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Kiki’s Delivery Service: More Relevant than Ever
Table of contents: 0:00 – Intro 01:38 – Summary 04:36 – The Book 05:32 – Generational Divide (Modernity and Tradition) 8:32 – Cottagecore 11:22 – Growth and Losing your Magic 14:04 – Burnout 16:33 – Depression 22:10 – Recovery 23:35 … Continue reading
Japan Has the Most Beautifully Colorful Manhole Covers in the World | My Modern Met
By Margherita Cole on May 1, 2023 Art is everywhere in Japan. Even the manhole covers are beautiful! There are many sights to see when visiting Japan. And while Mount Fuji, Tokyo Tower, and Kyoto are likely at the top … Continue reading
A Struggling Regional Train Line Turns its Cars into a Photo Gallery to Boost Ridership | Spoon & Tamago
APRIL 12, 2023 / JOHNNY the winning photograph of the Koumi Line photo contest There are numerous tiny train lines across Japan that are a dying breed. One of those is the Koumi Line, which connects Kobuchizawa Station in Yamanashi … Continue reading
Early Japanese Visitor Describes “Baffling” American Culture // (1872) The Iwakura Embassy
[…] xtracts taken from “The Iwakura Embassy, 1871-1873: A True Account of the Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary’s Journey of Observation through the United States of America and Europe by Kume Kunitake, Graham Healey, Chushichi Tsuzuki, Martin Collcutt, Andrew Cobbing, P. … Continue reading
Laundry Holiday in Ehime Combines Laundromat and Ice Cream Parlor | Spoon & Tamago
JANUARY 14, 2023 / JOHNNY photos by Kenta Hasegawa courtesy Suppose Design Office Every day is a holiday, even if it’s laundry day. At least that’s the idea behind Laundry Holiday, a laundromat in Ehime prefecture the underwent a drastic … Continue reading
Riding on a winter only small local stove train in the extremely cold snowy country
#alonetravel #travelvlog #Japan ⭐️Stove train Railways operated by Japanese private railway company (Tsugaru Railway). This small local train runs from Tsugaru Goshogawara Station to Tsugaru Nakasato in Aomori Prefecture. There are two stoves in the train and you can enjoy … Continue reading
Kengo Kuma Designs a Dramatically Vaulted Cafe to Evoke Japan’s Sloping Tottori Sand Dunes | Colossal
DECEMBER 10, 2022. GRACE EBERT All images ©︎ Kawasumi-Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office Architect Kengo Kuma designed this cafe from wood and concrete to evoke the sloping sand dunes of the surrounding area. Overlooking Japan’s vast Tottori Sand Dunes is a … Continue reading
Traditional Japanese Time Was Very Different
How the Japanese kept time back then. 0:00 Traditional Japanese time 3:35 Western time system: GARBAGE?? 4:34 How do you READ these things? 6:27 End of Japanese Time […]
Every Fall This High School Art Teacher in Nara Sweeps Fallen Leaves into Ephemeral Art | Spoon & Tamago
NOVEMBER 7, 2022 / JOHNNY this year’s fall foliage creation is the cat bus from My Neighbor Totoro | all images courtesy hamacream Over a decade ago a high school art teacher in Nara asked himself the question, what are … Continue reading
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