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Despite familiar threats of synthetic alternatives and a declining workforce, Shiga Prefecture's persimmon dyers believe the traditional craft is still worth the effort. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/11/01/style-design/persimmon-dyeing-textiles-shiga-crafts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #styledesign #japanesecrafts #textiles #rurallife
Despite familiar threats of synthetic alternatives and a declining workforce, Shiga Prefecture's persimmon dyers believe the traditional craft is still worth the effort. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/11/01/style-design/persimmon-dyeing-textiles-shiga-crafts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #styledesign #japanesecrafts #textiles #rurallife
Oenophiles, prepare your palate as American wine critic James Suckling and his posse of more than 150 wine producers come to town. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/31/food-drink/james-suckling-wine-event-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #wine #alcohol #drinking
While the hotel’s so-called Mindful Floor won’t be fully up and running until December, the newly opened JW Marriott Tokyo adds yet another luxury option to the city’s ever-growing list of hotels. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/31/travel/jw-marriott-takanawa-luxury-new/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #travel #hotels #travel #marriott
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As Japan’s new prime minister promises economic revival, investors are brushing up on the language of the stock market — and “Sanaenomics.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/30/language/takaichi-stocks-sanaenomics-investing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #sanaenomics #sanaetakaichi #halloween #investing
Life After Work
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Milkweed Seedpod Explosion
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Turns out the singularity was just fascism.
@aral If I must explain to a very young kid what is life, I'd say it's when some stones become intelligent.
Life and intelligence are for me the same thing, having singularity is to see a new kind of life appearing.
But RNA/DNA life is very efficient, has low mineral consumption, and uses very little amount of "rare" minerals.
And its chemistry is optimised.
Their singularity must rather be named stupidity threshold, or mineral idiocracy threshold.
Milkweed Seedpod Explosion
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A microwave and mayonnaise are all you need to make a chicken omelet sandwich for a quick breakfast or lunch bento. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/28/food-drink/oyako-sando-recipe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #japanesecuisine #meat #chefs #recipes
Meet Japan’s “macho caregivers.” A Nagoya firm is recruiting bodybuilders to work in care homes — offering gym perks, protein shakes and purpose. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/28/lifestyle/japan-bodybuilders-macho-caregivers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #disability #elderly #nursingcare #bodybuilding
The Rubble of Memory
A fleeting glimpse of a car on the highway sparks a journey back in time, a reflection on youth, lost dreams, and the powerful, deceptive nature of memory.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/10/27/the-rubble-of-memory/
A growing breed of Nepali chefs are showing that there's more to South Asian food in Tokyo than butter chicken, naan and curry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/24/food-drink/nepali-food-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #meat #fish #rice #chefs #vegetables
No street parties, no chaos — just a good Halloween. Here’s how to ask (politely!) where to celebrate this year, plus the grammar to sound natural doing it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/23/language/japanese-halloween-questions-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #tokyo #shibuya #halloween
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