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Shu Kuge
Tokyo-San Francisco
Woodcut printmaker
8,551 words in 40 moments in 14 cities since July 26th, 2013
Most Popular Stories by Shu
City Tales, poetry
Nowadays, everyone is looking down, checking out their iPhones. I guess they don't want to miss anything.
Tokyo — Actually, they miss everything. The other day, I realized on the Sobu Line that the clouds were beautiful. But I was the only one who was looking up. Baudelaire, a French poet of “flaneur,” writes ab...
City Life
San Francisco Days--
San francisco — Since I got here earlier this month, I’ve been drawing a lot. As a cartoonist, I try to simplify things to their pleasurable elements. Resist realism. Think about how to re-design the world. Enjoy. Do...
comic strips, drawing, Psychoanalysis
In your "pods"
Tokyo — Small deaths, big deaths, wasted dreams and unfulfilled wishes are all preserved in your “pods.” You will never let them go—you just can’t say good-bye to them. You even pretend that they are still ...
All Stories by Shu
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Life
I'm doing better and will be fine
in Nakano-ku -
Urban Nature, birds
Sparrow Noise
in Tokyo -
Dead Letter, Addiction
"Dear Cigarettes"
in Tokyo -
Letters, Dead Letter
Dead Letter#2: Names
in Tokyo -
Dancing, Dead Letter
Dead Letter#1: Two Step
in San Francisco -
analogue
Carbon copies
in San Francisco -
Dead Letter, comic strips
D.L.O. employees are never allowed to...
in San Francisco -
Flying, Paper
Do you remember how to make a paper plane?
in San Francisco -
postal service
Out of practice...
in New York -
City Life
San Francisco Days--
in San Francisco -
Coffee, Description
"Acidity" is the wrong word.
in Tokyo -
Food, survival
Soft-serve war in Hakodate
in Hakodate -
Travel, storytelling, communication
Intimate Strangers
in Tokyo -
Letter, friendship, comic strips
Dictation in Berlin
in Tokyo -
comic strips, drawing, Psychoanalysis
In your "pods"
in Tokyo -
Poison, Travel
I always imagined I would be killed in a plane crash or by a disfiguring disease, but never thought about this option.
in Taketomi -
Travel, Fishing, childhood
As a kid, I loved fishing. Do I want to start doing it again?
in Shinano -
Travel, Breakthrough
#Taiwan Journal--Final Episode: Uncomfortable Traveler
in Somewhere -
Travel
#Taiwan Journal 8: Speaking Chinese
in Zhongzheng District -
Food, Travel
#Taiwan Journal 7: Noise and Smell of--oh yeah--"Stinky Tofu"
in Hengchun Township -
Travel
#Taiwan Journal 6: Color of Money
in Zuoying District -
Travel
#Taiwan Journal 5: Do these little trees know that?
in Zhongxi District -
Travel, Architecture
#Taiwan Journal 4: Belief on Electronic Message Board
in Zhongxi District -
writing, Travel
#Taiwan Journal 3: In the Spirit of Jack
in Zhongxi District -
Architecture, Travel
#Taiwan Journal 2: Layering
in Zhongzheng District -
City Tales, Travel
#Taiwan Journal 1: Sunflowers and Barricades
in Zhongzheng District -
Travel
About a year ago, we were on the open sea, a 25-hour-long ship ride to Ogasawara Island.
in Ogasawara -
Breakthrough
True affirmation is not a praise, but a question that lets you express how you feel.
in 新宿区 -
City Tales, film
We were paying homage to Chris Marker (1921-2012), a reclusive filmmaker, in Shinjuku Golden Gai.
in 新宿区 -
health
This is not a musical instrument. This is not a weapon. This is something I had to swallow two weeks ago.
in Tokyo -
Architecture, film
Buildings That Liberate Us.
in Tokyo -
Design
Good graphic designs serve as a check against the loss of history.
in Tokyo -
anger management
Paper newspapers always pile up at the corner of the table where I work and eat.
in Tokyo -
City Tales
Esta Noche in San Francisco closed. It would be easy to lament the prevailing gentrification. Instead, I offer a brief eulogy.
in San Francisco -
music
Finally, the third store took it. The clerk said, "A beginner can use it."
