BORN IN CALIFORNIA / 30+ YEARS IN JAPAN
PRODUCER.CREATOR. INSTIGATOR.
I make stories, connect people and turn ideas into projects across borders. Some entertain. Some challenge. Some create opportunities.
CALIFORNIA → JAPAN → BEYOND
I don’t just tell stories about the world. I build things in it.
LET’S MAKE SOMETHING ↗
01 / FEATURED VENTURE · KARAWANASIA IN
ASIA IN
MOTION.
An independent creative collective connecting filmmakers, photographers, writers and communities across Asia. Stories made closer to the people living them.
KARAWAN.ASIA ↗KARAWAN ASAHI: a proposed creative and community base in Chiba, subject to property acquisition, approvals and local consultation.
02 / WHAT I DO
MAKE. BUILD. STAND. MOVE.
Different disciplines. One impulse: move people and ideas into action.
01 / MAKE
PRODUCTION & STORIES
Film, documentary, publishing and original media.
↗ 02 / BUILDVENTURES & COMMUNITIES
KARAWAN and ventures that connect people across borders.
↗ 03 / STANDDIGNITY & SOLIDARITY
Creative work in service of dignity, opportunity and independent voices.
↗ 04 / MOVELIFE & EXPLORATION
Motorcycles, curiosity, and Honest, Japan.
↗01 / PUBLISHING
Selected publications
Practical reading for real life.
PAPERBACK
FIFTY & FU*KED: PLAN B
A Step-by-Step Plan to Take Back Control After 50.
Buy on Amazon ↗EXPLORE 12 AI EXERCISES ↗02 / PRACTICAL GUIDES
Guides for difficult moments
Small steps. New possibilities.
Parenting Under Pressure
A practical guide for parents navigating school refusal, stress and difficult conversations.
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迷ってるなら、これをやれ。人生の実験ノート
Ten questions. Ten small experiments. A bilingual workbook for getting unstuck.
Download free ↗03 / CROSS-DISCIPLINARY WORK
Independent projects
Different disciplines. One belief: meaningful work crosses borders.
ASIAN FILMMAKING COLLECTIVE
KARAWAN
A collective of Asian creators making films about Asia, through Asian perspectives.
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Work · Cross-border opportunity
Palestine Digital Mall
Connecting Palestinian professionals with international clients through a Japan-based trust bridge.
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Fashion · Visual culture
3N3MY
NOT NEUTRAL. An experimental fashion and visual-documentation project.
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Creative production · Solidarity
The Itchy Olive
Creative production and initiatives supporting dignified work and meaningful collaboration.
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Motorcycles · Offline living
VANISH 404
Explorations of attention, technology and life beyond the feed.
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04 / NOTES FROM THE ROAD
Socials
Occasional notes on making things, going places and staying curious.
Oct 30, 2026
I knew. I just kept watching the cow.
You pick up your phone to check the weather.Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.This is a reasonable thing to do. Weather happens. There may be an umbrella decision in your near future.F
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Oct 19, 2026
I Worked for 30 Years. Apparently, I Forgot to Plan for Retirement.
A couple of years ago, I walked into the accounting office at my university in Japan to ask about my pension.Nothing dramatic had happened. I wasn’t being fired. I hadn’t received a terminal diagnosis. I was simply cur
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Oct 15, 2026
Japan Won’t Fix You. It’ll Just Invoice You.
You’ve seen the videos.A lifestyle vlogger with a ring light and a fresh linen shirt stands in front of a collapsing wooden house in rural Japan, beaming like he just found God in the crawlspace. “For just ten thousand
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