Colin Doyle
@nagaijin.bsky.social
Teacher, writer, Osaka Resident, Freelance Canadian
Teatime at the hardware store.
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Teatime at the hardware store.
Happy Culture Day, Japanfolk! Might celebrate simply this year, with yogurt on my cereal, then maybe a bit of cheese on my sandwich at lunchtime.
November 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Happy Culture Day, Japanfolk! Might celebrate simply this year, with yogurt on my cereal, then maybe a bit of cheese on my sandwich at lunchtime.
Still no kinmokusei (flowering olive), my favourite autumn flower, in my neighbourhood. Usually a mid-October flower. I miss their lovely fragrance.
October 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Still no kinmokusei (flowering olive), my favourite autumn flower, in my neighbourhood. Usually a mid-October flower. I miss their lovely fragrance.
Leisure suits are back.
October 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Leisure suits are back.
It always fascinates me that men (mostly) will give up decades of their lives to campaign, sit through boring meetings, drink merrily with people they despise, on the off chance that, for a few months or a couple of years, they can be prime minister of Japan. Human cicadas.
September 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
It always fascinates me that men (mostly) will give up decades of their lives to campaign, sit through boring meetings, drink merrily with people they despise, on the off chance that, for a few months or a couple of years, they can be prime minister of Japan. Human cicadas.
Why so many cops at the train stations (and even on the Midosuji Line train I’m on) these days? Is it to keep those nasty tourists in line? Not used to it.
August 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Why so many cops at the train stations (and even on the Midosuji Line train I’m on) these days? Is it to keep those nasty tourists in line? Not used to it.
Spare a thought for George Orwell on his birthday. Poor bugger thought he was writing fiction.
June 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Spare a thought for George Orwell on his birthday. Poor bugger thought he was writing fiction.
A new and exciting fleet of bots at the Other Place now, arguing that JD Vance is a better theologian than Pope Leo. Blessed are the petty.
May 19, 2025 at 6:15 AM
A new and exciting fleet of bots at the Other Place now, arguing that JD Vance is a better theologian than Pope Leo. Blessed are the petty.
Japanese houses: ingeniously designed so that you’re never too hot in the winter or too cold in the summer.
May 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Japanese houses: ingeniously designed so that you’re never too hot in the winter or too cold in the summer.
“Archive the Future,” says the cap worn by the woman across from me on the Sakaisuji Line.
May 7, 2025 at 6:06 AM
“Archive the Future,” says the cap worn by the woman across from me on the Sakaisuji Line.
Election night post-mortem: The Panel really don’t want to be sitting next to Jason Kenney. And I don’t blame them.
April 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Election night post-mortem: The Panel really don’t want to be sitting next to Jason Kenney. And I don’t blame them.
As the Canadian election enters the home stretch, and older Canadians are abandoning the Conservative Party in droves, the right-wing bots and trolls at the Other Place have replaced “pedo” with “boomer,” in their personal attacks, but basically are sticking to the same script.
April 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
As the Canadian election enters the home stretch, and older Canadians are abandoning the Conservative Party in droves, the right-wing bots and trolls at the Other Place have replaced “pedo” with “boomer,” in their personal attacks, but basically are sticking to the same script.
Interesting reading how so many people at the Other Place, who had never heard of Neil Young until today, when he endorsed Mark Carney, are saying they’re never going to listen to his music again.
April 16, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Interesting reading how so many people at the Other Place, who had never heard of Neil Young until today, when he endorsed Mark Carney, are saying they’re never going to listen to his music again.
Instagram has been flooded with ads on how to renounce your US citizenship. I can’t imagine why, as their government seems to think everybody wants to be American.
March 31, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Instagram has been flooded with ads on how to renounce your US citizenship. I can’t imagine why, as their government seems to think everybody wants to be American.
Reposted by Colin Doyle
Me in the national security group chat.
March 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Me in the national security group chat.
Might as well be rain
Be careful what you wish for
Wet Osaka snow.
Be careful what you wish for
Wet Osaka snow.
February 19, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Might as well be rain
Be careful what you wish for
Wet Osaka snow.
Be careful what you wish for
Wet Osaka snow.
Happy New Year, folks.
January 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Happy New Year, folks.
Some of the deeply saddest toupees in the known universe reside in Japan.
December 18, 2024 at 6:07 AM
Some of the deeply saddest toupees in the known universe reside in Japan.
If Harris had won, I don’t think the pardon would have been necessary. But the old man knows the vindictiveness of the next regime and couldn’t put his son through it. The end.
December 3, 2024 at 12:37 AM
If Harris had won, I don’t think the pardon would have been necessary. But the old man knows the vindictiveness of the next regime and couldn’t put his son through it. The end.
And then, suddenly, it was cold.
November 19, 2024 at 12:34 AM
And then, suddenly, it was cold.
This was peeking over a fence at me as I was making my way to the dentist’s.
November 12, 2024 at 12:52 PM
This was peeking over a fence at me as I was making my way to the dentist’s.
I think from today, I’ll start referring to JD whatzizname as Isabel Perón.
November 6, 2024 at 12:01 PM
I think from today, I’ll start referring to JD whatzizname as Isabel Perón.
Osaka, City of Contrasts, Pt2.
September 29, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Osaka, City of Contrasts, Pt2.