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Election posters (2)
New trends and plain weird posters.
Jul 13
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Gianni Simone
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Foreign Faces, Familiar Fears
Immigration, Race, and the 2025 Upper-House Election
Jul 11
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Gianni Simone
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Bookends: The collapse of Japan’s bookstore culture
Japan faces a bookstore crisis as these vital cultural hubs rapidly disappear from towns nationwide.
Jul 5
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Gianni Simone
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Bookends: The collapse of Japan’s bookstore culture
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June 2025
Incineration plants, sacrificial pork, and ominous-looking public toilets
Walking Shibuya to Ebisu (4)
Jun 28
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Gianni Simone
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Map galore!
"Reading" the Yamanote Line through maps
Jun 21
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Gianni Simone
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Map galore!
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Engines of rebellion: Bōsōzoku and the global language of youth subculture
How biker subcultures from Tokyo to Marseille reveal the global struggle over identity, conformity, and freedom
Jun 19
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Gianni Simone
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Engines of rebellion: Bōsōzoku and the global language of youth subculture
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A fever dream of architectural possibilities
Walking Shibuya to Ebisu 3
Jun 16
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Gianni Simone
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Election posters (1)
Dear readers, a couple of weeks ago, when I shared my first Yamanote Line photo diary, I promised to dedicate a future story to the ever-present…
Jun 14
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Gianni Simone
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An "empty seat" on a crowded train: Revisited
By Baye McNeil
Jun 8
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Gianni Simone
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You drive me crazy
Not every Japanese has good train-riding manners
Jun 5
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Gianni Simone
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Ride like a local
Mastering train etiquette in Japan
Jun 4
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Gianni Simone
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May 2025
Tokyo architecture: cinematic references
Dear readers, I hope you like cinema because this post will feature several examples of how Tokyo has been portrayed in film.
May 30
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Gianni Simone
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