Substack’s Top 32 Writers on Japan in 2024!

This week’s edition of my newsletter The Kyote includes a list of people we feel are producing the best stuff on Japan in the English language.

Click the link for full write-ups on everyone included; this note contains the bare list only.

Comments and criticism welcome.

[On Japanese Culture]

1. Bill Adler
   of Stray Cats of Japan and Fiction by Bill Adler

2. Robert Whiting
   of Robert Whiting’s Japan

3. Hiroko Yoda
   of Japanese Happiness

4. Kate Elwood
   of Cultural Conundrums

5. Kana Chan
   of Tending Gardens

6. Mark Kennedy
   of Real Gaijin

7. Leon
   of Hidden Japan

8. Tim Bunting - Kiwi Yamabushi
   of Mountains of Wisdom

9. Gianni Simone
   of Tokyo Calling

10. Sam Holden
    of Dispatches from Post-growth Japan

11. Shawn B. Swinger
    of Ninja Nomad

12. Jack Krown
    of Frog’s Glen

13. Julian Smith
    of Walking Across Japan

14. Burcu Basar
    of Letters From Japan

15. Tales Gubes
    of A gay fox in Japan

16. Made in DNA
    of Samuraipunk

[On Pop Culture]

1. caity summer
   of plastic fantasma

2. Patrick St. Michel
   of Make Believe Melodies

3. Ryo Miyauchi
   of This Side of Japan

4. Matt Alt
   of Matt Alt's True Invention

[On Photography]

1. SHIMIZU Akira
   of Japan Ordinary

2. Kjeld Duits
   of Old Photos of Japan

[On Economics & Politics]

1. Richard Katz
   of Japan Economy Watch

2. Tobias Harris
   of Observing Japan

3. AltayCap
   of Mostly Value Investing

4. Rei Saito
   of KonichiValue

5. Richardson Handjaja
   of Animenomics

[Food]

1. The

   Conbini Boys 🐣🍗

2. The Ramen Bowl

[One-Off Pieces]

1. Johnna Slaby
   of The Wanderer

2. Robert Walrod
   of Earthly Delights

3. Leanne Ogasawara
   of Dreaming in Japanese

That’s it! Have you say in the comments below.