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On Always Having an Empty Train Seat Beside You in Japan

Posted on May 23, 2012 by E.

On a recent trip to the near-abandoned coal mining town of Tagawa, I took the wrong train three times, taking me into the true inaka – Japan’s rural backwater.

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On Like Totally Living in the Now in Japan, You Know?

Posted on August 31, 2011 by E.

Japan probably has more temples, shrines and gardens per capita than garbage cans or benches.

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