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A Debt to the Cherry Blossoms

Let’s cut to the chase

Nov 2, 2025 • Alexandra Michie

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October 2025

Ascent of Mount Fuji

How to reach enlightenment (and still be charged six times the price for beer).

Oct 29, 2025 • Alexandra Michie

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A Million Millionaires

A chapter where the hunger for learning is almost literal

Oct 11, 2025 • Alexandra Michie

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The Birth of a Pearl

How Japan taught the sea to make beauty.

Oct 5, 2025 • Alexandra Michie

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September 2025

Geisha

True Guardians of the Japanese Arts

Sep 28, 2025 • Alexandra Michie

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A Woman in Kimono

A chapter where even the nape has two names

Sep 24, 2025 • Alexandra Michie

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Crowding and Space

What Stays Between Mountains and Men

Sep 20, 2025 • Alexandra Michie

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One-and-a-Half-Storey Tokyo

Crowds, Chaos, and the Shape of a Metropolis

Sep 17, 2025 • Alexandra Michie

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Six Tatami

Space, scarcity, and the Japanese idea of home

Sep 3, 2025 • Alexandra Michie

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August 2025

The Door to True Japan

On Japanese inns and the spirit of hospitality

Aug 30, 2025 • Alexandra Michie

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In the Shade of the Eaves

The Japanese House and Its Lessons in Space

Aug 27, 2025 • Alexandra Michie

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Why Silence Speaks Louder Than Words

The first Japanese edition of The Branch of Sakura turned up on my desk this week (from a bookshop in Florida, of all places).

Aug 23, 2025 • Alexandra Michie

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