MoreTrees

Last weekend, I found the website to the Japan-based organization, MoreTrees. Here is my amateur translation (Japanese-English) of the “introduction” section of their website. If you are interested, hopefully this will give you an understanding of where they are coming from (despite my potentially garbled translation):
MoreTrees: Introduction
‘The name “MoreTrees,” is a call to have [...]

Study Japanese with Ken Tanaka: The Power of Music and Coffee

When I was a university student, a band that I was in (and am still “in,” even though I’m an ocean away) – Special Dental Team, wrote several songs with Japanese titles and even one with Japanese lyrics. In retrospect, I do recommend this as a study tactic to be stressed in my 50 Study [...]

50 Ways to Increase Your Japanese Language Ability (Study Techniques)

I have been studying Japanese for eight years. The first three years I studied at a university in the United States (studying and working for the university as a Japanese tutor). One year was spent working in South Korea and studying Japanese every morning with Korean adults (I was the only non-Korean student in the [...]

Ken Tanaka: Jacob the Happy Rabbit 2

Here at The Eyeslit-Crypt, we appreciate the work of the ever-busy, Ken Tanaka.
In a recent (or relatively recent) video, Tanaka seems to have put the finishing touches on his new self-published comic book, “Jacob the Happy Rabbit 2.” It’s cute and has a very “happy” story, too. Here is a brief summary of the work: [...]

The Open Wound (2 Tankas)

Here are two more original poems in the style of the Japanese “tanka.”
I dedicate these particular two works to the brilliance of poet/author Denis Johnson whose work I am devouring as carefully as I can.
The Open Wound (in 2 parts)
the gruesome portal
hints of eyes and torn hair-strands
stare black from the void
of a time of [...]