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Category: Kyushu

May 2, 2016May 27, 2019 Clark Parker

Bombing Nagasaki: the scrapbook

October 4, 2015December 20, 2018 Clark Parker

Map of Shimonoseki and Moji (Kitakyushu) circa 1914

March 22, 2015June 4, 2019 Clark Parker

Thus Another Day in 1959 Tokyo

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Bombing Nagasaki: the scrapbook
Putting the wheels on my first errand: はじめてのおつかい Hajimete no otsukai
Map of American occupied Tokyo, 1948 GHQ東京占領地図
Cafe dining Kan-KURA カフェダイニング カンクラ
The rise and fall and rise of Asagaya Housing danchi 阿佐ヶ谷住宅
Hypnotized by Pythagora's switch

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