Tokyo Calling
Gianni SimoneAbout all things Japanese. Society, culture in all its forms, travel, and urban exploration. 3,000 subscribers and followers.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 276 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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Echoes from a distant past
The post town of Shinagawa as depicted in the Tōkaidō Bunkan Ezu. The right side leads north toward Nihonbashi, in the city center, the left toward Kawasaki. This illustration is a later copy of a map originally produced around 1690.
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Tokyo’s vanished shoreline
Dear readers, this essay is part of my latest book on the Yamanote Line, Guru-guru Tokyo. Annual paid subscribers and Special Supporters will get a free PDF of this 250-page book.
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At the same time, I want it to be as easy a...
Ten-yen dreams
The crunchy, Cheeto-like snack Umai-bo.
For many Japanese people, especially those who grew up in the decades after the war, stopping by a neighborhood dagashiya – a small shop selling inexpensive sweets – was one of the small but memorabl...
240 years of candy
Uchiyama Masayo, Kami-Kawaguchiya’s latest - and probably last - owner.
Dear readers, I’ve spent the past few weeks working on an assignment for a French magazine—a series of stories on dagashi, Japan’s traditional junk food. These Englis...
Tokyo Calling turns five
Noto peninsula, 2021 - the year Tokyo Calling was born (photo by Eric Rechsteiner)
Dear readers, Tokyo Calling has turned five. None of my previous blogs lasted this long, and if I’ve been able to keep going, it’s largely thanks to you: yo...
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