The Travels of Lady Nijo is a project by Daniel Fandino, a PhD student at Michigan State University specializing in the history of U.S. - Japan relations. His fields of study include U.S. history, Japanese history, and Digital History. His academic interests focus on the relationship between popular culture and technology.

The project emerged from work with the Cultural Heritage Informatics Fellowship at Michigan State and has been supported by LEADR and DH@MSU.