Brandon Chin

Novelist / 8+years in Japan / 4x NHK World host

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are you next?

Boom. First contribution to the Dome House project has been made. Who’s next? This is how community projects get built. Little by little. Brick by brick. Dome on Dome. Some of you reading this might still be confused about what this Japan Dome House project is all about… If you want to travel...

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2 months ago • 1 min read

these white bald men are amazing

Today, I’m going to see one of my favorite performance art shows with a friend… It’s called “Sankai Juku”. It’s a bunch of bald white men dancing slowly to weird lighting and trippy music. But highly regarded abroad, especially in Europe. Obviously my description doesn’t do it justice, but it got...

2 months ago • 1 min read

Who are you?

Just mere hours ago...I did something. And you may be shocked...but it had to be done. I mixed two separate living beings together. Or rather... I mixed my two newsletters together. One was my book list. The other was my Japanese art list. And to celebrate this glorious combination, I’m extending...

2 months ago • 1 min read