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Diane Neill Tincher

Diane Neill Tincher

Tales from History

33 stories

Two freshly roasted Satsuma sweet potatoes, one broken open revealing its sweet yellowish flesh.

Illustrations of human bones from Kaitai Shinsho.

Autumn leaves overhang a pond and wooden temple building at Chusonji in Hiraizumi.

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Japanese Words that English Needs

5 stories

Still pond with scattered fallen leaves floating. Old Japanese temple building on the right. Green, orange, and red maple leaves above. Bamboo in the background.

Cute drawing of a little boy with hands folded in front of him before a typical Japanese meal featuring miso soup and rice. His mouth is open, saying, “Itadakimasu.”

The 3 story pagoda at Kiyomizu Temple shining bright orange in the rays of the setting sun, surrounded by red maple leaves with blue sky behind.

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Travel in Japan

27 stories

Tempura on plate with lemon.

Snow covered mountains and cascading mountain river.

Many, closely-arranged, brilliant vermilion torii gates with names of donors painted in black, over path leading to Mount Inari.

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Living in Japan

29 stories

Red-haired girl holding a Japanese book. Mother with a child on her lap reading. Boy writing in his workbook.

Golden heads of ripened rice, bowing beneath a blue sky.

Hunting rifles, Japan.

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Miscellaneous Articles

19 stories

People apologzing, one in a recorded video, others at a press conference.

Little girl holding coin purse in front of store.

Packs of small cards written with Japanese and English words about events in Japanese history.

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Japanese Proverbs

6 stories

Drawing of a turtle with a tail by an Edo-era master of woodblock prints, Hokusai.

Daruma dolls waiting to be burned at a Shinto Shrine.

Mount Fuji, hawk, and eggplant.

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Japanese Culture and Traditions

41 stories

The Golden Pavilion in Kyoto against a blue cloudy sky.

Bonito decorated with rice and Shinto folded paper.

Terrace rice fields reflecting the sky.

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Writing tips for Medium

2 stories

Little girl screaming with her head through the rail of a terrace.

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Nature

11 stories

Rugged mountain and blue sky fronted by green treetops.

Snow-capped Mount Bandai reflected in the still waters of Lake Inawashiro, Fukushima.

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Stories Featuring Elderly Japanese

5 stories

Old woman’s folded hands on her lap.

An elderly woman’s hand rests upon the top of a cane.

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I Looked Pregnant for 35 Years, and It Wasn’t Fun

15 stories

Sunshine filtering through trees on a runner.

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Japan's Three Great Vengeful Ghosts

3 stories

A woman in kimono holding a scroll is on the left. A giant skeleton leers over two cowering aristocrats in colorful kimonos in the center.

Emperor Sutoku, clothed in flowing robes with hair blowing upwards and a crazed pale face, stands on an outcropping of rock over a raging sea.

Overhead view of the imperial palace meeting hall filled with black smoke, lightning cracking above, the image of a man among the lightning. A man is being tossed out of the hall, another is on the ground, and another is running away.

Diane Neill Tincher

Diane Neill Tincher

Top writer in Travel. I’ve lived in Japan since 1987 & love learning, history, & the beauty of nature. Pls use my link to join Medium: https://bit.ly/3yqwppZ

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