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by Craig ModTokyo — We’d like to welcome you to Hi: A community of writers, journalists, journalers, illustrators, photographers, travelers, poets, and musicians exploring the world, and sharing those explorations through images and text. Hi has been in private beta for the last eight months, but today we’re opening to all. We’d love for you to join: Sign up What is Hi? Hi is a writing platform with each piece be...
Craig Mod
Chris Palmieri
Mona Nomura
Luis Mendo
Haruka Yokokawa
Japanese Curious, Prose, Testing
The monk in a tree
by Craig ModTokyo — There’s a monk in that tree, I swear. Can you see him? It’s a bit tough. But trust me, he’s there. Bald, in robes. No harness. No helmet. Just a monk in a tree with a sword, cutting branches in my...
drawing, sketchbooks, gear
Never walk alone
by Luis MendoTokyo — Yesterday I left the house and forgot to pick up my sketchbook. This is not the first time since I have a shitty memory but when I found out it was not in my bag, I felt horrible. It totally felt – an...
City Life, nature, Cherry Blossoms
Under a canopy of Sakura — we capture — we reflect.
by Ryan RuelTokyo — Likely a reflection of my advancing age, but never have I been so aware of the passage of time than I have during my life here in Japan. The melting pot of seasonal American traditions get diluted bet...
Other Stories
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Conversations, World Affairs, Culture
"I'm from Libya," he said. I don't know what to say. It's as if he'd told me he'd just come from his father's funeral.
by sophie knight in Tokyo -
Commutes, Cities, Underground
The man stands motionless in a crush of white-shirted salarymen, as they swarm past him, toward the single escalator.
by Dan W in Tokyo -
Urban Nature, birds
Sparrow Noise
by Shu Kuge in Tokyo -
Dead Letter, Addiction
"Dear Cigarettes"
by Shu Kuge in Tokyo -
Letters, Dead Letter
Dead Letter#2: Names
by Shu Kuge in Tokyo -
Flight, lighthouse
My friends fly when I stay put. But this app makes me smile.
by Sho Matsuki in Tokyo -
book, Bookstore
Junkudo proves people are compelled to read books.
by Sho Matsuki in Tokyo -
My favorite lunch
by Hiroko Ogawa in Tokyo -
Local produce
Sendagaya / Good Neighbors' Fine Foods grocery stand
by Haruka Yokokawa in Tokyo -
tokyo, arrival, reminiscing
Ten years to the day. Thirteen hours in the air, giddy on plum wine, too drunk to be scared.
by sophie knight in Tokyo -
Thoughts, process, Learning
Stop telling me not to think so much. Stop telling me to ask more questions. Stop telling me to smile more.
by Yiling Ding in Tokyo -
drawing, tokyo, Endurance
Learning to let go
by Adrian Hogan in Tokyo -
Perfume, Creative process
I have found a new creative outlet.
by Yiling Ding in Tokyo -
haircut, Image, Friends
Six years of bad haircuts, ranging from the remortgage-your-house expensive to the hide-all-the-mirrors variety
by sophie knight in Tokyo -
Work life, New Life
"Overwhelming!"
by Yiling Ding in Tokyo -
summer, fireworks
Erotic gunpowder explosions erupt all over the city, and the streets are crawling with yukata, clompy geta sandals and the swish of fans for perspiring brows.
by sophie knight in Tokyo -
tokyo, Life
Kawamura, Ginza
by Mona Nomura in Tokyo -
Teamwork, Pechakucha, Friends
One year with the PechaKucha team
by Luis Mendo in Tokyo -
Memories, storm, swimming pool
The beautiful storm that made me a man.
by Luis Mendo in Tokyo -
Coffee, Description
"Acidity" is the wrong word.
by Shu Kuge in Tokyo -
summer
Tokyo air feels grubby, like sitting in the sesame-oil flecked effluent of a Chinese restaurant's air conditioner.
by sophie knight in Tokyo -
Dance
I can give up any time I want. You know, I don't really have to spend my hard-won weekends sweating in sprung-floor studios, declining invitations from friends.
by sophie knight in Tokyo -
Travel, storytelling, communication
Intimate Strangers
by Shu Kuge in Tokyo -
bars
The Bar Faerie Alights
by Ben Dimagmaliw in Tokyo -
photography
New f/1.5 lens
by Héctor García in Tokyo -
tokyo, Life, Nightlife
Playground for adults.
by Mona Nomura in Tokyo -
Letter, friendship, comic strips
Dictation in Berlin
by Shu Kuge in Tokyo -
comic strips, drawing, Psychoanalysis
In your "pods"
by Shu Kuge in Tokyo -
Rain, tokyo, Shinjuku
Rainy season
by Héctor García in Tokyo -
Life, tokyo
Never farewell.
by Mona Nomura in Tokyo -
Trains
Japanese Train Bland "KEIKYU" goods shop "OTODOKEIKYU" at SAMEZU Station.
by Mikio Nakano in Tokyo -
running
from the footbridge
by Mikio Nakano in Tokyo -
National Stadium, orympic tokyo 2020
2014年5月31日午後8時30分、滑り込みで神宮外苑にたどりついた。
by YASUHITO NAGAHARA in Tokyo -
Life, Philosophy
He said. She said.
by Mona Nomura in Tokyo -
running
30 min 5 km Midnight ran. Photo is looks like forest at Shinagawa Chuo Koen.
by Mikio Nakano in Tokyo -
Olympic Tokyo 2020, National Stadium
5月12日、建築家の伊東豊雄氏から現競技場の改修案が発表された。
by YASUHITO NAGAHARA in Tokyo -
Work life, japan
"Welcome to the team."
by Yiling Ding in Tokyo -
Journal, Food
Takoyaki. Asakusa, Tokyo.