in Tokyo -
City Tales, poetry
Nowadays, everyone is looking down, checking out their iPhones. I guess they don't want to miss anything.
in Tokyo -
City Tales
I love motels. Any kinds. Motels provide shelters for those who want to hide, hide from family and friends.
in San Francisco -
Trying to find things I like about San Francisco--
in San Francisco -
Architecture
The cabinet in the garden used to be inside the house, in the corner called "The Butler's Pantry."
in San Francisco -
City Tales
I had to clear the balcony garden this afternoon. It is rather depressing to see it deserted.
in Tokyo
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Life
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Urban Nature
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Birds
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Dead Letter
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Addiction
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Letters
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Dancing
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Analogue
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Comic Strips
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Flying
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Paper
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Postal Service
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All moments from Shu
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I'm doing better and will be fine
Nakano-ku, Japan -
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Sparrow Noise
Tokyo, Japan -
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"Dear Cigarettes"
Tokyo, Japan -
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Dead Letter#2: Names
Tokyo, Japan -
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Dead Letter#1: Two Step
San Francisco, United States -
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Carbon copies
San Francisco, United States -
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D.L.O. employees are never allowed to...
San Francisco, United States -
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Do you remember how to make a paper plane?
San Francisco, United States -
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Out of practice...
New York, United States -
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San Francisco Days--
San Francisco, United States -
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"Acidity" is the wrong word.
Tokyo, Japan -
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Intimate Strangers
Tokyo, Japan -
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Soft-serve war in Hakodate
Hakodate, Japan -
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Dictation in Berlin
Tokyo, Japan -
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In your "pods"
Tokyo, Japan -
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I always imagined I would be killed in a plane crash or by a disfiguring disease, but never thought about this option.
Taketomi, Japan -
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As a kid, I loved fishing. Do I want to start doing it again?
Shinano, Japan -
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#Taiwan Journal--Final Episode: Uncomfortable Traveler
Somewhere, High Seas -
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#Taiwan Journal 8: Speaking Chinese
Zhongzheng District, Taiwan -
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#Taiwan Journal 7: Noise and Smell of--oh yeah--"Stinky Tofu"
Hengchun Township, Taiwan -
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#Taiwan Journal 6: Color of Money
Zuoying District, Taiwan -
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#Taiwan Journal 5: Do these little trees know that?
Zhongxi District, Taiwan -
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#Taiwan Journal 4: Belief on Electronic Message Board
Zhongxi District, Taiwan -
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#Taiwan Journal 3: In the Spirit of Jack
Zhongxi District, Taiwan -
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#Taiwan Journal 2: Layering
Zhongzheng District, Taiwan -
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#Taiwan Journal 1: Sunflowers and Barricades
Zhongzheng District, Taiwan -
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About a year ago, we were on the open sea, a 25-hour-long ship ride to Ogasawara Island.
Ogasawara, Japan -
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True affirmation is not a praise, but a question that lets you express how you feel.
Tokyo, Japan -
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We were paying homage to Chris Marker (1921-2012), a reclusive filmmaker, in Shinjuku Golden Gai.
Tokyo, Japan -
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This is not a musical instrument. This is not a weapon. This is something I had to swallow two weeks ago.
Tokyo, Japan -
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Buildings That Liberate Us.
Tokyo, Japan -
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Good graphic designs serve as a check against the loss of history.
Tokyo, Japan -
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Paper newspapers always pile up at the corner of the table where I work and eat.
Tokyo, Japan -
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Esta Noche in San Francisco closed. It would be easy to lament the prevailing gentrification. Instead, I offer a brief eulogy.
San Francisco, United States -
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Finally, the third store took it. The clerk said, "A beginner can use it."
Tokyo, Japan -
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Nowadays, everyone is looking down, checking out their iPhones. I guess they don't want to miss anything.
Tokyo, Japan -
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I love motels. Any kinds. Motels provide shelters for those who want to hide, hide from family and friends.
San Francisco, United States -
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Trying to find things I like about San Francisco--
San Francisco, United States -
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The cabinet in the garden used to be inside the house, in the corner called "The Butler's Pantry."
San Francisco, United States -
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I had to clear the balcony garden this afternoon. It is rather depressing to see it deserted.
Tokyo, Japan
