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The Distance Between City and Landscape
This looks like the Japanese countryside. It might actually be one of the most convenient places you’ve ever experienced.
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There’s Only Room for Three Things
A tiny bakery in Onomichi, Japan where only a single customer can fit inside, and somehow that seems like enough.
May 31
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No Swords. No Chainsaws. No Egos.
In Onomichi, Japan, a pine tree decided to grow sideways across a public path. Instead of cutting it down, people bow beneath it.
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PHOTO ESSAY: A Japanese Neighborhood Where Time Stopped
Jan 11, 2022
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Maybe You and I Should Just Start Building the Cities We Want — Part 1: The Search for Home
Feb 16, 2025
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Urban Japan: Shotengai, the Street That Connects Everyone
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Defining 'Value' Like a Japanese Kissaten
Aug 10, 2025
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Urban Japan: The Sword and the Scone
Dec 24, 2024
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There’s Only Room for Three Things
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No Swords. No Chainsaws. No Egos.
In Onomichi, Japan, a pine tree decided to grow sideways across a public path. Instead of cutting it down, people bow beneath it.
May 16
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Patrick M. Lydon
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A City that Watches the Moon
I want to live in a city where staring at the moon is more normal than staring at a smartphone.
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Don't Worry, It Will Grow Back
In Osaka, Japan, reclaimed land, typhoon wreckage, and a weekly ritual beneath a camphor tree invite us to imagine cities that grow over decades and…
Mar 3
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Urban Japan: Shotengai, the Street That Connects Everyone
The way a place connects people — or how it pushes us all further apart — has a big effect on whether or not we can function well as a society. We…
Sep 16, 2025
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The Importance of Being a Beautiful Idiot
Three more illustrations Japan's Kansai region, exploring the meaning of 'division' and what happens when we dance like beautiful idiots.
Aug 17, 2025
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How to Use an Urban River — Lessons from a Korean City
They say you get what you build for. On this urban river, you sometimes get heron and kids and the scent of fried chicken. But this is a river in…
Apr 12, 2025
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