. My heartfelt thanks to the editorial staff.
#academicsky
Eagerly awaiting my publication exploring the myth of #meritocracy. My heartfelt thanks to the editorial staff.
#academicsky
Who gets to define Bach ?
Is classical music a birthright of the elite—or a universal language awaiting rediscovery by those clinging to hope?
#classicalmusic #art #bach
Is classical music a birthright of the elite—or a universal language awaiting rediscovery by those clinging to hope?
#classicalmusic #art #bach
December 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Who gets to define Bach ?
Is classical music a birthright of the elite—or a universal language awaiting rediscovery by those clinging to hope?
#classicalmusic #art #bach
Is classical music a birthright of the elite—or a universal language awaiting rediscovery by those clinging to hope?
#classicalmusic #art #bach
In my classes, I use mock trials and stories as tools for legal education.
"Who Owns Todai ( #UTokyo )?" is not just a novel to read and close, but also a text we use to reexamine admissions systems and meritocracy --and to argue, agree, and disagree together.
#academicsky #law #education
"Who Owns Todai ( #UTokyo )?" is not just a novel to read and close, but also a text we use to reexamine admissions systems and meritocracy --and to argue, agree, and disagree together.
#academicsky #law #education
Elite schools and “ordinary” ones.
Inside and outside #UTokyo Red Gate.
It’s a story that reexamines
the many lines and gaps around a single university,
through an imaginary trial and long, unfinished conversations.
#academicsky #japan
#merit #education
www.instagram.com/p/DRr2J7qEQ0...
Inside and outside #UTokyo Red Gate.
It’s a story that reexamines
the many lines and gaps around a single university,
through an imaginary trial and long, unfinished conversations.
#academicsky #japan
#merit #education
www.instagram.com/p/DRr2J7qEQ0...
KiyoK / Legal Storytelling on Instagram: "（Novel) Who Owns Todai?
An Unfinished Duet
Elite schools and "ordinary" ones. Inside and outside the "Red Gate" of Todai (UTokyo, Japan's flagship universit...
bohemianslaw on November 30, 2025: "（Novel) Who Owns Todai?
An Unfinished Duet
Elite schools and "ordinary" ones. Inside and outside the "Red Gate" of Todai (UTokyo, Japan's flagship university). Ag...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
In my classes, I use mock trials and stories as tools for legal education.
"Who Owns Todai ( #UTokyo )?" is not just a novel to read and close, but also a text we use to reexamine admissions systems and meritocracy --and to argue, agree, and disagree together.
#academicsky #law #education
"Who Owns Todai ( #UTokyo )?" is not just a novel to read and close, but also a text we use to reexamine admissions systems and meritocracy --and to argue, agree, and disagree together.
#academicsky #law #education
In Japan, the sense of belonging to the middle class creates a sense of relief & comfort. The word “poverty” could conjure up an image of a bone-thin orphan crying out of hunger in a far-off land across the sea. To many, poverty feels a world away.
Poverty is among us nonetheless.
#photography
Poverty is among us nonetheless.
#photography
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 AM
In Japan, the sense of belonging to the middle class creates a sense of relief & comfort. The word “poverty” could conjure up an image of a bone-thin orphan crying out of hunger in a far-off land across the sea. To many, poverty feels a world away.
Poverty is among us nonetheless.
#photography
Poverty is among us nonetheless.
#photography
Exploring poverty in the heart of Tokyo, w/ its neon-drenched landscape & vast expanses of skyscrapers.
#photography
#streetphotography
#photography
#streetphotography
December 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Exploring poverty in the heart of Tokyo, w/ its neon-drenched landscape & vast expanses of skyscrapers.
#photography
#streetphotography
#photography
#streetphotography
“What do we really mean by ‘fair’—and fair for whom?”
Entrance exams, admissions systems, personal responsibility, meritocracy.
These are big, heavy words,
but I want to begin from individual lives,
through the language of story—here at #UTokyo
#academicsky
#photography
Entrance exams, admissions systems, personal responsibility, meritocracy.
These are big, heavy words,
but I want to begin from individual lives,
through the language of story—here at #UTokyo
#academicsky
#photography
November 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“What do we really mean by ‘fair’—and fair for whom?”
Entrance exams, admissions systems, personal responsibility, meritocracy.
These are big, heavy words,
but I want to begin from individual lives,
through the language of story—here at #UTokyo
#academicsky
#photography
Entrance exams, admissions systems, personal responsibility, meritocracy.
