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The floating world of floating logs: the kiba of Koto-ku

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Tokyo then-and-now: Gotanda swimming pool (1957)

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A sort-of book review: “Tokyo in Transit” by Alisa Freedman

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Have ukulele, will travel: notes on the Haida 灰田 family

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Tokyo, 2010 (part 1: Dojunkai 同潤会)

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An illustrated glossary of Tokyo’s bike parking 東京の駐輪場 (Chūrinjō)

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Map: ‘High Lines’ and Rail Trails of Tokyo

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Omori Nori: now you seaweed, now you don’t

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How to visit Tokyo, volume 1: urban development and history museums

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My favorite Tokyo places: old Manseibashi Station 万世橋駅遺構

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Canals of the Ginza: floating through time on Tokyo’s central waterways 東京江戸「水の都」

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3331 Arts Chiyoda アーツ千代田3331

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Ikebukuro’s yami-ichi (post-war black market), in miniature

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Atomic Tokyo: a nuclear tourism map

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Audrey Hepburn stalks Japan オードリー・ヘップバーン、ストーカー

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Tokyo then-and-now: an anthology

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Nanatsuji 七辻 seven-way intersection

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Hot on the monster’s tail: meeting Godzilla ゴジラ in Tokyo

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Occupied Japan: The Kokura incident, “committing excesses”, and murder on the 4th of July 「黒地の絵」

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Tsune Nakamura Atelier Museum 新宿区立中村彝アトリエ記念館

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Watching the Hakone Ekiden: a practical guide to Japan’s biggest race 箱根駅伝コース地図

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Satoko Kitahara, Maria of Ants Town 蟻の町のマリア

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Monorails and more: Tokyo’s amusing train lines

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Tokyo day trip: riding into Shibamata on Tora-san’s coat-tails

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Chewing on Tokyo’s bamboo forests 東京の竹林

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Class dismissed: the ghost schools of Yokoze and Hanno, Saitama

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“You in Tokyo” – THE NEW YORKER, 1946 (and ‘Popcorn on the Ginza’)

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Sleeping with Hello Kitty: travel sites bring foreigners to Japan’s love hotels

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Where did the explosion start in Akira?

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Where to see Mt. Fuji from Tokyo’s streets 東京から富士山が見える場所

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Fear and loathing in Roka-koen: the unnecessary fences of gated communities in Japan 日本のゲーテッドコミュニティ (and some danchi history)

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Walking on water: the underground rivers of Tokyo 東京の地下河川や運河の地図

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The “Oh, Mistake” incident, and crime in apres-guerre Japan 「オー・ミステーク」事件と「アプレゲール犯罪」

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Ad Balloons on the Ginza: Float, Young Advertisers! (1890-1989)

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Sand skiing in Tateyama, Chiba 館山のサンドスキー

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Chico Lourant, the Black Sun of Shibuya チコ・ローラント, 渋谷黒い太陽

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The Top 10 Buildings in Tokyo 建築めぐり 東京

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Planting rice on the highway: Ohashi Green Junction 大橋グリーンジャンクション

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Odaiba, then & now: a visual history お台場の歴史

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Visit beautiful Kawasaki! (You can’t get there from here!) かわいい川崎に行こう

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A walk in the sex park: Yoshiwara and the Tokyo bordello

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Yabusame on Zushi beach 逗子海岸流鏑馬 (horseback archery)

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I was waiting for a train in Tokyo

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The enduring magic of Kamakura 鎌倉の不朽の魔法

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Cloud in a box – the Iino Building in Kasumigaseki ボックス内の雲

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Tokyo’s archaeology of World War II 東京の第二次世界大戦の考古学 (WW2 sites)

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Another snowy day in Tokyo 東京の別の雪の日

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Christmas in Tokyo 東京のクリスマス

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Hot night in Shinbashi 新橋で熱い夜

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Ghosts of Showa: the Karasuyama apartment complex (danchi), gated communities, & the fight for Tokyo’s soul

July 2, 2020March 8, 2023 Clark Parker

Tokyo art event: ‘SEED’ by ASF – a leap forward

May 11, 2019February 24, 2023 Clark Parker

Tsukiji Market, R.I.P. (goodbye to the curve)

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A walk in the sex park: Yoshiwara and the Tokyo bordello
Tokyo neighborhood map 東京地区地図
The floating world of floating logs: the kiba of Koto-ku
Occupied Japan: The Kokura incident, "committing excesses", and murder on the 4th of July 「黒地の絵」
Tokyo Museum Map 東京美術館マップ
"House NA", Tokyo's hide-and-go-see-through glass house (House NA 住所)
An illustrated glossary of Tokyo's bike parking 東京の駐輪場 (Chūrinjō)
Fear and loathing in Roka-koen: the unnecessary fences of gated communities in Japan 日本のゲーテッドコミュニティ (and some danchi history)
Fukagawa Edo Museum 深川江戸資料館
Audrey Hepburn stalks Japan オードリー・ヘップバーン、ストーカー

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