The View From Tokyo: why Laforet Harajuku is an epicentre for the city’s alternative creative ideas
by Ray Masaki
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The View From Tokyo: why Laforet Harajuku is an epicentre for the city’s alternative creative ideas
The furusato fantasy offers one view on the fusion of commerce and the countryside, but it doesn’t really land in the West, especially in America. Here, capitalism and pastoralism are often seen as opposing forces. So, too, personal benefit and collective good.
from The Quiet Revolution of Animal Crossing by theatlantic.com
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- The draw of big cities, like New York, London, LA, or Tokyo is that they are made of a series of distinct, colorful neighborhoods, each with their own identity, vibe, and demographic. What makes them different are the small, local, mom-and-pop shops—not the chains of identical mass retail stores.
from The Shape of Post-Covid Retail by Adam Wray
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- Those Bright Colors
A thought about all those bright colors: the party district in Tokyo is organized per se, but as a massive melange of fluorescence visible from Mars. It makes Las Vegas look like a string of holiday lights around your dorm room window. Information grabs you by the retina and trips you over the sidewalk as you try to keep up. Th
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