travel (Page 67)
The open road might tempt you to step on the gas, but being so far from traffic means you’re far from something else too.
Fly from Tokyo to Okinawa for less than the price of a fancy Starbucks coffee…but you’ll need to hurry.
A compact companion for when you’ve got too much stuff to hang, but not enough for a laundromat run.
All it takes is a few seconds to earn a free night, and they’ll even give you complimentary beer and sashimi.
Empty streets at Sensoji and Shinjuku have us seeing the capital in a very different light.
This preserved Tohoku building goes from completely devastated to practically unharmed in just a few floors.
The only thing better than the message itself is the fascinating water printer machine that “prints” it.
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