The Stone Bridge Podcast Stone Bridge Press

Steve Beimel, a long-time resident of Kyoto, is the driving force behind Japan Craft 21, whose goal is to preserve and nourish Japanese crafts. Here he discusses the variety and significance of crafts in Japan and what makes them so special.

Translator Mark Gibeau and publisher Peter Goodman discuss Mark’s translation of Osamu Dazai’s "Ningen Shikkaku,” which Stone Bridge published as "A Shameful Life" (elsewhere known as "No Longer Human")

Author John Dougill talks about his 3,000-km train trip from Hokkaido to Kyushu along the west coast of Japan and his observations and adventures along the way.

Managing editor Meg Taylor talks about MONKEY, an annual anthology that showcases translations of works by top Japanese writers and that has recently launched a new fiction-in-translation imprint with Stone Bridge Press.

Helen McCarthy, one of the key figures in the introduction of anime culture into the English-reading world back in the age of VHS and basement viewing parties, looks at how the medium has changed over the years and become a profit center for big streaming corporations while at the same time (mostly) hanging on to its creative vitality.

Japan is officially open with no pandemic restrictions! Author Gilles Poitras offers first travel impressions of Tokyo, based on his new book "Tokyo Stroll."