#薙刀式 — Public Fediverse posts

See https://astrobeano.blogspot.com/2026/03/naginata-style-update.html for my blog post about updating my #MechanicalKeyboard for #KanaInput using #NaginataStyle #薙刀式 v17, minor adjustments for less keys.

I've just updated my #MechanicalKeyboard's Japanese #KanaInput layer to #NaginataStyle v17 (#薙刀式) https://oookaworks.seesaa.net/article/519707171.html

Recently in https://oookaworks.seesaa.net/article/519836919.html the author Toshihiko Ōoka (#大岡俊彦) estimated there are a few thousand users. I'm an outlier... 🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⌨️🇯🇵

See https://astrobeano.blogspot.com/2025/08/naginata-style-for-typing-in-japanese.html for my explanation in English (of v16). Four rarer kana swap places in v17, released in January.

This is timely as I've found an online typing site where I can actually start to practice touch typing in kana mode (albeit with some major caveats).

I’m pretty pleased how my #KeyboardLayout rendering came out - #HandsDownPromethium for English, and #NaginataStyle #薙刀式 #大岡俊彦 for #Japanese - see https://github.com/peterjc/zmk-config with configuration for the rendering tool https://github.com/caksoylar/keymap-drawer which outputs SVG which you can customise with CSS:

Another #KeyboardLayout blog post from me - https://astrobeano.blogspot.com/2025/08/naginata-style-for-typing-in-japanese.html - This introduces the #NaginataStyle (#薙刀式 http://oookaworks.seesaa.net/article/456099128.html#gsc.tab=0) by author Toshihiko Ōoka (#大岡俊彦), a computer keyboard layout for typing #Japanese kana without using romaji.