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Returned home to Ōsaka from the best ever trip to the Tōkyō region, staying with our sons, meeting friends, and going to beautiful places. Let's start with Nikkō Tōshō-gū (日光東照宮), a shrine dedicated to the first Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu who united Japanese civilization four centuries ago. It's unusually gorgeous and ornate by traditional Japanese aesthetic standards, reflecting warlord grandiosity,
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Our older son Kiley (海里) who took me to Nikkō and Lake Chūzenji has been a key IT person in the Tōkyō headquarters of global corporations. During our trip I could fill him in on times before he could remember and more about my life in the U.S. before moving to Japan. He says he wants to spend more quality time with me in the future as well. After that, he set out for Nepal on business and trekking
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What I did recently, going from home in Ōsaka to Tōkyō (2). My friend the Aoyama Gakuin University professor and I went to Shinjuku Gyoen (新宿御苑), quite a large park in central Tōkyō. I'm hard-pressed with the limit of four photos. He had a nice camera and sent me some close-ups of flowers in the greenhouse of Shinjuku Gyoen that I'm not showing this time. If there seems to be a demand, I will. Her
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Recent travels started with my wife's home city of Nagoya, going to a Buddhist temple ceremony with my mother-in-law. The first photo shows the pagoda of Nittaiji (日泰寺), which means Japan-Thailand Temple, with a giant lotus. The second photo is of Nagoya Port (名古屋港). Another trip was staying at two hotels in Kyōto, which wasn't necessary because we live nearby, but my wife and her Nagoya friend wa
📊 Post engagement
13
Avg engagement / post
2.2%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: Returned home to Ōsaka from the best ever trip to the Tōkyō regi · 29 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
1 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 0 text · 12 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
21×
Follows 28 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
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Returned home to Ōsaka from the best ever trip to the Tōkyō region, staying with our sons, meeting friends, and going to beautiful places. Let's start with Nikkō Tōshō-gū (日光東照宮), a shrine dedicated to the first Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu who united Japanese civilization four c…
Recent travels started with my wife's home city of Nagoya, going to a Buddhist temple ceremony with my mother-in-law. The first photo shows the pagoda of Nittaiji (日泰寺), which means Japan-Thailand Temple, with a giant lotus. The second …
Someone is enjoying the rainy season and typhoons - the greenery. If you can get away from the usual urban Japan to someplace like the Kyōto Botanical Garden (京都府立植物園), there are many beautiful flowers including giant lotuses (蓮) a…
The temple Sumadera (須磨寺) at the west end of Kōbe is amazing, and I showed three photos of it last time, at permalink: https://hcommons.social/@SteveMcCarty/116776900347838491
Its international relations have resulted in a unique sectio…
I went to the western edge of Kōbe City and up a ropeway to see the Great Akashi Bridge (明石海峡大橋) that crosses the Seto Inland Sea to Awaji Island and on to Shikoku Island where we used to live (photo 1). There is a span of nearly 2km…
Unusual news about my works: Five of my book chapters have been republished by publishers, but today one of my 10 keynote addresses at international conferences, originally presented online in 2025, will be re-presented by streaming: "AI C…
What I did recently, going from home in Ōsaka to Tōkyō (3). I met a friend who is a veteran filmmaker, in Nakano, near Shinjuku, and the first photo is of us in an arcade there. The carp streamers were out at that time for Children's Day (…
What I did recently, going from home in Ōsaka to Tōkyō (2). My friend the Aoyama Gakuin University professor and I went to Shinjuku Gyoen (新宿御苑), quite a large park in central Tōkyō. I'm hard-pressed with the limit of four photos. He h…
What I did recently in Tōkyō (1). From home in Ōsaka, riding the Shinkansen from Kyōto, I passed Mt. Fuji, which looked quite regal. Then greeted by our older son. The boys, who are doing well in Tōkyō, don't look very half Japanese, but c…
Our older son Kiley (海里) who took me to Nikkō and Lake Chūzenji has been a key IT person in the Tōkyō headquarters of global corporations. During our trip I could fill him in on times before he could remember and more about my life in th…
A little beyond Nikkō in Tochigi Prefecture is the Lake Chūzenji (中禅寺湖) area with white birch trees and snow on the nearby peaks, although it was warm at 1,500 meters. In my 45 or so years here, I had only gone a little north of Tōkyō …
Many responses to my post with photos of the Shintō-Buddhist hybrid shrine Nikkō Tōshō-gū (日光東照宮) dedicated to the first Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu at permalink https://hcommons.social/@SteveMcCarty/116460012855652237 included a question …
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hcommons.social
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On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 13 views per post.
📤Posts about 1× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated89/100
Excellent
Credibility score
99%
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Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~2.2% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Retired full Professor and Government Lecturer on Japan. Born in Boston, living between Ōsaka and Kyōto. Founded the NPO World Association for Online Education in 1998. 2024-2027: Digital Education working group for the EU-funded Indo-Pacific European Hub for Digital Partnerships. 637+ Google Scholar citations to 255 publications on Online Education, Bilingualism, Japan, and the Academic Life, nearly all (see below) open access (searchable 🦣 #fedi22) starting from https://japanned.hcommons.org
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