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Historian teaching and researching at intersections of environment, technology, and Japan @ Kyoto University.
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The Kyoto Buddhist Association's anti-Hokuriku Shinkansen signature campaign is back in the news today after a meeting with Kyoto's mayor. Over 50,000 signatures so far, but I hear that they aim for half a million.

news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/996...
北陸新幹線「小浜・京都ルート」撤回求める京都仏教会　市長と面談（毎日新聞） - Yahoo!ニュース
北陸新幹線を新大阪へ延伸させる「小浜・京都ルート」を「千年の愚行」と評し、撤回を求めている京都仏教会（京都市上京区）の常務理事らが25日、同市の松井孝治市長と面談した。同会は「政界（国政与党）が変
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November 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Looking back at my photos over the past few years, it's dawning on me that "temple foliage" is my one true seasonal aesthetic.
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Some related reportage from earlier this summer on Kyoto Buddhist Association criticisms that the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension to Kyoto would be a "thousand-year folly."

www.kyoto-minpo.net/archives/202...
「千年の愚行」北陸新幹線延伸止めよう　京都仏教会が初の街頭署名行動／市民も駆け付け協力「世論の力で包囲を」 | 京都民報Web
北陸新幹線延伸計画の白紙撤回を求めている京都仏教会は６月28日、京都市内の繁華街で、初めてとなる街頭での署名活動に取り組み、僧侶や協力する市民有志らが「京都が京都でなくなる」「延伸計画の中止を」と呼びかけました。 　多くの市民や観光客らが
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November 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Some good news for a change: At the 2025 HSS awards ceremony tonight, one of our Insect Histories Focus authors Jeannie Shinozuka received the Phil Pauly Prize for the best first book on the history of science in the Americas. Check out Biotic Borders if y'all have a chance! 🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲
screen projecting citation for Jeannie N. Shinozuka, recipient of 2025 Philip J. Pauly Prize. Jeannie is standing at a podium giving an acceptance speech. The presiding vice-president of the HSS Soraya de Chadarevian is standing to the side. The seated audience members are in the foreground.
November 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM