Shigesato Itoi

Twitterhttps://twitter.com/itoishigesato Shigesato Itoi is a famous Japanese copywriter and essayist though he is known as a game designer for his work on Nintendos EarthBound series of games as well as his bass fishing video game outside of Japan. He is also known as the person who thought up the name Game Boy. His normal activities however center around his blog/website Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun The Itoi PrettyMuchDaily News which publishes Itois short essays on the lifestyle and spirituality and also his interviews with artists craftsmen businessmen etc. which also tend to center on philosophical issues. Itoi has also cowritten several books modeled on these interviews in which he has a series of long conversations with for example an expert on neurology Kaiba The Hippocampus about how to live as a human being in the world. His latest book Chiisai Kotoba o Utau Basho A Place Where Small Words Are Sung is an anthology of writing collected from the Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun. Hobo Nichi as it is called is currently releasing a series of Tshirts on the theme Sentimental Territory which feature simple drawings of cute animals with tears in their eyes. It also designs and sells a combination calendar/address book/personal notebook at the beginning of each business year MarchApril.