Substacks recommended by Patrick Patterson

Recommended by Patrick Patterson

My personal Substack

Vintage crimes in Territorial Honolulu and peripherally-related ephemera.

Scott Kikkawa writes what I like to call "Sun Drenched Noir." His modern detective stories set in the dark underbelly of 1950s territorial Hawaii are at once a callback to best of the noir genre - particularly Chandler, and a view of Honolulu most tourists don't get to see. Top this off with a Japanese-American war-hero detective and a great cast of characters and you get magic on the page!

- Patrick Patterson

The Digital Diarist

By Derek

The Digital Diarist is a daily publication about discovering the meaning and magic in everyday moments.

JAPAN ORDINARY -photos-

By Japan Ordinary

I like to capture the INTERESTING NORMAL in my life. I hope you can feel the REAL ATMOSPHERE OF JAPAN from my photos.

Book Nerd Tokyo

By Yuki Tejima

Exploring books, bookstores and translation in Tokyo. For those who enjoy in-depth conversations about literary translation, with the translators themselves.

Reckoning with Jason Herbert

Historian and outdoorsman Dr. Jason Herbert has questions about the world. And it's time to Reckon with them.

Experimental History

By Adam Mastroianni

1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.

Tokyo Calling

By Gianni Simone

About culture, travel, the joys of slow life, and all things Japanese, of course. Over 1,800 subscribers and followers.

Time Travel Kitchen

By Jolene Handy

Food, History, Chicago, New York and Beyond.

Susie Bright’s Journal

The woman Rolling Stone called “never boring,” Susie comforts the afflicted with politics, intimate bead-reading, rarities, and must-read reviews.

Bricolage

Recommended by Patrick Patterson