Worlds without instruction manuals
An essay about a Tokyo Game Show encounter, games as cultural systems, everyday life in Japan, public writing, and intercultural education.
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What is new on mazur.jp
A chronological record of new teaching materials, research paths, writing, and public work. Every entry leads to the material in its permanent place.
Return to the homepage2026
Invited to present at Educational Spaces
At Hokkaido University, I presented how classroom design can turn contact across difference into conscious intercultural learning at APU.
Open this addition →Spring 2026 Pre-FD cohort completed
At APU, participants completed the Foundations of Teaching & Learning series, leaving with certificates and classroom designs they had tested and revised.
Open this addition →A Polish-Japanese lesson for Kaizen Academy
Why does “yes” not always mean yes? A bilingual lesson on reading context between Poland and Japan in school, internships, and work.
Open this addition →Try the interactive Teaching Design Studio
Turn one real classroom problem into a usable activity through five deliberate design choices.
Open this addition →Follow the Co-MIX learning method
A hands-on route through contextual reading, noticing, recall, and purposeful reuse.
Open this addition →Explore the expanded public record
Academic work, invitations, community projects, interviews, and public conversations.
Open this addition →New field notes from Tokyo Game Show
Press passes, interviews, playtests, and photographs from Tokyo Game Show reporting visits.
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