These are big, heavy words,
but I want to begin from individual lives,
through the language of story—here at #UTokyo
#academicsky
#photography
Elite schools and “ordinary” ones.
Inside and outside #UTokyo Red Gate.
It’s a story that reexamines
the many lines and gaps around a single university,
through an imaginary trial and long, unfinished conversations.
#academicsky #japan
#merit #education
www.instagram.com/p/DRr2J7qEQ0...
Inside and outside #UTokyo Red Gate.
It’s a story that reexamines
the many lines and gaps around a single university,
through an imaginary trial and long, unfinished conversations.
#academicsky #japan
#merit #education
www.instagram.com/p/DRr2J7qEQ0...
KiyoK / Legal Storytelling on Instagram: "（Novel) Who Owns Todai?
An Unfinished Duet
Elite schools and "ordinary" ones. Inside and outside the "Red Gate" of Todai (UTokyo, Japan's flagship universit...
bohemianslaw on November 30, 2025: "（Novel) Who Owns Todai?
An Unfinished Duet
Elite schools and "ordinary" ones. Inside and outside the "Red Gate" of Todai (UTokyo, Japan's flagship university). Ag...
www.instagram.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Elite schools and “ordinary” ones.
Inside and outside #UTokyo Red Gate.
It’s a story that reexamines
the many lines and gaps around a single university,
through an imaginary trial and long, unfinished conversations.
#academicsky #japan
#merit #education
www.instagram.com/p/DRr2J7qEQ0...
Inside and outside #UTokyo Red Gate.
It’s a story that reexamines
the many lines and gaps around a single university,
through an imaginary trial and long, unfinished conversations.
#academicsky #japan
#merit #education
www.instagram.com/p/DRr2J7qEQ0...
Drawing on parallels between Harvard’s holistic admissions and #UTokyo (below)’s exam-driven gatekeeping, I invite readers to consider how both systems, though outwardly distinct, conceal networks of inherited advantage and quietly redefine the meaning of merit.
#academicsky #photography
#equality
#academicsky #photography
#equality
November 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Drawing on parallels between Harvard’s holistic admissions and #UTokyo (below)’s exam-driven gatekeeping, I invite readers to consider how both systems, though outwardly distinct, conceal networks of inherited advantage and quietly redefine the meaning of merit.
#academicsky #photography
#equality
#academicsky #photography
#equality
November 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
November 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Reposted by Legal Storyteller
Merit, they say, is the great equalizer. But it whispers in accents of privilege,and wears shoes bought by someone else.
Exploring the myth of meritocracy in Japan, America, and beyond—here at #UTokyo , Japan’s flagship university.
#photography #academicsky
#blueskyartshow
Exploring the myth of meritocracy in Japan, America, and beyond—here at #UTokyo , Japan’s flagship university.
#photography #academicsky
#blueskyartshow
November 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Merit, they say, is the great equalizer. But it whispers in accents of privilege,and wears shoes bought by someone else.
Exploring the myth of meritocracy in Japan, America, and beyond—here at #UTokyo , Japan’s flagship university.
#photography #academicsky
#blueskyartshow
Exploring the myth of meritocracy in Japan, America, and beyond—here at #UTokyo , Japan’s flagship university.
#photography #academicsky
#blueskyartshow
November 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
November 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Modern Disguises in Japan:
Poverty wears a school uniform here.
She studies by vending machine light and tells no one she has no bed.
#streetphotography
#photography #poetry
Poverty wears a school uniform here.
She studies by vending machine light and tells no one she has no bed.
#streetphotography
#photography #poetry
November 29, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Modern Disguises in Japan:
Poverty wears a school uniform here.
She studies by vending machine light and tells no one she has no bed.
#streetphotography
#photography #poetry
Poverty wears a school uniform here.
She studies by vending machine light and tells no one she has no bed.
#streetphotography
#photography #poetry
A Violinist in a Hand-Me-Down Uniform:
He never raised his hand when his youth orchestra conductor asked,
"Who's been to Vienna?"
But when he plays Schubert, it doesn't matter.
His fingers carry their own passport.
#inequality #music #poetry
He never raised his hand when his youth orchestra conductor asked,
"Who's been to Vienna?"
But when he plays Schubert, it doesn't matter.
His fingers carry their own passport.
#inequality #music #poetry
November 29, 2025 at 6:40 AM
A Violinist in a Hand-Me-Down Uniform:
He never raised his hand when his youth orchestra conductor asked,
"Who's been to Vienna?"
