


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

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

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

Tokyo, 2010 (part 1: Dojunkai 同潤会)

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

Map: ‘High Lines’ and Rail Trails of Tokyo

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

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

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

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

3331 Arts Chiyoda アーツ千代田3331

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

Atomic Tokyo: a nuclear tourism map

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

Tokyo then-and-now: an anthology

Nanatsuji 七辻 seven-way intersection

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

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

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

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

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

Monorails and more: Tokyo’s amusing train lines

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

Chewing on Tokyo’s bamboo forests 東京の竹林

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

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

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

Where did the explosion start in Akira?

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

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)

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

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」

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

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

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

The Top 10 Buildings in Tokyo 建築めぐり 東京

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

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

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

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

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

I was waiting for a train in Tokyo

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

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

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

Another snowy day in Tokyo 東京の別の雪の日

Christmas in Tokyo 東京のクリスマス

Hot night in Shinbashi 新橋で熱い夜

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

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