Daniel Kaihatsu is a videomaker, independent scholar, and type designer in Osaka, Japan. He holds a Batchelor with Honours in Game Design, intersecting his interest in games and cultural literacy to promote ‘creativity through culture’.
When he's not hanging around between Umeda and Tennoji, he can be found in Hokkaido where he frequently visits Ainu communities, or back in the country of his birth, the UAE.
Back in 2013, programmer Anditto Heristyo wrote a piece about what it was like to apply for a programming job at Nintendo. This post captivated thirteen year-old me, and I remember hoping that one day I would be able to go through the same process, ultimately with success. Though I applied, unfortunately I was dropped out of the system before I got an offer. Though it was certainly a unique experience which further prepared me for graduate job hunting in Japan.
Read moreI started Afkary as a way to share things things that are outside the scope of YouTube videos. The name itself is a transliteration of an Arabic word – “افكاري”, meaning “my thoughts”.
I originally started this site in 2022, but after moving to Japan this place inevitably fell out of my conscious mind as I struggled to balance my worklife, personal projects, and the quest to find a more active social life. Unfortunately when my guard was down (and seemingly the guard of my ever-useless webhoster), this site was hijacked in an opportunist attack to turn it into some kind of scammy gambling website. Thankfully the attackers weren’t able to have their way with it, but it did result in Afkary and most of my other sites having their directories scrambled, necessitating starting from scratch.
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