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The Walking Man
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Fear of a mega-quake
And how to handle it
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Suffer little children
Blood, sweat and tears (and heat strokes) on Sports Day
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A few reading tips
And otaku news
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Valley of the dolls
A tribute to Orient Industry
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Dark chills on a summer day (4)
Ito Junji exhibition (2024.4.27-9.1)
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Dark chills on a summer day (3)
Ito Junji exhibition (2024.4.27-9.1)
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Dark chills on a summer day (2)
Ito Junji exhibition (2024.4.27-9.1)
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Dark chills on a summer day (1)
Ito Junji exhibition (2024.4.27-9.1)
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The low-tech reality of high-tech Japan
Floppy disks anyone?
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Tokyo, dystopian megacity
The city seen through anime
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Tokyo, dystopian megacity
The city seen through anime
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Kochi: Where nature meets history
Far from the madding tourist crowds, the little-known city of Kōchi is the birthplace of the samurai and politician Sakamoto Ryōma and the botanist…
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What's wrong with being No Face
Miyazaki Hayao talks about one of his most famous and puzzling characters
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Tokyo Calling
Tokyo Calling
About culture, travel, the joys of slow life, and all things Japanese, of course.
Tokyo Detour
Geisha eating croissants
Beatles Time Travel
Fukagawa as seen by Ozu
Trip to Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture
007 and Japan
Trip to Kasumigaura, Ibaraki Prefecture
Trip to Kasumigaura, Ibaraki Prefecture (2)
River Walk: Hayabuchi-gawa
River Walk: Hayabuchi-gawa 2
Tokyo streetcars
Tokyo streetcars 2
When walking becomes complicated
Ghosts, kappa, and big-balled tanuki
Visit Kochi
Interviews
Architect Kuma Kengo
Takino Fumie
Being a softcore film actress
Soapland worker
(1) Stefhen Bryan
Food and drinks
The Nightmare after Xmas
Curry and rice
Life in Japan
Poor life in rich Japan
Coronation Street
Tokyo Cinemas
Being a refugee in Japan
Travelling and Covid-19
Japan's sex industry
Hostess clubs
Soaplands
Marriage, sex, kids
On Baseball and Japaneseness
Okinawa 1
Okinawa 2
Okinawa 3
Xmas in Japan 1
Xmas in Japan 2
Life in Tokyo: the good and the bad
New Year celebrations
Face masks
Orga{ni}sm 1
Orga{ni}sm 2
(1) Japan, women & sex
The birds
What's Taipa?!
Best Mother Awards
Hakone Ekiden
Natural disasters
Shodoshima and shoyu 1
Shodoshima and shoyu 2
Shodoshima and shoyu 3
Shodoshima and shoyu 4
Miyazaki Hayao
Low-tech life in high-tech Japan
Fear of a mega-quake
Sex dolls
Reading and writing
Some musings on reading and books
The joy of idling and sharing
7 habits for living an engaged life
I remember
Take it slow
Otaku books
Imagine a world without bookstores
Music
When the Beatles Did Japan (!1)
When the Beatles did Japan (2)
When the Beatles did Japan (3)
When the Beatles did Japan (4)
When the Beatles did Japan (5)
Yokokura Kinue, Beatles super fan
Into the Beatles Vault
Gut Bucket Research
La La La Love Song
A red umbrella
Threads
The sunny side of the pandemic
Who are you?
How do you start off your day?
Night on earth
Looking for something new to read?
For better or for worse
Architecture
Always different, always the same
The disposable city
Motomiya Movie Theater, Fukushima
Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture
Playlists
In a Black mood
Substack(er)s I like
Sean Michael Wilson
Rey Ventura
Greetings from the suburbs
Taking out the trash
Parallel worlds
Masks
Fire in the neighborhood
Electric lines
The rice army
Early morning stroll
Green aliens invasion
The walking man
Exemplary Crime
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