{"id":14843,"date":"2010-11-16T22:47:13","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T02:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=14843"},"modified":"2010-11-16T22:47:13","modified_gmt":"2010-11-17T02:47:13","slug":"culture-spreaders-bruce-rutledge-editor-ibuki-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/16\/culture-spreaders-bruce-rutledge-editor-ibuki-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture Spreaders: Bruce Rutledge, Editor – Ibuki Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Culture Spreaders<\/em><\/strong> is a new feature intended to shine a spotlight on JET alums involved in spreading and sharing Japanese culture in their home countries.\u00a0 If you know of a good JET alum for a future post, just e-mail jetwit [at] jetwit.com<\/strong> tell us why you think that alum is a Culture Spreader<\/strong>.\u00a0 (Self-nominations welcome too.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Seattle-based Bruce Rutledge<\/a> (MEF Program Chiba-ken, 1985-87)<\/strong> is the Editor-in-Chief of Ibuki<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, the “Japanese Inspired Food and Lifestyle Magazine<\/strong>” for the Seattle\/Bellevue\/Portland area.\u00a0 (www.ibukimagazine.com<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n

I was in Seattle this past weekend and (thanks to JETAA Pacific Northwest<\/a> President Sandra Sakai<\/strong>) was able to pick up a copy of the “I Love Kawaii”<\/strong> issue, which featured “6%Dokidoki Brings Happy Anarchy<\/strong>,” “Your Slice of Japan on the Eastside,” a recipe for green tea sweets, a travel article titled “Kanpai in Tokyo” and a sake article titled “Food pairing hints.”\u00a0 The magazine also includes an extensive Japan-related business directory for the area, including restaurants, galleries, grocery stores, etc.<\/p>\n

In addition to his work with Ibuki<\/em>, Bruce is also the founder of Chin Music Press<\/strong><\/a>, which has put out a number of Japan-related books and takes pride in book design.<\/p>\n

For all his work with Ibuki<\/em> and Chin Music Press, Bruce is undoubtedly a major JET alum “Culture Spreader.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Culture Spreaders is a new feature intended to shine a spotlight on JET alums involved in spreading and sharing Japanese culture in their home countries.\u00a0 If you know of a good JET alum for a future post, just e-mail jetwit [at] jetwit.com tell us why you think that alum is a Culture Spreader.\u00a0 (Self-nominations welcome […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40,305,304,1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-cultural-outreach","category-notable-jet-alums","category-uncategorized","category-writers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t