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The cardboard grandpa
A visitor from another world brings me the most extraordinary gift
Sam Holden
Mar 10
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New technology in the post-growth city, or my misgivings about the smart city
Q&A about my work (1)
Sam Holden
Mar 8
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Zoom talk @ 4PM PST March 7 about my work
"Urban Life and Spatial Cultures in Post-Growth Japan"
Sam Holden
Mar 5
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December 2022
Towns made of salt / Inari-yu on NHK World
Seeing beauty amid a dissolving world
Sam Holden
Dec 31, 2022
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November 2022
A retro bath meets its end
Soaking in a particular place in space and time
Sam Holden
Nov 30, 2022
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August 2022
Back to writing! Plus in the Japan Times & other links
Re-starting this blog after a year of building
Sam Holden
Aug 17, 2022
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January 2022
The Meiji Milk Shop
A local gem disappears while its pieces survive to see another day
Sam Holden
Jan 23, 2022
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November 2021
The public space and history hidden in Tokyo’s bathhouses
Sento provide a window into aspects of the city that can be easily overlooked
Sam Holden
Nov 3, 2021
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October 2021
The Ruins of Hokkaido
Why does the scenery of depopulation affect me differently in Hokkaido than the rest of Japan?
Sam Holden
Oct 21, 2021
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August 2021
My essay "Tokyo's Catastrophe Games" in LA Review of Books
As the Olympics looked to the past, I couldn’t take my eyes off the catastrophic future
Sam Holden
Aug 8, 2021
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July 2021
Why we founded Sento & Neighborhood
Public baths made Tokyo what it is, and are needed to save its soul
Sam Holden
Jul 13, 2021
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June 2021
A pile of pots and a blue scooter
A mentality of finding value in abandoned things goes beyond aesthetics or nostalgia
Sam Holden
Jun 21, 2021
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