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I'm your bridge to Japan.
For 11 years I've traveled across 39 prefectures, talking to everyone from regular locals to master shokunin hidden in the shadows.
I transform those raw, unfiltered lessons into dark psychological thrillers: stories that take you deep into a Japan most outsiders never see, so you can disappear into another world that challenges and entertains you.
Every story starts in the Itoshima countryside. Every piece of art comes directly from an artisan I know by name.
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"A thrilling and otherworldly quest amongst the art and artisans in Japan."
I could feel that Brandon's experiences traveling around Japan, interviewing masters of craft, really led his writing.
"Like the works of Confucius told by Tarantino."
An eclectic mix of genres which left me exhausted, yet strangely spiritually calm.
"It's a story of the other, facing the other, in the mirror."
A beautifully woven tale that lifts the edges of the decorative carpet of a motley humanity.
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