David Willoughby
@davidwilloughby.bsky.social
Gateshead-born London-dwelling arts journalist person, film reviewer for The Crack Magazine, MDANT, leftist, cyclist, reference understander, fox enthusiast, severyanin, liker of nice things, ‘good hair'.
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Using this to say that if you’ve never read The @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social imprint of The Gate you are missing out on a) one of the masterpieces of Japanese literature and b) one of the great acts of literary translation, by William F. Sibley.
Went to the Natsume Sōseki Memorial museum last week where they’ve recreated his writing room.
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Using this to say that if you’ve never read The @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social imprint of The Gate you are missing out on a) one of the masterpieces of Japanese literature and b) one of the great acts of literary translation, by William F. Sibley.
Now reading. A couple of my mutuals have already spoken glowingly about this, so looking forward to it. 📕 🚂 🇯🇵
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Now reading. A couple of my mutuals have already spoken glowingly about this, so looking forward to it. 📕 🚂 🇯🇵
I thought this was fantastic. It starts as melancholy portrait of a relationship between a rudderless young man & his sensei, before switching to a gripping study of psychological collapse. All the while, there’s an elegiac feel of one era giving way to another.
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I thought this was fantastic. It starts as melancholy portrait of a relationship between a rudderless young man & his sensei, before switching to a gripping study of psychological collapse. All the while, there’s an elegiac feel of one era giving way to another.
Today I walked up Mt Anari through the Torii Gates 🏔️ 🇯🇵
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Today I walked up Mt Anari through the Torii Gates 🏔️ 🇯🇵
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Londoners!
THE CRANES ARE FLYING (1957) is screening at the BFI on Saturday night (15th Nov). Go and see it on the big screen - you will not regret it! #FilmSky
whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
THE CRANES ARE FLYING (1957) is screening at the BFI on Saturday night (15th Nov). Go and see it on the big screen - you will not regret it! #FilmSky
whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Londoners!
THE CRANES ARE FLYING (1957) is screening at the BFI on Saturday night (15th Nov). Go and see it on the big screen - you will not regret it! #FilmSky
whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
THE CRANES ARE FLYING (1957) is screening at the BFI on Saturday night (15th Nov). Go and see it on the big screen - you will not regret it! #FilmSky
whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
Evening cycle, Hojo Bridge & temple, Tokyo 🌁 🛕 🇯🇵
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Evening cycle, Hojo Bridge & temple, Tokyo 🌁 🛕 🇯🇵
Timely vegetable addition 🐈⬛ 🥒
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Timely vegetable addition 🐈⬛ 🥒
‘We think our Earth’
November 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
‘We think our Earth’
Wes Streeting leadership campaign bus unveiled
November 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Wes Streeting leadership campaign bus unveiled
This morning in Kyoto at the Kodak-Ji Temple & the bamboo forest 🛕 🌳 🇯🇵
November 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
This morning in Kyoto at the Kodak-Ji Temple & the bamboo forest 🛕 🌳 🇯🇵
‘Don’t lend restroom’
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
‘Don’t lend restroom’
Bullet train/bento box journey of destiny 🚆 🇯🇵
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Bullet train/bento box journey of destiny 🚆 🇯🇵
Der Zug fährt zu schnell! 🚆 ⛰️ 🇯🇵
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Der Zug fährt zu schnell! 🚆 ⛰️ 🇯🇵
Canny breakfast view 🇯🇵
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Canny breakfast view 🇯🇵
🎶 … with my girl Drew,
Cameron D 🎶 👼
Cameron D 🎶 👼
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🎶 … with my girl Drew,
Cameron D 🎶 👼
Cameron D 🎶 👼
If you ever get the chance to go to the Hakone Open-Air Museum, I’d highly recommend going at dusk for max prog rock album cover vibes 🖼️ 🇯🇵
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
If you ever get the chance to go to the Hakone Open-Air Museum, I’d highly recommend going at dusk for max prog rock album cover vibes 🖼️ 🇯🇵
‘I wish that it’s in your wishing’
Let’s have a curry bread. 🍞
Let’s have a curry bread. 🍞
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
‘I wish that it’s in your wishing’
Let’s have a curry bread. 🍞
Let’s have a curry bread. 🍞
Today I went on the Hakone ropeway cable car & took a magical pirate ship ride on the Ashinoko Lake 🚠 🏴☠️ 🇯🇵
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today I went on the Hakone ropeway cable car & took a magical pirate ship ride on the Ashinoko Lake 🚠 🏴☠️ 🇯🇵
Fusion breakfast
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Fusion breakfast
Gorgeous autumnal colours in Hakone 🇯🇵
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Gorgeous autumnal colours in Hakone 🇯🇵
🎶 Everyone around me is a total stranger
Everyone avoids me like a psyched Lone Ranger
Everyone... 🎶 🇯🇵
Everyone avoids me like a psyched Lone Ranger
Everyone... 🎶 🇯🇵
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
🎶 Everyone around me is a total stranger
Everyone avoids me like a psyched Lone Ranger
Everyone... 🎶 🇯🇵
Everyone avoids me like a psyched Lone Ranger
Everyone... 🎶 🇯🇵
Train to Hakone 🚂 ⛰️ 🇯🇵
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Train to Hakone 🚂 ⛰️ 🇯🇵
Where’s your fucking poppy?
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Where’s your fucking poppy?
Excellent Express Romance Car, supreme luxury, join us or die! 🚆 🇯🇵
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Excellent Express Romance Car, supreme luxury, join us or die! 🚆 🇯🇵