I’m (still) working on a movie exploring meritocracy from a cross-cultural perspective:
Legacy handshakes at #Harvard vs. exam gatekeeper at #UTokyo
This is a trailer based on a novel: Who Owns Todai(UTokyo)?
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日米比較で考える教育格差
#academicsky #equality
A quiet cathedral made of repetitions and shadow.
After the commencement at #UTokyo , I remind myself:
Life gathers at the end, but the beauty lives in the passage.
#photo #blueskyartshow
#japan #academicsky
⛓️ University of Tokyo launches a Blockchain Applied Practice Program with 8 platforms including Ethereum Foundation, Solana & Avalanche.
Chain-neutral. Cross-disciplinary. Certs issued as SBTs.
Japan's top university enters Web3 education.
#UTokyo #Blockchain #Web3 #Ethereum
April 1 —the very first day of Japan’s academic year
Here, at #UTokyo as well.
#photography #japan #academicsky
Teaching at #UTokyo , I used my novel’s imaginary court as a pedagogical framework to examine competing definitions of meritocracy.
Students engaged with discussion prompts on fairness, contributing nuanced observations drawn from their own academic journeys and social contexts.
#academicsky
Is merit the great equalizer?
This is a “trailer” from my handmade text for a mock trial project: Who Owns #UTokyo ?
You are welcome to join our transnational classroom exploring the ache of meritocracy😊
#academicsky #lawyersky
#eastcoastkin
In my story-led law education, fiction is not decoration—it’s a training ground.
My students step into an imaginary courtroom based on my novel, Who Owns #UTokyo ? , a story exploring meritocracy.
#academicsky #lawyer
#legalstorytelling #japan
#blueskyartshow
"Who Owns #UTokyo ?"
A coming-of-age story of childhood friends who once swore to walk through UTokyo's Red Gate together but grow up on opposite sides of it.
One rises into a glass-tower career; the other is pushed into the city's unseen margins.
#writersky #japan #novel
#academicsky
A brief excerpt from my handmade text exploring meritocracy.
Two teens reunite as adults on opposite ends of privilege, confronting the invisible inequalities within Japan's elite university admissions.
#academicsky #UTokyo
#japan
A Quiet Rebellion
What if we redefined “merit”?
Not as test scores or school names, but as courage, creativity, and care.
Harvard, Princeton and #UTokyo (here) might still stand tall—but the gates would look different.
#photo #academicsky
Teaching at #UTokyo , I used my novel’s imaginary court as a pedagogical framework to examine competing definitions of meritocracy.
Students engaged w/ discussion prompts on fairness, contributing nuanced observations drawn from their own academic journeys and social contexts.
#academicsky
赤門 (Red Gate) of #UTokyo (Japan’s flagship univ.) stands as more than a landmark.
It stands there, calm and historic, while people build entire identities around whether they belong on the inside or the outside.
#photography #streetphoto
#academicsky #education
Teaching at #UTokyo , I used my novel’s imaginary court as a pedagogical framework to examine competing definitions of meritocracy.
Students engaged w/ discussion prompts on fairness, contributing nuanced observations drawn from their own academic journeys and social contexts.
#academicsky #law
Meritocracy endures in imagination: a fragile hope that society might listen to the music of ability, rather than the echo of inheritance.
(Here’s a “trailer” for my movie.)
「能力授業」について、立ち止まって考える仮想法廷。被告人は…東大赤門…?
#UTokyo #AcademicSky
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“Merit” is a lovely myth
—until you meet the child with three jobs and no tutor,
and the one with a college coach since age ten.
Exploring the myth of a level playing field here at #UTokyo —the “Japanese version of Harvard.”
#academicsky #education
Drawing on parallels between Harvard’s holistic admissions and #UTokyo ‘s exam-driven gatekeeping, I invite the reader to consider how both systems, though outwardly distinct, conceal networks of inherited advantage and quietly redefine the meaning of merit.
#WhoOwnsUTokyo
#academicsky #photo
Is inequality the unshakable echo of any human orchestra—or a score we dare to retune?
In my mock trial novel, I examine #UTokyo (below) as a microcosm of Japanese meritocracy & class structure.
被告は東大を超える大きなもの。
#academicsky #writer #japan
#photo #eastcoastkin
ストーリーを大切にしながら法の世界を探求しています。
Welcome to my story-led classroom.
I'm a legal educator and storyteller exploring law through fiction, music, and lived experience.
(Below from my novel, “Who Owns #UTokyo ?”)
#academicsky #lawyersky #legalstorytelling #photo
Teaching at #UTokyo , I used my novel’s imaginary court as a pedagogical framework to examine competing definitions of meritocracy.
Students engaged w/ discussion prompts on fairness, contributing nuanced observations drawn from their own academic journeys and social contexts.
#academicsky #law
CONNECTING ARTIFACTS つながるかたち展 05（東京大学 生産技術研究所 S棟） #つながるかたち展 #connectingartifacts #東京大学 #utokyo
CONNECTING ARTIFACTS つながるかたち展 05（東京大学 生産技術研究所 S棟） #つながるかたち展 #connectingartifacts #東京大学 #utokyo
CONNECTING ARTIFACTS つながるかたち展 05（東京大学 生産技術研究所 S棟） #つながるかたち展 #connectingartifacts #東京大学 #utokyo
CONNECTING ARTIFACTS つながるかたち展 05（東京大学 生産技術研究所 S棟） #つながるかたち展 #connectingartifacts #東京大学 #utokyo
東大は誰のものか
Coming-of-age under pressure: “I’m 18 and my life is already decided.”
Admissions / fairness / social class (Japan × U.S.)
Students step into an imaginary courtroom based on my novel —Who Owns #UTokyo ?
#writer #academicsky
