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šļø Emoji Were Invented in JapanāHereās Why
On cuteness, indirectness, and meaningful silence.
Jul 16
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# 68 A Sceptic Goes to a Digital Art Museum in Tokyo
On immersion, interaction, and infraction
Jun 18
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# 67 Japanās Contradictions & What They Teach Us About Our Inner Conflicts
On mindfulness, excess, and tolerating ambiguity
Jun 11
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šļø What a Powerful Woman Truly Looks LikeāJapan
On hope, creativity, and dreaming in public.
May 28
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# 66 Contemporary Pilgrims Meet Ancient Rituals
On the blurred line between the sacred and the mundaneāSakurai Shrine, Japan
May 21
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# 64 Small Rituals & Pleasures of Life in Japan
On paying attention and finding meaning in the mundane
Apr 23
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šļø Artists in the Wild (1): Meet Auralynn Nguyį» n, Ikebanist
On art as a lifelong path and flowers as living beingsāJapan
Aug 29, 2024
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# 17 Odd Beauty in an Under-Touristed Japanese Fishing Village on ShÅdoshima
On shadows, time, dust, and jihankis
Jul 26, 2024
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# 16 Naoshima, Japan: Can Art Make Right What Mining Wrecked?
On museums, hope, and transformation.
Jul 12, 2024
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# 15 The Discomfort of Visiting the Past in Nagasaki, Japan
On Dejima, battleships, shame, China, and male aggression
Jun 28, 2024
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# 14 Snapshots of Life in Japan
On consideration, contradiction, and dreams
May 31, 2024
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# 13 Journey to a Lesser Visited Region of Japan: Itoshima
On overtourism, Totoro's forest, and living inside a poem
May 18, 2024
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