Cinema Queuing Norms
Back alley cinema in Sangenjaya.
Of note? No barriers to segregate men and women during the queueing process – for example that is commonly found in …
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30 Oct 2007
What gets translated. What doesn’t.
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The sign for temple drawn on this wall. Why?
The wall is situated in a maze of bars and izakaya in the back of Sangenjaya – …
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Reflective Moments, Carbon Footprints
29 Oct 2007
Thoughts for today from Tokyo via India, Brazil and China
Many of our Dharavi study participants had access to mains water for three hours out of …
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The place where you’re likely to find a queue first thing in the morning in the US is outside the phone operator store; in Japan …
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ATM’s are almost exclusively found inside buildings in Japan yet commonly accessible directly from the street in cities like Helsinki or London.
The relatively low recorded …
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Continuing on today’s transaction theme – this Tokyo post office form filling tables includes: the current date; commonly used forms; a hanko ink pad; tissues …
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