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Author: Clark Parker

Salaryman in Tokyo interested in, among other things, history, architecture, urban planning, and energy policy. Follow me on Twitter @thetokyofiles or email me at thetokyofiles [at] gmail [dot] com
June 2, 2023June 2, 2023 Clark Parker

(T2) Todoroki Ravine Park map 等々力渓谷公園の地図 (and Setagaya, Tokyo golf history)

March 20, 2023May 25, 2023 Clark Parker

The floating world of floating logs: the kiba of Koto-ku 江東区の木場

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Clark Parker

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

February 19, 2023March 9, 2023 Clark Parker

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

February 10, 2023February 14, 2023 Clark Parker

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

July 2, 2020March 8, 2023 Clark Parker

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

February 23, 2020March 2, 2023 Clark Parker

Tokyo, 2010 (part 1: Dojunkai 同潤会)

May 30, 2019May 24, 2023 Clark Parker

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

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Tokyo neighborhood map 東京地区地図
A walk in the sex park: Yoshiwara and the Tokyo bordello
"House NA", Tokyo's hide-and-go-see-through glass house (House NA 住所)
Removing what isn't there (how to find the works of Sou Fujimoto) 「場所藤本壮介-house」
Tokyo Museum Map 東京美術館マップ
Walking on water: the underground rivers of Tokyo 東京の地下河川や運河の地図
Where did the explosion start in Akira?
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」
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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