G M Thomas FRSA FRAS
@japanauthor.bsky.social
Fellow Royal Society of Arts. Fellow Royal Asiatic Society. Royal Society For Asia Affairs.
Japan is an excellent place to find vintage electronics but occasionally they can be found in the UK. The Sony FX-412UK was sold in the early 1980s for £165. It combined a 4 inch TV screen, a cassette player, and a 3-band radio.
January 22, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Japan is an excellent place to find vintage electronics but occasionally they can be found in the UK. The Sony FX-412UK was sold in the early 1980s for £165. It combined a 4 inch TV screen, a cassette player, and a 3-band radio.
I used to have a workspace in Camden and this painting captured the soul of the area perfectly.
'Afternoon In Camden Town' (2023) by Chris Thompson
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January 22, 2026 at 4:42 PM
I used to have a workspace in Camden and this painting captured the soul of the area perfectly.
Best Picture Nominations:
Bugonia x
Frankenstein ok
F1 popcorn
Hamnet ok
Marty Supreme ok
One Battle After Another +++
The Secret Agent ok
Sentimental Value +++
Sinners ++
Train Dreams ++
Bugonia x
Frankenstein ok
F1 popcorn
Hamnet ok
Marty Supreme ok
One Battle After Another +++
The Secret Agent ok
Sentimental Value +++
Sinners ++
Train Dreams ++
January 22, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Best Picture Nominations:
Bugonia x
Frankenstein ok
F1 popcorn
Hamnet ok
Marty Supreme ok
One Battle After Another +++
The Secret Agent ok
Sentimental Value +++
Sinners ++
Train Dreams ++
Bugonia x
Frankenstein ok
F1 popcorn
Hamnet ok
Marty Supreme ok
One Battle After Another +++
The Secret Agent ok
Sentimental Value +++
Sinners ++
Train Dreams ++
A friend sent me these. It's peak snow season on the Sea of Japan coastline. These scenes from Miyazu. #cold #BlueSkyArtShow #Japan #winter @bskyphotos.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 5:40 AM
A friend sent me these. It's peak snow season on the Sea of Japan coastline. These scenes from Miyazu. #cold #BlueSkyArtShow #Japan #winter @bskyphotos.bsky.social
Fifty years ago Concorde made its first commercial flight. Seven years earlier in April 1969, Brian Trubshaw was the first British pilot to fly Concorde. His grave can be found in the churchyard of St Nicholas, Cherington, in the Cotswolds.
#aviation #testpilot #Concorde #Filton
#aviation #testpilot #Concorde #Filton
January 22, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Fifty years ago Concorde made its first commercial flight. Seven years earlier in April 1969, Brian Trubshaw was the first British pilot to fly Concorde. His grave can be found in the churchyard of St Nicholas, Cherington, in the Cotswolds.
#aviation #testpilot #Concorde #Filton
#aviation #testpilot #Concorde #Filton
Fifty years ago, Concorde entered service on 21 January 1976 with Air France from Paris-Roissy and British Airways from London Heathrow. This is a menu from a later flight. The food itself was acceptable but the wine list was excellent. #travel #flight #aviation #Concorde #AirFrance #Supersonic
January 22, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Fifty years ago, Concorde entered service on 21 January 1976 with Air France from Paris-Roissy and British Airways from London Heathrow. This is a menu from a later flight. The food itself was acceptable but the wine list was excellent. #travel #flight #aviation #Concorde #AirFrance #Supersonic
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Flying over the Arctic Circle and northern Greenland. August 2023. #cold #BlueSkyArtShow
#photography #nature
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#photography #nature
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January 22, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Flying over the Arctic Circle and northern Greenland. August 2023. #cold #BlueSkyArtShow
#photography #nature
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
#photography #nature
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
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An abandoned building that was once a corporate leisure facility for employees. Built during the bubble era it can be found on a hill that rises behind Tadotsu, Kagawa Prefecture.
#Japan #photography #architecture
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
#Japan #photography #architecture
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 6:35 PM
An abandoned building that was once a corporate leisure facility for employees. Built during the bubble era it can be found on a hill that rises behind Tadotsu, Kagawa Prefecture.
#Japan #photography #architecture
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
#Japan #photography #architecture
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
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Castarède is France's oldest Armagnac trading house, founded in 1832, and known for its quality Bas Armagnac. This one is particularly rich, with a complex profile of dried fruit, oak, vanilla, and spice,
January 19, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Castarède is France's oldest Armagnac trading house, founded in 1832, and known for its quality Bas Armagnac. This one is particularly rich, with a complex profile of dried fruit, oak, vanilla, and spice,
Reposted by G M Thomas FRSA FRAS
[カドリードミニオンヘリポート／阿蘇山頂ヘリポート]
Extended footage of a helicopter flying into the crater at Mt Aso. A trip I took in 2017.
