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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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Shinto + Modern

October 29, 2023
Tags: shinto, tokyo, Japan, modernism, architecture, skyscraper

Showing a Life

October 17, 2023
Tags: Japan, war, story, shrine, shinto

A Place for the Kami

October 17, 2023
Tags: Japan, shinto, shrine, sacred space, worship, tokyo

A Shrine for Victories

October 16, 2023
Tags: Japan, shrine, shinto, tokyo

Steps for Ritual Washing

October 15, 2023
Tags: Japan, shrine, shinto, sacred space, water, ritual

Songs of Ascent

October 15, 2023
Tags: Japan, shinto, shrine, garden, aesthetic

Japanese Flags

October 14, 2023
Tags: Japan, tokyo, shrine, shinto, flag, symbols, war

Touch Screen Info

October 14, 2023
Tags: Japan, tokyo, shrine, screens, war, language, shinto

Map of the Togo Shrine

October 14, 2023
Tags: sacred space, map, shrine, Japan, tokyo, shinto

The Seriousness of a Shrine

October 14, 2023
Tags: Japan, tokyo, religion, sacred space, design, war, shinto

Living in the Future

October 10, 2023
Tags: tokyo, Japan, TikTok, sign, advertisement, future

Digitally Cute

October 10, 2023
Tags: tokyo, Japan, sign, advertisement, animals

Death and Sushi

October 08, 2023
Tags: Japan, food, animals, fish

Fast Food and the Past

October 08, 2023
Tags: Japan, tokyo, fast-food, food, art, street scene

The Mackerel Sliding By

October 07, 2023
Tags: Japan, restaurant, food
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