Why the Western Term "Stan" Doesn’t Explain "Oshi"
In the West, we have "stans"—obsessive fans born from a shadow of possessiveness. But in Japan, there is "Oshi." It is a cause, not a favorite.
Omurice gets all the fame. Chicken rice is what's actually underneath it.
Ketchup-fried rice, invented early 1900s, sweet and mild enough that it became Japan's default kids' food.
Wrap it in an omelet and everyone forgets it existed on its own:
monkeybridge.substack.com/p/chicken-rice…
Kintsugi's glue is lacquer from a tree in the same family as poison ivy. It cures through humidity and time, not drying.
Rush it and the repair fails.
What does the waiting teach?
Read it:
monkeybridge.substack.com/p/kintsugi-the…
Kintsugi's glue is lacquer from a tree in the same family as poison ivy. It cures through humidity and time, not drying.
Rush it and the repair fails.
What does the waiting teach?
Read it:
monkeybridge.substack.com/p/the-konbini-…