Music and Cultural Bridges: A Tiny Shop in Gimhae, Korea

In a small shop in Korea, a man named “Spring Snow Star” plays instruments from faraway lands — and reminds us that healing between cultures begins with…

Oct 5 • 

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September 2025

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 • 

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Finding the Things That Do Not Exist

It is not so difficult to find things that do not exist. The hard part, is remembering what to do once you do find them.

Sep 1 • 

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August 2025

How to Walk Barefoot in a City

There is a small forest tucked between a Korean river and the city, where people take off their shoes, and let nature loosen the grip of modern life.

Aug 24 • 

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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 • 

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Defining 'Value' Like a Japanese Kissaten

Some things are untouchable. In Japan, the local coffee shop seems to be one of those things. It all might have to do with a thing called value.

Aug 10 • 

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July 2025

Two Kinds of Urban Air-Conditioning

There is air conditioning and then, there are the 'other ways'.  A short visual story about cooling down in a warming city.

Jul 27 • 

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Catch a Fish, Sip Some Wine, Be Wild — How to Use an Urban River at 5pm

One heron, two otters, and three humans mozy into a river. One of them asks: are we allowed to sit here together?

Jul 20 • 

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A Highway, A Beautiful Rush Hour

Well over 2,000 years old, this might be one of the oldest highways in the world. It is definitely one of the most beautiful.

Jul 13 • 

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June 2025

Cities, Dads, and Stars: A Neighborhood in the Cosmos

My dad taught me how to find the Big Dipper.

Jun 15 • 

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The Golden Poop and the Sacred Fly — An Adventure in Japanese Printmaking

What can a pile of poop teach us about art, beauty, and the cycles of life? Probably more than we think. An illustrated dive into ancient printmaking…

Jun 9 • 

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May 2025

How to Use an Urban River #5 – A Heron Yogi

Along the river in Daejeon, Korea, a heron teaches us a thing or two about life ... and yoga.

May 25 • 

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