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Author: Clark Parker

Salaryman in Tokyo interested in, among other things, history, architecture, urban planning, and energy policy. Follow me on Twitter @thetokyofiles or email me at thetokyofiles [at] gmail [dot] com
May 21, 2019May 21, 2019 Clark Parker

Tokyo neighborhood sketch: Kinshicho 錦糸町

December 8, 2018December 25, 2018 Clark Parker

Mizonokuchi night / day 溝の口・夜も昼も

October 26, 2018December 7, 2018 Clark Parker

Matsuyama Station at dusk

October 21, 2018June 3, 2019 Clark Parker

Was Tokyo bombed in WW2?

September 30, 2018September 30, 2018 Clark Parker

Shinjuku Koban (Police Box) 四谷警察署 追分交番

June 3, 2018June 3, 2018 Clark Parker

the absence of house is the essence of house (Hyperart Thomassons)

February 26, 2018June 4, 2019 Clark Parker

Danchi in film 映画における団地, Part I: 1958-1980

June 5, 2017November 19, 2018 Clark Parker

Japan’s Women Police, 1946 and beyond 日本の女性警察官

December 1, 2016June 4, 2019 Clark Parker

One man’s ロッチ is another man’s ロッテ: COSMOS and the “Lotchi incident” ロッチ騒動

November 24, 2016November 24, 2016 Clark Parker

Be thee small, thy manufacturers of Japan

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Earthquake intensity scale (earthquakes in Japan)
Hypnotized by Pythagora's switch
Scenes from: An Autumn Afternoon (1962) 秋刀魚の味
Thus Another Day in 1959 Tokyo
Putting the wheels on my first errand: はじめてのおつかい Hajimete no otsukai

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