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Here are 56 books I read so far.

What's actually on the shelf, not the ones I keep saying I'll get to. People ask what I'm reading often enough that a page is easier than answering twice.

Hidden Japan

A Guidebook to Tokyo & Beyond

Iffff, and if I ever make it to Japan. My last opportunity was when Google invited me to the AMP conf back in 2019.

Japan embassy wont issue a visa without original hard-copy of the invitation letter. Google tried hard to send me but that letter arrived too late. Yuck Japan - do better.

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Hidden Japan

A Guidebook to Tokyo & Beyond

Chiara Terzuolo

Publisher
Smith Street Books
Published
2024
Language
English
ISBN
9781922754752
Shelved under
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My notes

Tokyo, unvisited

Read in a chair, with no ticket booked. Terzuolo writes side streets.

The best of it is one turning off the street.

2019 still stings: the letter late, the visa never.

  • Yanaka, the cemetery at dusk.
  • Kissaten over cafes.
  • Kamakura is a day, not an hour.
  • Book the ryokan first.

Read again when the tickets are bought.

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