諸般の事情により、当面の間ヘリコプター遊覧を中止いたします。
今後につきましては、あらためてご案内いたします。
youtu.be/C4nIzegIGU4?...
Extended footage of a helicopter flying into the crater at Mt Aso. A trip I took in 2017.
諸般の事情により、当面の間ヘリコプター遊覧を中止いたします。
今後につきましては、あらためてご案内いたします。
youtu.be/C4nIzegIGU4?...
My Movie 8548 2017
YouTube video by Family Videos
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January 20, 2026 at 5:03 PM
[カドリードミニオンヘリポート／阿蘇山頂ヘリポート]
Extended footage of a helicopter flying into the crater at Mt Aso. A trip I took in 2017.
諸般の事情により、当面の間ヘリコプター遊覧を中止いたします。
今後につきましては、あらためてご案内いたします。
youtu.be/C4nIzegIGU4?...
Extended footage of a helicopter flying into the crater at Mt Aso. A trip I took in 2017.
諸般の事情により、当面の間ヘリコプター遊覧を中止いたします。
今後につきましては、あらためてご案内いたします。
youtu.be/C4nIzegIGU4?...
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The tori gate Itsukushima Shrine, on Miyajima.
#photography #Japan #BlueSkyArt #Japantravel
#instajapan
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#photography #Japan #BlueSkyArt #Japantravel
#instajapan
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January 21, 2026 at 7:48 AM
The tori gate Itsukushima Shrine, on Miyajima.
#photography #Japan #BlueSkyArt #Japantravel
#instajapan
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
#photography #Japan #BlueSkyArt #Japantravel
#instajapan
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
On Takeshi Kitano's 79th birthday, revisit a rare English assessment of his first international hit. #Sonatine 🎬📽️ #Letterboxd #moviesky #FilmSky grahamthomasauthor.wordpress.com/2025/09/21/s...
Sonatine ソナチネ – when Beat Takeshi created an international hit.
Film publicity graphic. A Napoleon fish being pierced with a harpoon. An international hit but in Japan, like his previous films, Sonatine (1993) was far from a box office success – if not qu…
https://grahamthomasauthor.wordpress.com/2025/09/21/sonatine-ソナチネ-when-beat-takeshi-created-an-international-hit/
January 20, 2026 at 6:04 PM
On Takeshi Kitano's 79th birthday, revisit a rare English assessment of his first international hit. #Sonatine 🎬📽️ #Letterboxd #moviesky #FilmSky grahamthomasauthor.wordpress.com/2025/09/21/s...
[カドリードミニオンヘリポート／阿蘇山頂ヘリポート]
Extended footage of a helicopter flying into the crater at Mt Aso. A trip I took in 2017.
諸般の事情により、当面の間ヘリコプター遊覧を中止いたします。
今後につきましては、あらためてご案内いたします。
youtu.be/C4nIzegIGU4?...
Extended footage of a helicopter flying into the crater at Mt Aso. A trip I took in 2017.
諸般の事情により、当面の間ヘリコプター遊覧を中止いたします。
今後につきましては、あらためてご案内いたします。
youtu.be/C4nIzegIGU4?...
My Movie 8548 2017
YouTube video by Family Videos
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 5:03 PM
[カドリードミニオンヘリポート／阿蘇山頂ヘリポート]
Extended footage of a helicopter flying into the crater at Mt Aso. A trip I took in 2017.
諸般の事情により、当面の間ヘリコプター遊覧を中止いたします。
今後につきましては、あらためてご案内いたします。
youtu.be/C4nIzegIGU4?...
Extended footage of a helicopter flying into the crater at Mt Aso. A trip I took in 2017.
諸般の事情により、当面の間ヘリコプター遊覧を中止いたします。
今後につきましては、あらためてご案内いたします。
youtu.be/C4nIzegIGU4?...
Japan has a long and rich tradition of bird’s-eye view maps. As early as the Heian period (794–1185), scrolls using elevated perspectives were employed and they became increasingly popular over the centuries. In the Showa era they became the prime way to draw tourist maps.
#Japanhub #Japantravel
#Japanhub #Japantravel
January 19, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Japan has a long and rich tradition of bird’s-eye view maps. As early as the Heian period (794–1185), scrolls using elevated perspectives were employed and they became increasingly popular over the centuries. In the Showa era they became the prime way to draw tourist maps.
