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An independent magazine about Japan, this week: where to eat, where to go and what is on, from Hokkaido to Okinawa. Screens, logos and the facts, for your story.

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Screens from the site as it stood on 2026.09.30.

The facts, in order

Five stations to know us by

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    Three languages

    Published in English; sources read in Japanese, English and French.

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    No one pays

    No publisher, no advertiser, no affiliate links, no bookings, no rankings.

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    One line only

    Every story links to its source; headlines and short excerpts only, in their own language.

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    Said out loud

    A route a week and a note every few days, under a pen name, drafted with AI assistance and read before it goes out.

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    92 sources

    Japanese food magazines, Tokyo's English press, regional guides and the cities' own desks.

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Sora Nakamura, a pen name

Writes routes, not rankings, and would rather send you to a place that has kept its regulars for fifty years than to anything called a hidden gem.

Routes and notes are published under the editor's pen name and are written from the day's material.