Archive - Dispatches from Post-growth Japan

Is a city alive?

From the rights of nature to the right to the city

Aug 22 •

June 2025

Why Tokyo bikes more than NYC

It’s not more bike lanes. It’s the absence of cars

Jun 19 •

Labyrinth House pre-opening

Our new urban commons opens its doors in Onomichi

Jun 5 •

April 2025

Transit and techno-futurism

When new tech arrives, what other futures does America lose in its embrace?

Apr 21 •

March 2025

A little house in the ruins of Tokyo

Remembering an old visitor on the 80th anniversary of the firebombing

Mar 10 •

January 2025

Labyrinth progress, Sento exhibition, Tokyo podcast

Some short updates after a busy start to the year

Jan 31 •

December 2024

Inari-yu wins top UNESCO prize in Asia

A step forward in our bathhouse work; Onomichi fundraising making progress

Dec 15, 2024 •

Hints from Japan's hillsides

Slopes tell us about the past, enrich the present, and let us think about the future

Dec 8, 2024 •

November 2024

October 2024

Housekeeping & crowdfunding

New website, plus fundraising for Labyrinth House beginning this week

Oct 20, 2024 •

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