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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
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