Daniel Warriner
@danielwarriner.com
Editor in Tokyo posting Japan-related stuff, articles, essays, photos, and fiction.
記事やフィクション、気になる映画の解説など投稿しています。
Web: https://www.danielwarriner.com/
記事やフィクション、気になる映画の解説など投稿しています。
Web: https://www.danielwarriner.com/
Mount Fuji, Tue Oct 6
October 5, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Mount Fuji, Tue Oct 6
Sweet potato vendor
Harajuku, Tokyo
Harajuku, Tokyo
August 16, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Sweet potato vendor
Harajuku, Tokyo
Harajuku, Tokyo
Typhoon Chan-hom overhead this morning, and also this egret (shirasagi, 白鷺)
August 11, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Typhoon Chan-hom overhead this morning, and also this egret (shirasagi, 白鷺)
Chinatown, Toronto
August 5, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Chinatown, Toronto
Red-winged blackbird, Niagara Falls
August 2, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Red-winged blackbird, Niagara Falls
Taking a break from Japan in Muskoka and Niagara
August 1, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Taking a break from Japan in Muskoka and Niagara
Cycled by today’s fire at the army base, JGSDF Camp Asaka (陸上自衛隊 朝霞駐屯地)
July 20, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Cycled by today’s fire at the army base, JGSDF Camp Asaka (陸上自衛隊 朝霞駐屯地)
Tanuki is back! Maybe too hot to sleep all day 🐾 His fur is coming back too after a bout of mange in May 🦝
July 19, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Tanuki is back! Maybe too hot to sleep all day 🐾 His fur is coming back too after a bout of mange in May 🦝
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force tubists at the 20th Yosakoi Festival in Hikarigaoka Park, Tokyo (July 18–20, 9 am–9 pm daily)
At: 35°45'52.1"N 139°37'49.1"E
At: 35°45'52.1"N 139°37'49.1"E
July 19, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force tubists at the 20th Yosakoi Festival in Hikarigaoka Park, Tokyo (July 18–20, 9 am–9 pm daily)
At: 35°45'52.1"N 139°37'49.1"E
At: 35°45'52.1"N 139°37'49.1"E
Last night’s local festival and dancing 🕺
July 18, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Last night’s local festival and dancing 🕺
At Sanpoji Pond
35°44'18.3"N 139°35'41.9"E
35°44'18.3"N 139°35'41.9"E
June 6, 2026 at 10:11 PM
At Sanpoji Pond
35°44'18.3"N 139°35'41.9"E
35°44'18.3"N 139°35'41.9"E
“Shinjuku Niagara Falls” in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Central Park
My hometown is the 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 Niagara Falls (the Canadian side), but in the 1990s I lived near this park, in Honmachi, Shibuya
My hometown is the 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 Niagara Falls (the Canadian side), but in the 1990s I lived near this park, in Honmachi, Shibuya
May 24, 2026 at 11:05 PM
“Shinjuku Niagara Falls” in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Central Park
My hometown is the 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 Niagara Falls (the Canadian side), but in the 1990s I lived near this park, in Honmachi, Shibuya
My hometown is the 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 Niagara Falls (the Canadian side), but in the 1990s I lived near this park, in Honmachi, Shibuya
Good article by Sean Williams in The Guardian
‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...
‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...
‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza
The long read: Mako Nishimura fought her way into the Japanese underworld, but drug addiction and the slow demise of organised crime gangs almost destroyed her
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Good article by Sean Williams in The Guardian
‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...
‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...
Saw three types of heron this morning, and cormorants
Sanpoji Pond, Tokyo
At: 35°44'18.1"N 139°35'43.9"E
Sanpoji Pond, Tokyo
At: 35°44'18.1"N 139°35'43.9"E
May 11, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Saw three types of heron this morning, and cormorants
Sanpoji Pond, Tokyo
At: 35°44'18.1"N 139°35'43.9"E
Sanpoji Pond, Tokyo
At: 35°44'18.1"N 139°35'43.9"E
Walked past this and Hayao Miyazaki sprang to mind, not sure why exactly
May 9, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Walked past this and Hayao Miyazaki sprang to mind, not sure why exactly
View from Canadian embassy in Minato-ku
May 8, 2026 at 7:08 AM
View from Canadian embassy in Minato-ku
波型 (namigata), ondulé, corrugated
April 24, 2026 at 10:06 PM
波型 (namigata), ondulé, corrugated
April 13, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Revisiting some of the books on Japan I read a few years ago. Ian Buruma’s Tokyo Romance, and a lot of his other work, has stayed with me.
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A Tokyo Romance
A Tokyo Romance (2018) is Ian Buruma’s memoir of his six years in Japan. He moved to Tokyo in 1975 at the age of 23, studied cinema at Nichidai in Ekoda, and met figures such as Donald Richie, Akira K...
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April 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Revisiting some of the books on Japan I read a few years ago. Ian Buruma’s Tokyo Romance, and a lot of his other work, has stayed with me.
www.danielwarriner.com/post/a-tokyo...
www.danielwarriner.com/post/a-tokyo...
I’ve spotted a few tanuki in the area recently but wasn’t quick enough with my camera. They seem to appear on the hottest summer days, during the rare snowfall in Tokyo, and when the blossoms are falling. And they’re very curious. I saw this one down my street around this time last year.
April 4, 2026 at 5:33 AM
I’ve spotted a few tanuki in the area recently but wasn’t quick enough with my camera. They seem to appear on the hottest summer days, during the rare snowfall in Tokyo, and when the blossoms are falling. And they’re very curious. I saw this one down my street around this time last year.