Words. Pictures. Cats.
Translator of Strange Pictures, Strange Houses, Strange Buildings, Strange Maps etc.
Author of Discovering Yamaguchi Sake
Last June, I had the honor of joining a few international sake figures on a trip to Yamanashi Prefecture to explore the sake GI there. I found the water focus fascinating, and wrote it up in an article that's now up on Nippon dot com.
Continue reading...I started freelance translation as a pure generalist, as I think many do. I would take basically any work that was not legal or medical (I wanted no lawsuits or medical accidents on my hands), and in practice that resulted in some wildly varied work,…
Continue reading...Announcing the Ochoko Times! My new newsletter starting from November 15, 2020. I'm just getting the hang of it, but my plan is to send emails twice monthly, one in the middle and one at the end. The emails will feature western Japan sake news…
Continue reading...The Japanese Sake Bible: Everything You Need to Know About Great Sake - With Tasting Notes and Scores for 100 Top Brands by Brian Ashcraft My rating: 5 of 5 stars There are quite a few good books for sake beginners that introduce concepts like…
Continue reading...This is a thoughtful review of my first book-length translation, Kthulhu Reich by Asamatsu Ken. Thanks, Bobby Derie!
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