A newsletter about daily life in rural Japan. Based in Kamikatsu, Japan’s first zero-waste village.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 92 | Founded | 6 years ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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A Short Hello!
I recently shared my September newsletter and realized that if I don’t add my own voiceover, an AI bot reads it automatically. But it has terrible Japanese pronunciation!! Since I already pulled out my mic to quickly upload a reading of the...
Notes from the Inaka: September “Nagatsuki” 2026
Dear reader,
In Japan, September is a month when our gaze and hearts turn toward the moon in anticipation of Tsukimi (more commonly known as the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival). The Autumn equinox will soon arrive, and we part with summer with f...
To Love a Place: Wendell Berry (1934-2026)
Photograph by Guy Mendes
The world lost Wendell Berry on August 31st. He was a farmer, writer, and environmental advocate whose work inspired countless people to see the world as living—deeply worth loving and protecting, not just a sum of...
How to Steal a Skill
Have you ever been yelled at by someone in Japanese?
I don’t mean the kind of yelling my grandparents might have done when I was a kid, telling me abunaiii (危ない), or dangerous.
I mean the kind of yelling where you have no choice but to l...
Notes from the Inaka: August "Hazuki" 2026
Hi dear reader,
Welcome August!
August is a month brimming with nostalgia and memories of childhood summers play back in my mind like vivid dreams. Every year around this time, I find myself returning to specific moments from growing up b...
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\ud81a\uddb9 Postcards & stories from rural Japan \ud81a\uddb9 Living & working in a small mountain village \ud81a\uddb9 Everyday life through the lens of 72 microseasons
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