The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation’s Monthly Inspiration

Welcome to the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation’s Monthly Inspiration Newsletter. We hope that these monthly articles written by staff, trustees, and friends of the Foundation will allow our community to engage with a variety of Japan-related topics and stories.

Links to our discontinued series of Weekly Isolation Inspiration series can be found here.

1. September 2020: Literature - The Makioka Sisters by Jason James
2. October 2020: The Daiwa Scholarship - Blogs from Japan
3. November 2020: Literature - Yosano Akiko by Edmund Ryan
4. December 2020: Literature - Donald Keene by Sir Tim Hitchens
5. January 2021: Cuisine - Japanese New Year Food by Chiho Aikman
6. February 2021: Travel - the Kumano Kodō Kohechi by Stephen Barber
7. March 2021: Memories after the Tohoku Earthquake by Jason James
8. April 2021: A Japanese language student by Paul Dimond CMG
9. May 2021: Omotesenke tea ceremony by Junko Kono
10. June 2021: Daiwa Small Grants & Awards Spotlight on Coventry
11. July 2021: A Summer in Japan, 1966, by Professor Richard Bowring
12. August 2021: The richness of written Japanese-part 1, by Jason James
13. September 2021: The richness of written Japanese-part 2, by Jason James
14. October 2021: 30 Years of the Daiwa Scholarship
15. December 2021: Kendo by Sir Tim Hitchens
16. January 2022: An alternative view of Sōseki’s “Kokoro” by Jason James
17. February 2022: The Wilkinson Tansan Story by Jason James
18. March 2022: Daiwa Scholars in Japanese Studies 2022
19. April 2022: Daiwa Scholars 2022 and Daiwa Scholarship Alumni Activities
20. December 2022: Ichariba Chōdē by Tom Sutton
21. January 2023: Sugar in the Amami islands by Thomas Monaghan
22. February 2023: Man'yō Botanical Gardens in Japan by Dr Thomas McAuley
23. March 2023: Disaster Preventive Parks by Eleni Mente
24. April 2023: Unforgettable Memories by Keiichi Hayashi
25. June 2023: Exploring Rishiri & Rebun Islands by Izzy Morley
26. SEPTEMBER 2023: A GLIMPSE INTO JAPANESE PRIMARY SCHOOL BY MIA AIKMAN
27. OCTOBER 2023: WALKING THE NAKASENDO BY STEPHEN BARBER
28. NOVEMBER 2023: SCHOLARS BLOGS, HOMESTAY EXPERIENCES IN JAPAN
29. DECember 2023: KOSUGI-YU: BEHIND THE SCENES AT A SENTO BY GABY MANCEY-JONES
30. Jan 2024: One Month on from the Noto Peninsula Earthquake By Yoko Dochi
31. FEBruary 2024: VISITING JAPANESE BATTLE SITES BY JASON JAMES
32. MARCH 2024: SKATE IN JAPAN BY STEFFAN GRIFFITHS
33. APRIL 2024: ADVENTURES IN SPACE AND TIME BY RACHEL VENN
34. MAY 2024: Chinese and Latin by Jason James
35. JUNE 2024: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE JAPANESE QUEER COMMUNITY BY ZAC FAIRBROTHER
36. JULY 2024: ‘THE GREAT RYŪKYŪ PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURE SCROLL’ BY LUCY FLEMING-BROWN
37. SEPTEMBER 2024: A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION INTO THE LIGHTS OF JAPAN
38. OCTOBER 2024: A JAPANESE ARTIST IN LONDON, YOSHIO MARKINO, BY JASON JAMES
39. NOVEMBER 2024: ROOTING OUT ANCIENT TREES IN JAPAN, BY STEPHEN BARBER
40. DECEMBER 2024: A NEW YEAR ACCIDENT, BY JASON JAMES
41. JANUARY 2025: ONTA-YAKI AND THE ESSENCE OF MINGEI, BY JOHN CHARLTON-JONES
42. FEBRUARY 2025: WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY, BY JASON JAMES
43. March 2025: celebrating wales & japan, by izzy morley
44. APRIL 2025: TRUMP: AN EAST ASIAN PERSPECTIVE, BY SIR TIM HITCHENS
45. MAY 2025: IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME, BY RUSKIN HARDING
46. JUNE 2025: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JAPANESE CLIMBER JUNKO TABEI, BY JO BRADSHAW
47. JULY 2025: FROM TRADITION TO TRANSFORMATION, BY MARIIA ZGONNIK
48. SEPTEMBER 2025: WOMEN IN SUMO, BY ANNA MOORE
49. OCTOBER 2025: INOUE ENRYŌ, BY BENJAMIN JAMES
50. NOVEmBER 2025: ZINES ARE ALL AROUND US, BY HEIDI CLARK
51. DECEMBER 2025: TOKYO PLACE NAMES, BY JASON JAMES
52. JANUARY 2026: BUSHIDO, BY BENJAMIN JAMES
53. FEBRUARY 2026: PIANO CITY, BY NORIKO OGAWA
54. MARCH 2026: POLITICIANS AND JOURNALISTS, BY SIR TIM HITCHENS