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Unveiling life's simple pleasures
For once, I’m the one getting interviewed.
Nov 23 • 
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Behind the glass walls: Wandering old Osaki
Walking Gotanda to Osaki (2)
Nov 21 • 
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Photo diary (2)
From Gotanda to Osaki
Nov 15 • 
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From pumpkins to promenades: The reinvention of Osaki
Walking Gotanda to Osaki (1)
Nov 11 • 
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October 2025

Bar-hop till you drop
Tokyo's top ten drinking neighborhoods
Oct 24 • 
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Japan’s silent crisis: The rise of the urban akiya
For years, Japan’s akiya - its vacant homes - were seen as a countryside problem: the inevitable result of depopulation, migration, and aging in remote…
Oct 8 • 
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Conflict Cuisine
By Christopher Harding
Oct 1 • 
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September 2025

Better TOC than TikTok
Return to the TOC Building, Gotanda, Tokyo
Sep 26 • 
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Descending elegance
A Farewell to the One-Hundred-Step Staircase
Sep 24 • 
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Gotanda’s Balancing Act: Between the Polished and the Profane
Walking Meguro to Gotanda (3)
Sep 20 • 
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A stroll along the Meguro River
Walking Meguro to Gotanda (2)
Sep 10 • 
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Piety and pleasure in Meguro
Walking Meguro to Gotanda (1)
Sep 1 • 
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