#Japanhub #Japantravel
#Japanhub #Japantravel
In Japan, the Year of the Fire Horse, or Hinoe-Uma (丙午) has added superstitious value as it only occurs every sixty years. Fire horse babies are said to be stubborn and unpredictable - if they’re women.
The Year of The Fire Horse decoration in the entrance of our house.
January 19, 2026 at 8:47 PM
In Japan, the Year of the Fire Horse, or Hinoe-Uma (丙午) has added superstitious value as it only occurs every sixty years. Fire horse babies are said to be stubborn and unpredictable - if they’re women.
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#One commercial jet flying over the office blocks of Shinagawa. 2025.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Tokyo #Japan
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
#BlueSkyArtShow #Tokyo #Japan
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 12:41 AM
#One commercial jet flying over the office blocks of Shinagawa. 2025.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Tokyo #Japan
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
#BlueSkyArtShow #Tokyo #Japan
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
Castarède is France's oldest Armagnac trading house, founded in 1832, and known for its quality Bas Armagnac. This one is particularly rich, with a complex profile of dried fruit, oak, vanilla, and spice,
January 19, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Castarède is France's oldest Armagnac trading house, founded in 1832, and known for its quality Bas Armagnac. This one is particularly rich, with a complex profile of dried fruit, oak, vanilla, and spice,
Personally I prefer Armagnac the more rustic, artisanal “country cousin” to the smoother, more polished #Cognac. This article looks at the decline of the latter. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ja...,
Naa Oyo A. Kwate | Reviving Cognac
Cognac sales have been in decline since 2022, particularly in its two biggest markets, the United States and China. The...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Personally I prefer Armagnac the more rustic, artisanal “country cousin” to the smoother, more polished #Cognac. This article looks at the decline of the latter. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ja...,
A #single cloud streaks across the sky over the Somerset Levels. Quintessential English countryside. January 2026.
#BskyArtShow #nature
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#BskyArtShow #nature
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January 18, 2026 at 2:31 AM
A #single cloud streaks across the sky over the Somerset Levels. Quintessential English countryside. January 2026.
#BskyArtShow #nature
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
#BskyArtShow #nature
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
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The tunnel on the canal at Bridgwater dates from 1840. The photo dated from January 2026.
#Stunday #photography #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #One
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
#Stunday #photography #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #One
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 2:04 AM
The tunnel on the canal at Bridgwater dates from 1840. The photo dated from January 2026.
#Stunday #photography #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #One
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
#Stunday #photography #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #One
@bskyphotos.bsky.social
As every single #JamesBond film is added to #netflix, The Independent has compiled the/their/a-stab-at-the definitive ranking of every #007 outing to date. Good for clicks and heated discussion.
January 18, 2026 at 12:54 AM
As every single #JamesBond film is added to #netflix, The Independent has compiled the/their/a-stab-at-the definitive ranking of every #007 outing to date. Good for clicks and heated discussion.
One of the most popular film titles is Obsession. There are innumerable examples including one starring Daniel Craig (1997), and my favourite: a celebrated mystery/thriller by Brian De Palma released in 1976 and being filmed in Florence when I stayed there as a student. #filmsky #letterboxd 📽️🎬
January 17, 2026 at 9:03 PM
One of the most popular film titles is Obsession. There are innumerable examples including one starring Daniel Craig (1997), and my favourite: a celebrated mystery/thriller by Brian De Palma released in 1976 and being filmed in Florence when I stayed there as a student. #filmsky #letterboxd 📽️🎬
A friend from overseas is currently in Japan and today visited the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto.
It was late afternoon and he reported that there were no crowds at all.
At least at the moment, the days of over-tourism are over.
#Kinkaku-ji #金閣寺 #Rokuoji #鹿苑寺 #japantravel
It was late afternoon and he reported that there were no crowds at all.
At least at the moment, the days of over-tourism are over.
#Kinkaku-ji #金閣寺 #Rokuoji #鹿苑寺 #japantravel
January 17, 2026 at 8:46 PM
A friend from overseas is currently in Japan and today visited the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto.
It was late afternoon and he reported that there were no crowds at all.
At least at the moment, the days of over-tourism are over.
#Kinkaku-ji #金閣寺 #Rokuoji #鹿苑寺 #japantravel
It was late afternoon and he reported that there were no crowds at all.
At least at the moment, the days of over-tourism are over.
#Kinkaku-ji #金閣寺 #Rokuoji #鹿苑寺 #japantravel
