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Jim Rion
@jimrion.com
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Peace, please, peace for all.
Translator (Strange Pictures, Strange Houses, etc.). Japanese horror devourer. Bird picture taker
Co-host of Sake Deep Dive podcast.
英訳者：「悪魔がきたれて、笛をふく」「変な家」「変な絵」等等
執筆者：「Discovering Yamaguchi Sake」
20周年日本在中
山口県万歳🙌
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Post a movie set where you are from.
A shot from Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Hedwig is on stage under a sign reading Angry Inch. She is spreading a cloak wide open. Inside it, the words "Yankee Go Home, With Me!" are spraypainted in red and yellow.
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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She's the got the munchies for a California Cheeseburger!
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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This was my view over lunch and it was awesome, but I forgot that I have two more meetings today in these clothes and no febreeze.
I guess I'm bringing the bbq with me.
Btw, the place is Mori no Butchers in Jimbocho. Fucking excellent. And cheap. I'm absolutely stuffed for 1000 yen.
A young man with dyed blond hair is grilling steaks and pork chops. Flames leap from the grill.
November 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Would you believe I wanted this shot?
A night shot over Tokyo bay taken from the window of a moving bus. The bridge cables are a blur in the foreground while the lights of the city line the shore in the background.
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Staying at the Book Hotel Jimbocho cause that's my style, and was greeted by some familiar names.
A shelf of books in Japanese and English, including Butter by Asako Yuzuki, translated by Polly Barton, and Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takamori.
November 17, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Long long man.
A picture of the photographer's shadow stretching out on the road in front of him. The legs are very, very long.
November 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Good morning gull.
#Birds
A lone seagull flying against a predawn sky. Undulating green hills line the bottom of the shot.
November 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Enjoying a nice night in with one of my favorite movies... Um... "Balls balls."
A screenshot of a thumbnail for the movie Caddyshack, with its Japanese title "Balls balls."
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Strange things afoot in Malaysia.
#Uketsu
A screenshot reading: Malay Mail Top books of the week (Oct 24 to Oct 30) Fiction 1. Alchemised by SenLinYu (Del Rey) 2. Strange Pictures by Uketsu (HarperVia) 3. Strange Houses by Uketsu (HarperVia) 4. The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown (Doubleday) 5. Babel by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager) 6. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (Picador) 7. Library of Lost Hearts by Afrina (N.F. Afrina) 8. As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh
November 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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The ritual is complete. The Joe is summoned.
A white and brown cat sitting on a couple of square cushions.
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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I got a disease, and fancy little notebooks are the cure.
みんな違って、みんな良い。
An array of five small notebooks, ranging from a yellow Rollbahn spiral to a stitched white Life brand Japanese one
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Just my translations of #Uketsu on a list of Indie bookshop bestsellers, alongside (above?) Richard Osman and Stephen King #books is all.

It's killing me that I don't get royalties for US sales... 😭
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A list of Indie bookstore bestsellers in the US. Strange Houses is #12. A list of Indie bookstore bestsellers in the US. Strange Pictures is #21. Richard Osman books come in at 23 and 24. Stephen King's Never Flinch is 25.
October 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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I got a new 23mm f1.8 TTartisan prime autofocus lens for "walkin' around" pictures and it's honestly pretty great. Especially at 23,000 yen. Fast, reliable autofocus, and sharp enough for these old eyes. It shows the two gantry cranes waaaay in the distance of pic 2.
An urban shot. A gridded, concrete building to the left is reflected in building windows to the right. A short over the rooftops of Fukuoka. A gantry crane stands to the left foreground. In the far distant center, two more stand atop a construction site.
October 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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なんとなく買った本だけど、暗いやつばっかり。読むのはお楽しみです。

#文学フリマ福岡11
#文学フリマで買った本
6冊の本。「月鱗のナツキ」「異常識探偵Honest Hornet」「蛇典」「完璧な家族の作り方」「千字小説 蒐」「ぐひんの山」
October 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Also, I spied something strange at Maruzen books in Hakata Station!
#Books
A bookshelf with many books, including Strange Houses and Strange Pictures by Uketsu, translation by Jim Rion. That's me.
October 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Ray of light. #Flowers
A cluster of red spider lilies picked out by a ray of sunlight, framed by dark, shadowed tree trunks.
October 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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彼岸花
一本の彼岸花のクローズアップ。深い赤い色の花はボケてる青々しいバックにコントラストしてる。
September 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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I guess Rawtherapee is good enough for me.
This turned out pretty well, and I didn't have to pay anyone for the privilege of doing it. Goodbye for real, Adobe!
A low-angle shot of red stoneware replicas of ancient buildings and towers atop a kofun burial mound in Japan. They are deep red against a green, forested mountain under a cloudy blue sky.
September 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Hungry
A gray heron stand in a shallow stream. It is in the middle of eating a fish, its mouth open and the fish visible in there.
September 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Boat
A small boat out at sea. A man can be seen standing near the prow.
September 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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The boy and I went out to the mountainy part of Yamaguchi today. Lots of fruit farms out there. It's nashi season so we brought a handful home.
A boy reaches up to pick fruit from low, spreading trees. A plastic basket with three Japanese pears wrapped in paper bags.
September 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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age verification
I can smell this picture.
An image of a mimeograph machine in action. A purple reversed "stamp" image of what looks like a school worksheet teaching items that begin with the letter F, like a feather, fish, football, etc. is printing purple pages.
September 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Persona 5 was a documentary.
A screen capture from the game Persona 5. It is all read with black and white accents. A "phantom mask" with one flaming eye is under a top hat. Below that is the caption "Take Your Heart."
September 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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勉強材が届きました。
白石晃士監督の書籍「フェイクドキュメンタリーの教科書」の表紙。
September 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Today's walk birds:
Juvenile birds galore!
Juv. Black crowned night heron/ゴイサギ
Pair of juv. Common kingfishers/カワセミ
#Birds #野鳥観察
A football shaped wading bird with white-mottled brown feathers. A pair of kingfishers. One is perched on a concrete embankment and is opening its wings to fend off another, which is flying close over its head.
September 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM