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Junya Shinohara

writer

Born in 1990, Nagasaki. Freelance writer. Interviews and writes about book authors and other cultural figures. Recent hobby is to watch capybara videos on the Internet.

Last update: 2025.10.10
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15 Articles
RESEARCH
Series
To Live, To Relish

Deprivation Paved the Way for “Wabi Tea” and the Tea Ceremony. The Culture and Economics of Shikohin with Cultural Economist Naoki Ota

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RESEARCH
Series
To Live, To Relish

Looking at society through Yemen’s khat culture. Breaking a long held curse around shikohin: Interview with cultural anthropologist Reiko Otsubo

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SESSION

Have dating apps turned love and relationships into a matter of preference?Philosopher Koichiro Kokubun discusses shikohin with college students

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RESEARCH

Everybody has small addictions Philosopher Koichiro Kokubun discusses shikohin with youth

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RESEARCH

Innovative Creations in Cuisine, and Other Lessons from Working in Peru’s Globally Acclaimed Restaurant. Interview with Cultural Anthropologist Shu Fujita.

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RESEARCH

Humans and Gardening: a Hassle-Filled Yet Inseparable Relationship. Interview with Gardener and Art Scholar Tomoki Yamauchi

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CRAFTS

Holon, a Japanese Craft Gin, Invites a Meditative Time for the Mind and Body

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BOTANICALS
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Awabancha | DIG THE TEA

The Secrets of Lacto-Fermented Tea, and How a Japanese Town Grabbed the World’s Attention

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CRAFTS

Watchmaking Like Poetry. A Craftsman Reimagines Our Sense of Time

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BOTANICALS

Tea Tourism, and a Trip Designed Around a Cup of Tea in Ureshino

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CRAFTS

Food, Money and Energy. Itoshima Share House Asks “How Self-Sufficient Are You?”

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CRAFTS

How This Former Apple Engineer Uses Coffee Equipment to Create 5 Minutes of Bliss

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CRAFTS

Comfortable “Jeans of Japan” MONPE Creates New Scenes in Everyday Life

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CRAFTS

Tea is about Generosity. A Gen Z Master Renews “Tea-Time”

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