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Category: Showa nostalgia

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

October 30, 2015April 25, 2017 Clark Parker

Postcards from Japan

October 4, 2015December 7, 2018 Clark Parker

Mt. Fuji, the neon pachinko experience パチンコふじ

September 12, 2015March 29, 2016 Clark Parker

Izumisano Station area, details of old shops

May 16, 2015October 9, 2018 Clark Parker

Nikko and Yoyogi National Gymnasium: postcards from the 1960’s

March 22, 2015March 4, 2016 Clark Parker

Kyoto Tower postcard, circa 1966

January 25, 2015June 6, 2019 Clark Parker

My after-work restaurant in Shimbashi

December 6, 2014October 9, 2015 Clark Parker

Films of 1950’s and 1960’s Japan, via an old Dutch man

November 9, 2014May 26, 2018 Clark Parker

The rise and fall and rise of Asagaya Housing danchi 阿佐ヶ谷住宅

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Putting the wheels on my first errand: はじめてのおつかい Hajimete no otsukai
Day and night: beauty falls on Tokyo (Marugen, Ginza)
How to spot a...Jap???
Mizonokuchi night / day 溝の口・夜も昼も

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