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Santa Claus is comin’ to town. Again.

Unveiling life's simple pleasures

Behind the glass walls: Wandering old Osaki

Photo diary (2)

From pumpkins to promenades: The reinvention of Osaki

Bar-hop till you drop

Japan’s silent crisis: The rise of the urban akiya

Conflict Cuisine

Better TOC than TikTok

Descending elegance

Gotanda’s Balancing Act: Between the Polished and the Profane

A stroll along the Meguro River

Piety and pleasure in Meguro

A visit to the Teien Bijutsukan (2)

A visit to the Teien Bijutsukan (1)

The last picture show

What are YOU reading?

My photo sources

The haves and the have-mores

Smartphone blues

Of beer, haute cuisine, and secret flowers

On the train, then and now

Beware Sanseito (2)

Tokyo houses (2)

Tokyo houses (1)

Beware Sanseito (1)

Shibuya River

Election posters (2)

Foreign Faces, Familiar Fears

Bookends: The collapse of Japan’s bookstore culture

Incineration plants, sacrificial pork, and ominous-looking public toilets

Map galore!

Engines of rebellion: Bōsōzoku and the global language of youth subculture

A fever dream of architectural possibilities

Election posters (1)

An "empty seat" on a crowded train: Revisited

You drive me crazy

Ride like a local

Tokyo architecture: cinematic references

The lost church

Photo diary (1)

Shibuya to Ebisu (1)

In search of hidden Japan (2)

Of bush warblers and trains

In search of hidden Japan (1)

Yamanote Line trivia (1)

Walking the Yamanote Line

Guru-guru Tokyo

Old stories, new tools

Adventures in Shiga (3)

Genji: Shining Prince or serial rapist?

Adventures in Shiga (2)

Adventures in Shiga (1)

Women's right vs. Japanese working culture

Stop the Expo

Osaka Expo: memories and hopes

Osaka Expo then and now

Meet the oldest porn actress in the world

Lion fight

Tokyo crime

Give us this day our daily bread