Link to publications in Japanese or bilingual: 著作リンク集.
The Japanese government foreign aid agency has released my 98-minute recorded presentation introducing Japan to foreign officials.
2025 presentation slideshows: "Entering the Japanese Religious Imagination" | "Gion Matsuri and Japanese Festivals" | "Foreigners and Japanese Adapting to Each Other"
Book Chapters
“Discovering Japanese Fusion of Religions on the Pilgrimage Island of Shikoku” in A Passion for Japan (2022), free at ResearchGate / Academia.Edu / 和訳 (in Japanese) / Related presentation: “Encountering famous East-West bridge persons across the U.S. to Japan” voice recording / slideshow.
“Symbolism of Fire and Air in Greco-Roman and Japanese Creation Myths” Four Elements in Mythology, Vol. 2 (2023).
“Japanese People and Society” (chapter in a government document).
Encyclopedia articles
“Buddhist Syncretism in Japan” | “Shikoku, the Pilgrimage Island of Japan” | “Mount Kōya“
Co-authored Historical and Cultural Guidebooks
Shikoku Bilingual Guidebook | Kagawa
Selected Cultural Articles
“Translation Issues in the Rapid Transmission of Esoteric Buddhism from India to China to Japan” at ResearchGate / Academia.edu / Knowledge Commons download. “Internationalizing the Essence of Haiku Poetry” | “East-West Cultural Differences in Basic Life Stance” or download it | “Legend of the Woman Diver” or download it. | “Dual Nationality in Japan: Learning to Love Ambiguity” or download it | “This is Asia: Exploring the Contrast between East Asian and Indo-Western Ways of Thinking” | “Healing Symbolism in the Japanese Legend of the Woman Diver” | Film Review: “Snack Sakura” Reflects Ambiguity of Japan’s Vintage Nightlife.
Join Steve on social media, largely posting about Japan, such as photos of Kyōto with explanations: Facebook / Mastodon.
Graduate Research
Kūkai and Zentsūji (Thesis) | Zen and Esoteric Buddhism Papers | Riding the White Elephant, Blossoming the Golden Flower.
Book Reviews
Multilingual Japan | Multicultural Japan: From Palaeolithic to Postmodern
Deep in Japan Podcasts
“Kukai the Universal with Professor Steve McCarty” or on Apple Podcasts or on YouTube (June 2023) | “How to Be a Professional Foreigner in Japan” or on Apple Podcasts (2021) | “A Lecture on Japanese Prehistory” / or on Apple Podcasts (2020).
See also lectures for the government on Japanese People and Society, Journalism on Japan, or educational Podcasts & Videos.