Andrew Crowder
@awatayama.bsky.social
Lucky hubby, proud girl dad. Educator, economist & cleantech guy living in Kyoto. Devoted to literature and martial arts. Immigrant, not expat. Dhammapada 322 Matt. 22:36-40. 書剣同源
Still getting it done in #Kyoto, connecting a jazz academic and a tech investor at a popup bar on Kiyamachi.
We in #Japan can serve as an ark of art and culture and connection, ready to step forth to the rescue and the liberation of the New World when the time comes.
May it come soon.
We in #Japan can serve as an ark of art and culture and connection, ready to step forth to the rescue and the liberation of the New World when the time comes.
May it come soon.
November 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I love #Kyoto.
On the way home from KUFS, snagged a colleague with a PhD in Chinese Jazz of the 30s for Hurricanes at a NOLA popup.
Then Jpn political convo at my local bar.
Moon & Jupiter shining strong, the Dioscuri mild in their malevolence.
We are doing OK here, enacting democracy.
On the way home from KUFS, snagged a colleague with a PhD in Chinese Jazz of the 30s for Hurricanes at a NOLA popup.
Then Jpn political convo at my local bar.
Moon & Jupiter shining strong, the Dioscuri mild in their malevolence.
We are doing OK here, enacting democracy.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I love #Kyoto.
On the way home from KUFS, snagged a colleague with a PhD in Chinese Jazz of the 30s for Hurricanes at a NOLA popup.
Then Jpn political convo at my local bar.
Moon & Jupiter shining strong, the Dioscuri mild in their malevolence.
We are doing OK here, enacting democracy.
On the way home from KUFS, snagged a colleague with a PhD in Chinese Jazz of the 30s for Hurricanes at a NOLA popup.
Then Jpn political convo at my local bar.
Moon & Jupiter shining strong, the Dioscuri mild in their malevolence.
We are doing OK here, enacting democracy.
I can’t plate worth shit, but here’s our dinner:
Roasted figs
Fried rice with nira rather than green onion
Pork steak (70 g.)
Grilled pea pods with elephant garlic
Roasted figs
Fried rice with nira rather than green onion
Pork steak (70 g.)
Grilled pea pods with elephant garlic
October 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I can’t plate worth shit, but here’s our dinner:
Roasted figs
Fried rice with nira rather than green onion
Pork steak (70 g.)
Grilled pea pods with elephant garlic
Roasted figs
Fried rice with nira rather than green onion
Pork steak (70 g.)
Grilled pea pods with elephant garlic
The face of cowardice. This ICE goon shot an unarmed protester in the face, and has pissed his pants.
October 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The face of cowardice. This ICE goon shot an unarmed protester in the face, and has pissed his pants.
Talking politics in #Japan— electing a female Prime Minister, and sending a squadron of F-15s to the UK to fly intercept missions against gangster state Russia’s aircraft. Within the law.
Wait’ll #Korea gets in it. Their pilots are skilled and brave.
Democratic Asians are better than you, #US.
Wait’ll #Korea gets in it. Their pilots are skilled and brave.
Democratic Asians are better than you, #US.
October 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Jidai Matsuri, “Procession of the Ages,” Kyoto
October 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Jidai Matsuri, “Procession of the Ages,” Kyoto
Jidai Matsuri, “Procession of the Eras,” Kyoto.
October 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Jidai Matsuri, “Procession of the Eras,” Kyoto.
Jidai Matsuri, “Procession of the Ages, Kyoto.
October 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Jidai Matsuri, “Procession of the Ages, Kyoto.
The professionalism and decency of the US officer corps will prevail.
My next-door neighbor when I was 7; he later ascended to RADM.
My next-door neighbor when I was 7; he later ascended to RADM.
October 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The professionalism and decency of the US officer corps will prevail.
My next-door neighbor when I was 7; he later ascended to RADM.
