Risshin Ogura: D.B.A. Monkey Bridge

Unlock Japan's potential! 25 years trade expert in export / import and sourcing. Your guide to Japan market and quality suppliers.

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Why the Western Term "Stan" Doesn’t Explain "Oshi"

In the West, we have "stans"—obsessive fans born from a shadow of possessiveness. But in Japan, there is "Oshi." It is a cause, not a favorite.

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指月録：禅への六つの扉｜小椋 立心 / Risshin Ogura: D.B.A. Monkey Bridge @DBAMonkeyBridge https://t.co/oWur5FVCQV
#坐禅 #禅 #瞑想 #只管打坐 #禅宗 #正念 #曹洞宗 #道元 #今ここ #無目的 #呼吸 #修行 #覚醒 #正念瞑想 #内なる静けさ #無心 #平常心 #仏教 #禅の心 #精神修養

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A monk burned Kinkakuji in 1950 because its perfection had become unbearable.

Mishima turned that act into a novel about why excellence can paralyze innovation.

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion is the innovator's dilemma — written by a genius.

https://t.co/th4mF2b0QM

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Without the expressway pass: every exit is a calculation.

Is this detour worth ¥1,200?

With the pass: every exit is free. Stop at every service area. Drive the detour. Rejoin freely.

The pass changes how you think about the road →

https://t.co/SXZEfEy8En

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Taco rice: born in 1960s Okinawa because tortillas weren't available.

Taco meat.
Lettuce.
Cheese.
Salsa.
On rice.

Now it's in every convenience store in Japan.

Constraints made this dish. Not philosophy.

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Someone decided a banana needed chocolate.

This decision, once made, could not be undone.

The shell makes the banana taste more like itself.
Why does that work? →

https://t.co/OBL1EizNB3

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Slack: 315K daily users in Japan before the official launch — all word-of-mouth.

Snowflake: pursued ISMAP certification before customers asked for it.

Both won by building trust first. The playbook is in the article →

https://t.co/TetjQdPNS4

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Pizza man: pizza sauce and cheese inside a steamed bun.
Not pizza. Not nikuman. Something else entirely.
150 yen. Hot. Portable.
Format, it turns out, is the real innovation.

https://t.co/q7Few6C2v9

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In 1924, a firing squad raised rifles at aikido's founder.

He saw the bullets as light. Moved. Survived.

That mystical moment launched an art of peace—built entirely on a foundation of learning to kill.

The paradox that still defines aikido today.

https://t.co/Cn4mGiFTIh

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戦わない武道の技法: 合気道の逆説、力、そして危機｜小椋 立心 / Risshin Ogura: D.B.A. Monkey Bridge @DBAMonkeyBridge https://t.co/7N9EDvyZ55
#合気道 #武道 #植芝盛平 #武術 #気 #合気 #大東流 #大本教 #合気道修行 #日本武道 #武道哲学 #平和と武道 #合気道家 #道場 #護身術 #精神修行 #気合

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What are you, without the role? Abe Kōbō's sand pit asks this in its most stripped-down form.

Research on career transition suggests the answer matters — and that the time to find it is before the sand rises. 👇

https://t.co/nYiKGMRJRD

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Japan passed its biggest cybersecurity law in history — May 2025.

Most foreign tech vendors haven't noticed.

Compliance is now a sales prerequisite across 15 critical sectors. The article breaks down what changed →

https://t.co/TetjQdQlHC

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Japan Expressway Pass mistake that voids the entire plan:

The ETC card must be requested when you book the rental — not at pickup, not after.

At most counters, it cannot be added later.

Request it at booking. Not after →

https://t.co/SXZEfEyGtV

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Near the end of "Woman in the Dunes," the rope ladder is left accessible.

Junpei doesn't leave.

Abe refuses to say whether this is freedom or its opposite. Research on choice suggests the answer is more complicated than it looks. 👇

https://t.co/VeWfUpxH3q

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WHO told China to share COVID data. China said no. WHO had no power to compel.

This wasn't a bug—it was the design. Sovereignty always trumped science.

When the next pandemic starts, we'll have the same empty stage.

https://t.co/6jezdFchRi

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The American Dog was designed for one situation:

Standing crowd. No table. No utensil. Nowhere to put anything down.

One hand. One skewer. Four to six bites.

Finished before you reach the next stall →

https://t.co/OCHl1EWu25

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誰も語らないCOVID-19: 犠牲者1,500万人パンデミックの真実｜小椋 立心 / Risshin Ogura: D.B.A. Monkey Bridge @DBAMonkeyBridge https://t.co/Rwb1E9dwzk
#WHO #世界保健機関 #パンデミック #国際協力 #パンデミック条約 #公衆衛生 #主権 #コロナ #感染症 #国連 #透明性 #説明責任 #ゲイツ財団

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Kafka meets Sartre meets postwar Japan.

Abe Kōbō absorbed both frameworks and wrote Japanese novels in them — asking what transformation always asks: what remains when the organizing structure is gone?

Woman in the Dunes is that question in a sand pit.

https://t.co/rUBGY0GDps

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Hokkaido expressway math:

New Chitose → Hakodate round trip: ¥11,060 pay-per-use.
4-day flat-rate pass: ¥7,700.

The pass pays for itself on the first route.

Every exit after that costs nothing →

https://t.co/SXZEfEyGtV

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In Japan, choosing a foreign vendor over a domestic one and failing is career-ending.

Choosing a domestic supplier and failing is just a setback.

Your pitch has to make choosing you feel safe — not just smart →

https://t.co/u1uy23ZdVL