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Urban Japan: Cities of Smallness and Awareness
In the heart of Japan's mega cities, it’s not the big chaotic rush, but the subtle flow of smallness and awareness that keeps everything moving. Join me…
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Urban Japan: The True Cost of Cars and Parking
Free street parking is not exactly free, and most Americans are paying a lot for it without knowing. This week we look at the real cost of street…
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Mojiko: Where the Wind Stops, the Sun Returns
This shop is a business and businesses deal in transactions. Yet nothing about our visits ever feels transactional. This draws us closer.
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Mojiko: We are Strange Tourists
On a slow travel journey in Mojiko, Japan, an evening walk leads to unexpectedly delicious food and reflections on what it means to belong to a place.
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Mojiko: Walking Under the Ocean
In case you are just joining us, the previous installment of this writing is here:
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Staying Put: How to Replace Public Transit with Cars, Part 2
This week we imagine what our urban areas would look like if everyone had electric cars, and we completely removed public transit, cycling, and walking…
Moving Through: How to Replace Public Transit with Cars, Part 1
Somebody asked recently, why not just have everyone drive electric cars, and make wider roads.
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Beautifully Abnormal Urban Japan, Part II: Jūsō and The Pedestrian Empires
Last time in Part I of this series, we explored the rail corridor between Osaka and Kobe, uncovering why it is so cheap and reliable compared to those…
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