Post JET Diaries- Part Two
By Jennifer Cerna September “People tell me slow my roll, I’m screamin’ out ‘Fuck that!’ Imma do just what I want, lookin’ ahead, no turnin’ back.” – Kid Cudi I […]
Asian Horror: The Women-Centric Cinema We’ve All Been Waiting For
By Kaleigh Fleming There is often a push for more women-centric films on social media platforms these days. Films that pass the Bechdel test, films where women are the central […]
Post-JET Diaries- Part One
By Jennifer Cerna August This is the first installation in a series intended to chronicle my first six months as a JET alum. My goal is to present a condensed, […]
Hyphenated-American
By Michael Nguyen I am Vietnamese-American. I’m not Vietnamese. I wasn’t born in Vietnam. I speak the language, but only just. I’ve never been in the country of my ancestors […]
Urban Flora
By Michael Haverty As someone who has come from a very rural part of the US where plant-life can be found no matter how deep into a city one goes, […]
Power Stones and Seishin Sekai
By Michael Haverty If you spend enough time in Japan, you will surely begin to notice the stone bead bracelets that many people seem to own or that are sold […]
Iyo Kasuri – The Calming Dark Blue of Ehime
By Michael Haverty 立秋の紺落ち付くや伊予絣 Risshuu no kon ochitsuku ya Iyo kasuri At the start of fall, dark blue puts my mind at ease –Iyo kasuri – Natsume Soseki 夏目礎石 The […]
In Shiki’s Honor- A Haiku Celebration, by ALT’s
By Ehime ALTs This year is the 150th anniversary of two of Matsuyama’s most celebrated literary icons, Natsume Soseki and Masaoka Shiki. Masaoka Shiki was an inspirational human being, for […]
Chuyo’s Top Ten Shrines
By Tim Alley Anyone in Ehime knows that there is no shortage of nature here, and no shortage of things to find off the beaten path. From the big to […]