The Only Gaijin in the Village

Poems, essays & wonderings.

My personal Substack

Thursday highlights about a classical piece or composer along with Saturday classical picks for a beautiful start to your weekend.

Buzzworthy and beyond in Japanese sports

Get a deeper knowledge of Japan, its history, economics and society, beyond the anime and "crazy Japan" headlines.

Thoughts on peace, education, sustainability, and local life in suburban Japan.

Stories, expressions, and insights from Asia, especially Japan and China.

A Newsletter of Life, Love, and Language

An ocean of stories from Salman Rushdie: I'll be talking about stories I’ve read or seen, true stories, tall stories, stories about me, and some I just made up.

The reader is my notebook

Bay French is the author of (at this moment) six books, spanning sci-fi, fantasy, middle-grade and non-fiction. Read the first book of the Space Pirates series for free right here on Substack. Now writing 52 stories in 52 weeks.

Dispatches from a silkpunk

A newsletter about Japanese music, new and old