After I read Billiards at the hotel Dobray which I enjoyed reading, I bought Panorama. The latter is being described very Sebaldian. But I felt it rather tedious reading, the book feels like it is just one long sentence and almost a parody in aiming to sound like Sebald.

Our cities do not need driverless cars. They desperately need more carless drivers! (📸 by Pinar Pinzuti)

First time (in 25 years) to see someone hitch hiking in Tokyo.

Sex

Earthquake helped a bit

.Haruki Murakami speaks up for preservation of the Meiji Shrine Outer Gardens: Some sports venues are 100 years old, others used for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Also hundreds of old trees would be removed for standard big box redevelopment from #Tokyo’s century old park district.

The Building That Moved: How Did They Move an 11,000-Ton Telephone Exchange Without Suspending Its Operations? archdaily.com/973183/the-bui…

Kyoto

"It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them." —Miguel Anxo F. Lores, Mayor of #Pontevedra🇪🇸 (re-elected SIX time)

There are only two risks: getting and keeping clients.

Wattenstaafjes, vochtige doekjes, flesjes, piepschuim; de Nederlandse rivieren zijn zeer vervuild. @SchoneRivieren trouw.nl/a-b2317a7d

Graph shows the number of days above 35 degrees in central Tokyo each year. The red line is the rolling average of the previous 10 years. The red dot is this year’s 17 days already overtaking last year’s record of 16. Until the 80s, the average was 1-2 days.

We’re in Kyoto, someone took a turn too quickly

Japanese locksmith office and workshop. The guy turned out to be an encyclopedia, like most of good craftsman here #Japan #architecture

Can Interior Design Save Your Company? link.medium.com/MNcTl5OPoDb

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Merry etc… #mountfuji

Very funny message in my Beijing hotel today

Beijing sunrise