#todayintokyo

[matryokeshi]

30 March 2024. Cherry blossoms in Tokyo, Japan 🌸

[merpmonde]

Hello! I just saw your post about the conference. I know it's very niche, but I'd love to hear / read more about your sangaku presentation. I actually went back to Konnō Hachiman-gū this afternoon, hoping to see more examples, but no such luck. (I cannot decipher them, of course, but I taught English at a faculty of engineering, and my students could. Sometimes. )

I'll put together something about the shrine, but どうぞお先に。Nudge nudge hint hint.

Hi, thanks for the message!

The presentation was in two main parts: first the historical context of the Edo period and function of sangaku in developing mathematics during that time, and second a closer look at Kashihara Miminashi Yamaguchi-jinja's example with a modern solution. I can't read the sangaku in full, but I have been able to pick out the parts with numbers and compare some of their results with the formulas.

I can probably put together a mini-series at some point. Which parts would you want to hear more about? (That's a general question btw: anyone can reply and add the conversation of course.)

[aers-radio]

Are we also allowed to geek out over miniature trains? I don't mean toys; I mean rideable miniature railways. We're not too grown-up for that, are we? Depending on your answer, I just might...

I'm not knowledgeable in that area, but they can be fun, and I'm guessing Japan has some with really neat details, so go for it!

Though that does remind me of a quirk I saw on Japanese maps: aren't theme park rides technically railways? I'll leave the question there for now, double-check things and might write a short piece about it.

[shoku-and-awe]

I've just finished An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed, the second book in a wonderful series about an 88-year-old retired language teacher who just wants to bask in the quiet of her beautiful old apartment with a pot of coffee and a plate of cheese sandwiches and cookies.... and how if anything ever threatens this blissful solitude, she will bash in its skull with a candlestick and shove it down the stairs and not lose a wink of sleep. And when the police come, it's all "What, dear? Who did you--? I'm afraid I'm not--oh, let me find my hearing aids, they must be here somewhere..."

Anyway, these are lovely, cozy, smirky and delicious crime novels about being overlooked and underestimated and how, yes, the privilege of enjoying a nice wine in your nice apartment where no one can bother you is actually sometimes worth a murder or three. And this book ended with some recipes for gingerbread cookies, which I've never made before, so I'm saving it here! The second, "naughty" recipe contains mild spoilers* for the second book, so be careful if you've yet to read it!

*Murder, the spoiler is murder. It's always murder. Obviously. Anyway, could not recommend these books more!

[impracticaldemon]

As threatened! :) Share 5 things that bring you joy, and ask the last 10 people who reblogged something from you (or your biggest fans) to do the same.

Thank you @todayintokyo :)

~ Writing (to which I will return soon!)

~ Plushies (more a lifestyle than a hobby at this point)

[this is a sample only... judge if you must]

~ Books (fiction; paperback by preference)

~ A brand new computer game that works first try and lives up to my hopes (...the kind of game you immediately wish you could play for the first time again...)

~ Chocolate (dark; or white - technically not chocolate idc)

I will send asks soon! May you all be finding things to bring you joy right now.

[owletstarlet]

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(Spotted today at Donquijote in Kyoto Avanti. It says Abenomasuku, referring to the tiny crappy face-diaper gauze masks that PM Abe sent out to every household in Japan as more or less a political stunt even as the government continued to drag its feet on actual coronavirus policy...

@todayintokyo

[cumberfoil]

Some sun (and ducks) at the Danube for @todayintokyo

[brygarth]

Not a question, but a thank you for making me smile so often. I live in Tokyo, where we have too many people and limited space. Your ponies are like the equine equivalent of Japan's so-called kei cars (smallest highway-legal passenger cars). I rather wish I could stable one on my balcony. Give them all a rub behind the left ear on my behalf, and enjoy the wide open space of your islands! :)

This is so sweet! You’re more than welcome! We love creating the content for you too. Yes we’re very lucky to live in a place like this with our tiny round ponies. We’ll give them all your love and cuddles :)

~ H

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