Japanese History Reflecting on 2024: A Year of Discovering Independent Scholars
Merry Christmas! The year is almost over, and it’s flown by so quickly. Recently, I visited the Marunouchi area near Tok...
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Japanese History 
Travelogue A Refreshing Escape to Hakone’s Hot Springs
I did 3-day, 2-night trip to Hakone. Hakone in a Nutshell Hakone is a charming resort town in southwestern Kanagawa Pref...
Travelogue A Memorable Autumn Trip to Kyoto and Osaka
I recently visited Kyoto and Osaka, two cities I’ve been to many times because of friends living there. However, this wa...
Japanese History Does the Jesuit Correspondence Record Japanese Purchasing African Slaves? Lúcio de Sousa’s Questionable Claims
In my previous article, I introduced Lucio de Sousa’s book, Escravatura e diáspora Japonesa nos séculos XVI e XVII (2014...