Spring still feels very far away so here are some drawings of Japanese flowers to brighten your day ✌🏻🌞

IT. IS. COMING! Save the date: April 28!

GIANT ROBOTS, BIG IDEAS.

Registration opens March 31st! Mind the socials of @ubleiden.bsky.social (and mine! :P) for more info coming soon!

Dusking: The Dutch twilight ritual helping people slow down A revived Dutch tradition encourages people to sit quietly at sunset and watch the world fade into darkness.

www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

… I literally never heard of this, I do not know a SINGLE person who does this. Somebody was likely out of ideas and generated this bs with Chatgpt.

Look at what I spotted in my 'new publications' list today 👇
@remcobreuker.bsky.social

Available soon in the #Asianlibrary @asianlibrarynl.bsky.social 👍!

Made a pop up of Japanese children’s books in the Asian Library! Video should be out soon 😊✌️

So WHERE in the world can you still do a fully funded PhD in Japan Studies?....

...oh yeah, right here! 👇

careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/PhD-posi...

I don't have enough hands to facepalm myself hard enough to forget I ever saw this headline

Made the frontpage of @unileiden.bsky.social today :)

The Necessities of Life: Japanese Colonial Policy as a Social Determinant of Ainu Health, 1876–1887 Summary. In this paper, I reassess the Meiji period (1868–1912) Japanese public health and Indigenous management policies, focussing on the Karafuto Ainu i

My article is finally in print! I detail the impact of Japanese colonial policy on Ainu health during the early-mid Meiji period, focusing on the village of Tsuishikari. The article's subtext is the broader question of Indigenous health in historical research.

New acquisition: the oldest known map of Dutch trading post Dejima.

Houses, warehouses, wells, a mooring, and even a stable: this map, created around 1720, shows the tiny island in Nagasaki bay designated as the only place from which Dutch merchants could trade with Japan.
➡️ edu.nl/tnqv6

Acquisition oldest map of Dutch island Dejima in Japan Houses, warehouses, wells, a mooring, and even a stable. All of this can be seen on the oldest known map of the island of Dejima, acquired by Leiden University Libraries (UBL). The map provides a high...

BIG NEWS! @ubleiden.bsky.social acquired the oldest known map of Dejima. See the blogpost (and video with yours truly and Martijn Storms ) below 👇

www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026...

The things I cannot unsee now....

When you are Googling "Military Grade Matcha" it is probably time to take a break....

The book on Subject Librarianship in Japan is now also available through University of Tokyo's repository.

"いま、なぜサブジェクト・ライブラリアンなのか"

repository.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/records/2014...

Book offering life tips from Hokkaido library's bulletin board becomes nationwide hit The library's director said a question box was set up in 2023 to expose teens to diverse ways of thinking 'in today’s social media-centric world.'

Sounds like a nice addition to the collection :)

www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10...

Can confirm, ROYAL pain in the ass. Infinite understanding for making those f*ckers into 折本 before it was considered 'not cool' to tamper with the format.

Wanna be one of the few people that can (and will) actually tell me what to do? 😉 Come apply now!

sfeerimpressie van de Dam bij de Nationale Hogeronderwijsstaking. #WOinActie @aob.nl

Talenopleidingen aan de UvA lijken te verdwijnen

De wereld wordt in steeds grotere mate door large language models (ChapGPT en zo) geregeerd, maar wij schaffen onze wetenschappelijke studie naar en onderwijs in de talen af. Dit is nl. een sterfhuisconstructie. Willen wij als samenleving ook meteen dood of zo?

www.folia.nl/nl/actueel/1...

a cat laying on the floor with the words finally done written on it ALT: a cat laying on the floor with the words finally done written on it

Finally done sending in 4 funding applications at three different foundations that I have been writing on for at least two months. Bring on Christmas break please.

Today’s weather be like:

Baek Se-hee: South Korean author of I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki dies at 35 South Korean writer Baek Se-hee was known for her 2018 bestselling memoir about her struggle with depression.

Only last month ordered her book and the Dutch translation by Mattho Mandersloot. Such a loss for the world 😢.

Hey hey, free drinks at #Wakuli Leiden today!

It’s #InternationalMentalHealthDay.
Meanwhile, Takaichi says we should “abandon work-life balance and just work, work, work.”

Hard pass. I’ll be over here doing something radical - like wrapping up on time to pick my son up from school and go to the park together.

Analyse van de Geopolitieke situatie van Noord Korea door Casper Wits.

Begin van de boekpresentatie van Remco Breuker @ Van Stockum Den Haag.

@remcobreuker.bsky.social #NoordKorea

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Kpop demon hunters ramyun made it to the Korean Embassy’s party

#kpopdemonhunters #ramyun

Ok I guess I will forgive Lidl....