But when he plays Schubert, it doesn't matter.
His fingers carry their own passport.
#inequality #music #poetry
He never raised his hand when his youth orchestra conductor asked,
"Who's been to Vienna?"
But when he plays Schubert, it doesn't matter.
His fingers carry their own passport.
#inequality #music #poetry
“Day after day, buried in research and hunched over my computer, I wrestled with one of humanity’s most universal questions: Why is the world unfair? A question no answer could silence.”
#poverty #inequality
#academicsky
#poverty #inequality
#academicsky
Bach Beneath the Fluorescent Light: Storytelling as a Bridge in Legal Education
Shibuya hums like a heartbeat. Footsteps echo against neon billboards,
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November 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
“Day after day, buried in research and hunched over my computer, I wrestled with one of humanity’s most universal questions: Why is the world unfair? A question no answer could silence.”
#poverty #inequality
#academicsky
#poverty #inequality
#academicsky
Underneath Shibuya’s neon lights, silent battles rage
-under, unheard, but real
Invisible #poverty in Japan
#streetphotography
#blueskyartshow
-under, unheard, but real
Invisible #poverty in Japan
#streetphotography
#blueskyartshow
November 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Underneath Shibuya’s neon lights, silent battles rage
-under, unheard, but real
Invisible #poverty in Japan
#streetphotography
#blueskyartshow
-under, unheard, but real
Invisible #poverty in Japan
#streetphotography
#blueskyartshow
A Quiet Rebellion
What if we redefined “merit”?
Not as test scores or school names,
but as courage, creativity, and care.
Harvard, Princeton and #UTokyo (here) might still stand tall—
but the gates would look different.
#photography
#academicsky
What if we redefined “merit”?
Not as test scores or school names,
but as courage, creativity, and care.
Harvard, Princeton and #UTokyo (here) might still stand tall—
but the gates would look different.
#photography
#academicsky
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A Quiet Rebellion
What if we redefined “merit”?
Not as test scores or school names,
but as courage, creativity, and care.
Harvard, Princeton and #UTokyo (here) might still stand tall—
but the gates would look different.
#photography
#academicsky
What if we redefined “merit”?
Not as test scores or school names,
but as courage, creativity, and care.
Harvard, Princeton and #UTokyo (here) might still stand tall—
but the gates would look different.
#photography
#academicsky
Reposted by Legal Storyteller
A rocker in spirit —and his brother, a conservatory hopeful, who kept playing the violin in an ill-fitting, hand-me-down uniform in a factory town where their father toiled.
The rocker’s inner journey begins when his brother dies.
#writersky #music
#poverty #inequality
The rocker’s inner journey begins when his brother dies.
#writersky #music
#poverty #inequality
Who gets to define Bach?
Exploring socioeconomic injustice hidden in plain sight, "Bohemians" questions the "unequal" world of music.
#WriterSky #Novel #ClassicalMusic #Bach
Exploring socioeconomic injustice hidden in plain sight, "Bohemians" questions the "unequal" world of music.
#WriterSky #Novel #ClassicalMusic #Bach
April 27, 2025 at 5:40 AM
A rocker in spirit —and his brother, a conservatory hopeful, who kept playing the violin in an ill-fitting, hand-me-down uniform in a factory town where their father toiled.
The rocker’s inner journey begins when his brother dies.
#writersky #music
#poverty #inequality
The rocker’s inner journey begins when his brother dies.
#writersky #music
#poverty #inequality
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
A carpet of fallen gold under my feet, reminding me that every quiet path is woven
from choices only I can see.
#photography
#blueskyartshow
from choices only I can see.
#photography
#blueskyartshow
November 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A carpet of fallen gold under my feet, reminding me that every quiet path is woven
from choices only I can see.
#photography
#blueskyartshow
from choices only I can see.
#photography
#blueskyartshow
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
November 28, 2025 at 4:40 AM
A glimpse of Japan, Inc. on Friday night
Corporate warriors waiting to go home at 9:15 pm in Osaka, Japan
#photography
#streetphotography
Corporate warriors waiting to go home at 9:15 pm in Osaka, Japan
#photography
#streetphotography
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM
A glimpse of Japan, Inc. on Friday night
Corporate warriors waiting to go home at 9:15 pm in Osaka, Japan
#photography
#streetphotography
Corporate warriors waiting to go home at 9:15 pm in Osaka, Japan
#photography
#streetphotography
November 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM