Daniel Nakanishi-Chalwin
Daniel Nakanishi-Chalwin grew up in a granite house by the sea in Cornwall. An early interest in haiku led to a degree in Japanese at Oxford University, where he specialised in classical literature.
Having first come to Japan as a student 25 years ago, Daniel has spent the last 11 in a semi-rural part of Nara Prefecture (landlocked, alas). He lives in a Ballardian tower block overlooking a car park and extensive paddy fields.
The author of an unpublishable novel about a man being stalked by insects in Tokyo, Daniel has contributed regularly to Dark Mountain since 2015, as well as working as a ‘scout’ on Issue 15: TERRA. He is a militant tea drinker.
My Posts
We Are Watching You
Daniel Nakanishi-Chalwin
13th March, 2019
An essay by Daniel Nakanishi-Chalwin, our new Featured Mountaineer, on being stalked by crows.
The Grain
Daniel Nakanishi-Chalwin
15th October, 2018
Daniel Nakanishi-Chalwin follows in the footsteps of the peripatetic Buddhist sculptor Enkū. Published in Dark Mountain Issue 14: TERRA.
Dust and Bones
Daniel Nakanishi-Chalwin
2nd May, 2017
On Shintō, tantrism and death. Published in Dark Mountain: Issue 11.
Flux
Daniel Nakanishi-Chalwin
13th April, 2015
A poem by Daniel Nakanishi-Chalwin, originally published in Dark Mountain: Issue 7.