My next-door neighbor when I was 7; he later ascended to RADM.
Takaichi Sanae, first female Prime Minister of Japan.
October 4, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Takaichi Sanae, first female Prime Minister of Japan.
My beloved spouse is a genius. She’s never been formally trained in flower arrangement- she’s watched her mother, who does have formal training, all her life- but here she plays beyond the edges of the board, the skeleton of a seed pod to the left.
We Crowder boys have one key skill - we marry up.
We Crowder boys have one key skill - we marry up.
September 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
My beloved spouse is a genius. She’s never been formally trained in flower arrangement- she’s watched her mother, who does have formal training, all her life- but here she plays beyond the edges of the board, the skeleton of a seed pod to the left.
We Crowder boys have one key skill - we marry up.
We Crowder boys have one key skill - we marry up.
A pencil drawing by a friend of the old lion at Kyoto Zoo.
Our house is very near the zoo.
One day I heard his roar. But apparently it was six months after the old lion had died.
Our house is very near the zoo.
One day I heard his roar. But apparently it was six months after the old lion had died.
September 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A pencil drawing by a friend of the old lion at Kyoto Zoo.
Our house is very near the zoo.
One day I heard his roar. But apparently it was six months after the old lion had died.
Our house is very near the zoo.
One day I heard his roar. But apparently it was six months after the old lion had died.
A friend made a wonderful simple taco for me on Tuesday.
September 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
A friend made a wonderful simple taco for me on Tuesday.
John Oliver’s yawp:
Fuck you! Make me.
As great a battle cry as ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ.
Eat that, MAGA cucks.
#neversurrender
Fuck you! Make me.
As great a battle cry as ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ.
Eat that, MAGA cucks.
#neversurrender
September 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
John Oliver’s yawp:
Fuck you! Make me.
As great a battle cry as ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ.
Eat that, MAGA cucks.
#neversurrender
Fuck you! Make me.
As great a battle cry as ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ.
Eat that, MAGA cucks.
#neversurrender
September 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The Trump Administration has ordered the National Park Service not to display this photo of a man called Peter Gordon.
Please repost far and wide.
Please repost far and wide.
September 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The Trump Administration has ordered the National Park Service not to display this photo of a man called Peter Gordon.
Please repost far and wide.
Please repost far and wide.
二番草
取りも果さず
穂に出て
Nibangusa
Tori mo hatasazu
Ho ni idete.
The second weeding
Not yet finished, but the rice
Puts forth its ears.
Picking back up the Summer Moon #renku, Kyōrai writes a #haiku that shifts the scene to the country -- farmers are saying it's hot as they weed the rice paddies.
取りも果さず
穂に出て
Nibangusa
Tori mo hatasazu
Ho ni idete.
The second weeding
Not yet finished, but the rice
Puts forth its ears.
Picking back up the Summer Moon #renku, Kyōrai writes a #haiku that shifts the scene to the country -- farmers are saying it's hot as they weed the rice paddies.
September 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Mensch, werde wesentlich; denn wenn die Welt vergeht,
So fällt der Zufall weg, das Wesen, das besteht.
Human being, be of substance; then, when the World passes away, so to will accidental things, and the substance alone will remain.
Angelus Silesius (1624 - 1677)
So fällt der Zufall weg, das Wesen, das besteht.
Human being, be of substance; then, when the World passes away, so to will accidental things, and the substance alone will remain.
Angelus Silesius (1624 - 1677)
September 15, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Mensch, werde wesentlich; denn wenn die Welt vergeht,
So fällt der Zufall weg, das Wesen, das besteht.
Human being, be of substance; then, when the World passes away, so to will accidental things, and the substance alone will remain.
Angelus Silesius (1624 - 1677)
So fällt der Zufall weg, das Wesen, das besteht.
Human being, be of substance; then, when the World passes away, so to will accidental things, and the substance alone will remain.
Angelus Silesius (1624 - 1677)