Nathaniel M. Smith
@nathanielmsmith.bsky.social
Anthropologist of Japan @ Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. 立命館大学国際関係学部准教授。Writing/research on rightwing movements/politics/culture, US-Japan relations, and urban studies.
they said it couldn't be helped, but someone kept believing
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
they said it couldn't be helped, but someone kept believing
ketchup, catsup
November 7, 2025 at 5:14 AM
ketchup, catsup
enjoyed this new-ish (but finally read by me) piece from Chigusa Yamaura
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
enjoyed this new-ish (but finally read by me) piece from Chigusa Yamaura
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
stumbled into an 80s ambient industrial goth experimental music kissa in the Kyushu countryside
Nocturnal Emissions? Current 93? Throbbing Gristle? Controlled Bleeding?
✔️, ☑️, ✔️, and ☑️
(jazz too!)
Nocturnal Emissions? Current 93? Throbbing Gristle? Controlled Bleeding?
✔️, ☑️, ✔️, and ☑️
(jazz too!)
October 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
stumbled into an 80s ambient industrial goth experimental music kissa in the Kyushu countryside
Nocturnal Emissions? Current 93? Throbbing Gristle? Controlled Bleeding?
✔️, ☑️, ✔️, and ☑️
(jazz too!)
Nocturnal Emissions? Current 93? Throbbing Gristle? Controlled Bleeding?
✔️, ☑️, ✔️, and ☑️
(jazz too!)
one of the better sunsets I’ve seen of late
October 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
one of the better sunsets I’ve seen of late
good workplaces host good deathmetal concerts
October 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
good workplaces host good deathmetal concerts
your balcony view (if you were the U.S. consul in Osaka)
September 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
your balcony view (if you were the U.S. consul in Osaka)
but the coffee has no truck with seasons
September 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
but the coffee has no truck with seasons
towel‘s hot, summer‘s over
September 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
towel‘s hot, summer‘s over
(for Kansai-area architecture nerds)
there is a neat house by Wakabayashi Hiroyuki for sale in southeast Kyoto:
suumo.jp/chukoikkodat...
there is a neat house by Wakabayashi Hiroyuki for sale in southeast Kyoto:
suumo.jp/chukoikkodat...
September 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
(for Kansai-area architecture nerds)
there is a neat house by Wakabayashi Hiroyuki for sale in southeast Kyoto:
suumo.jp/chukoikkodat...
there is a neat house by Wakabayashi Hiroyuki for sale in southeast Kyoto:
suumo.jp/chukoikkodat...
not quite autumn
September 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
not quite autumn
one of Kyoto‘s better biryanis
September 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
one of Kyoto‘s better biryanis
catching up with the classics
August 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
catching up with the classics
not out of the woods yet but it kinda feels sliiiightly less hot?
August 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
not out of the woods yet but it kinda feels sliiiightly less hot?
Kyoto’s new monsoon season proceeds every afternoon like clockwork
August 27, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Kyoto’s new monsoon season proceeds every afternoon like clockwork
we’ve arrived at the (新!) rainy season
August 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
we’ve arrived at the (新!) rainy season
Further evidence of Japanese society distancing itself from traditional religious practices
August 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Further evidence of Japanese society distancing itself from traditional religious practices
what Suntory has decided beer drinkers should drink once the beer has run out
August 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
what Suntory has decided beer drinkers should drink once the beer has run out
(in case you were wondering)
August 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
(in case you were wondering)
that had a lot of useful bits! this part, though, was surprising to me
July 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
that had a lot of useful bits! this part, though, was surprising to me
July 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
had a plan to get further on up but got enveloped by a dark and rumbling cloud at the top (Kamikochi down in the valley below)
July 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
had a plan to get further on up but got enveloped by a dark and rumbling cloud at the top (Kamikochi down in the valley below)