The New Leaf Journal

A photo-journalism exclusive: Capturing a squirrel kiss in Manhattan’s Battery Park in three photographs.

“On moonbright nights, when the coast wind whispers in the branches of the tree, O-Matsue and Teoyo may sometimes be seen, with bamboo rakes …, gathering together the needles of fir.”

〜Following up my piece on the struggles of real Japanese students with naturally brown hair with an article on a fictional Japanese student with naturally brown hair〜

A pigeon on a limb proves that while pigeons are not heavy in absolute terms, the effect of weight is relative.

〜”They seem like inhabitants of a fairer world than our’s…”〜

I review a small commercial Chinese visual novel available on Steam. LoveChoice features three separate and distinct love stories, each featuring at least one choice.

〜Something fishy in DUMBO in the summer of 2008〜

I examine policies in certain Japanese schools requiring Japanese students with naturally brown hair to dye their hair in order to conform with a policy against unnatural hair colors.

I encountered “BLOB DYLAN” graffiti on what was only this lifetime Brooklyn resident’s second time in Bushwick. Naturally, I turned it into an article.

〜Pictures from when the snow was fresh〜

〜An article on the introduction of the common house-sparrow to New York, and why it was brought here〜

A simple question about Robin Hood and GameStop turns into a unique account of the life and times of the original Robin Hood.