About this blog

This blog is my sandbox to play around in. Over time it’s become a knotty collection covering mobile transit and mobile payment systems, mostly Suica, some Nichiren Buddhism and whatever else I needed to get out of my head and written down. Because the blog format is a poor fit for tech info that needs constant updating, related information gets scattered over many posts, a real search nightmare. I try to keep the clutter down by updating guides and tech posts with new info and publishing dates. Outdated and obsolete posts are noted in the headline.

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Background

I was fortunate to work as a pre-press product manager at Heidelberg Japan, and used the work experience to report on the Japanese print market and font technology for the highly respected industry publication Seybold Reports back when they still had the original editorial staff at Media PA. That team was the smartest group I ever worked with. Their dedication and hard work getting every story right was truly inspiring. Unfortunately, Seybold Reports and their high editorial standards are long gone. Jonathan Seybold’s unique vision of keen analysis and principled quality has disappeared in the internet era as industry news publications degenerated into PR aggregators.

Later on I was a technology reporter for OTR Global covering the Japanese market for private equity customers.

Currently I am a Nichiren Shu Buddhist priest working at Joenji temple in Shinjuku helping with Nichiren Shu English language publications. I write this blog in my free time. My contact is here for questions and Nichiren Shu Reidan divination consultation inquiries.

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