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December 12, 2016April 19, 2019 Clark Parker

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

September 11, 2016January 5, 2019 Clark Parker

From train to tree: Golden Gai, Toden streetcar, and Shinjuku Promenade Park

August 23, 2016January 26, 2019 Clark Parker

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

March 12, 2016March 14, 2019 Clark Parker

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

February 18, 2016January 5, 2019 Clark Parker

Where did the explosion start in Akira?

January 29, 2016April 19, 2019 Clark Parker

A fishing village, then a Sky Tree mystery

January 17, 2016July 2, 2019 Clark Parker

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

November 15, 2015May 12, 2019 Clark Parker

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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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)
Walking on water: the underground rivers of Tokyo 東京の地下河川や運河の地図
Canals of the Ginza: floating through time on Tokyo's central waterways 東京江戸「水の都」
Japan recycles EVERYTHING! 1001 ways to put out the trash
An illustrated glossary of Tokyo's bike parking 東京の駐輪場 (Chūrinjō)
Removing what isn't there (how to find the works of Sou Fujimoto) 「場所藤本壮介-house」
Watching the Hakone Ekiden: a practical guide to Japan's biggest race 箱根駅伝コース地図
Katakana train stations of Japan カタカナの駅名
Chiemi Eri 江利チエミ, my Ginza Love Story 銀座の恋の物語

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