by Nisan Gogo in Tokyo -
drawing, Couples, Arguments
A Couple Arguing In McDonalds
by From Sand To Sky in Tokyo -
tokyo, Food, Ramen
3 Artists, 2 NYers, a Photographer, and Ebisu Tour Pt. IV: Ebisu Ramen
by Mona Nomura in Tokyo
Recent photos from Tokyo
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これは一体何のサービスなんだ！？
in Tokyo, Japan -
Conversations, World Affairs, Culture
"I'm from Libya," he said. I don't know what to say. It's as if he'd told me he'd just come from his father's funeral.
in Tokyo, Japan -
The first specialty coffee shop in Ikebukuro and Junkudo (bookstore) resonate.
in Tokyo, Japan -
film, edit
Editing is interpreting.
in Tokyo, Japan -
The Riddle of Steel.
in Tokyo, Japan -
Commutes, Cities, Underground
The man stands motionless in a crush of white-shirted salarymen, as they swarm past him, toward the single escalator.
in Tokyo, Japan -
Urban Nature, birds
Sparrow Noise
in Tokyo, Japan -
City walks
Birthday walk home
in Tokyo, Japan -
Dead Letter, Addiction
"Dear Cigarettes"
in Tokyo, Japan -
Letters, Dead Letter
Dead Letter#2: Names
in Tokyo, Japan -
Flight, lighthouse
My friends fly when I stay put. But this app makes me smile.
in Tokyo, Japan -
Perspective
in Tokyo, Japan -
Cooking, Fish, delicious
Sanma to the Slaughter
in Tokyo, Japan -
Hi. I'm Eli.
in Tokyo, Japan -
My noiseless hideout in Kami-itabashi keeps me stay focused.
in Tokyo, Japan -
book, Bookstore
Junkudo proves people are compelled to read books.
in Tokyo, Japan -
My favorite lunch
in Tokyo, Japan -
tokyo, arrival, reminiscing
Ten years to the day. Thirteen hours in the air, giddy on plum wine, too drunk to be scared.
in Tokyo, Japan -
Thoughts, process, Learning
Stop telling me not to think so much. Stop telling me to ask more questions. Stop telling me to smile more.
in Tokyo, Japan -
Perfume, Creative process
I have found a new creative outlet.
in Tokyo, Japan -
haircut, Image, Friends
Six years of bad haircuts, ranging from the remortgage-your-house expensive to the hide-all-the-mirrors variety
in Tokyo, Japan -
Local produce
Sendagaya / Good Neighbors' Fine Foods grocery stand
in Tokyo, Japan -
movies, ghibli
「思い出のマーニー」は感動しました。"When Marnie was there": lushly animated, deeply moving story. Go see it.
in Tokyo, Japan -
Work life, New Life
"Overwhelming!"
in Tokyo, Japan -
tokyo, Life
Kawamura, Ginza
in Tokyo, Japan -
Drink
chopstick case painted a fish "iwashi".
in Tokyo, Japan -
Coffee, Description
"Acidity" is the wrong word.
in Tokyo, Japan -
summer, fireworks
Erotic gunpowder explosions erupt all over the city, and the streets are crawling with yukata, clompy geta sandals and the swish of fans for perspiring brows.
in Tokyo, Japan -
summer
Tokyo air feels grubby, like sitting in the sesame-oil flecked effluent of a Chinese restaurant's air conditioner.
in Tokyo, Japan -
drawing, tokyo, Endurance
Learning to let go
in Tokyo, Japan -
around the city
Tsukiji / mobile stall selling shaved ice
in Tokyo, Japan -
Teamwork, Pechakucha, Friends
One year with the PechaKucha team
in Tokyo, Japan -
Doraemon, Kawaii
Doraenons are coming up to Roppongi Hills.
in Tokyo, Japan -
Dance
I can give up any time I want. You know, I don't really have to spend my hard-won weekends sweating in sprung-floor studios, declining invitations from friends.
in Tokyo, Japan -
Memories, storm, swimming pool
The beautiful storm that made me a man.
in Tokyo, Japan -
Travel, storytelling, communication
Intimate Strangers
in Tokyo, Japan -
South Carolina's harvest!
in Tokyo, Japan -
tyukil
in Tokyo, Japan -
photography
New f/1.5 lens
in Tokyo, Japan -
tokyo, Life, Nightlife
Playground for adults.
in Tokyo, Japan -
Youhouhoun !
in Tokyo, Japan -
Letter, friendship, comic strips
Dictation in Berlin
in Tokyo, Japan -
Design, Web development, Events
Lightning strikes!
in Tokyo, Japan -
City views
Sitting on the 46th floor of a building called "Sunshine 60" in Ikebukuro, looking at the early summer haze settling over the city, planning my escape. Ambiguous weather.
in Tokyo, Japan -
comic strips, drawing, Psychoanalysis
In your "pods"
in Tokyo, Japan -
Rain, tokyo, Shinjuku
Rainy season
in Tokyo, Japan -
bars
The Bar Faerie Alights
in Tokyo, Japan -
Life, tokyo
Never farewell.
in Tokyo, Japan -
Trestles.
in Tokyo, Japan -
Trains
Japanese Train Bland "KEIKYU" goods shop "OTODOKEIKYU" at SAMEZU Station.
in Tokyo, Japan -
running
from the footbridge
in Tokyo, Japan -
National Stadium, orympic tokyo 2020
2014年5月31日午後8時30分、滑り込みで神宮外苑にたどりついた。
in Tokyo, Japan -
It is a skin warming sadness,A warm bath surrender in-to the slow, wrinkled stare - out the most ordinarily empty, Unceremoniously average 11:37 am Sounds, and single-coloured walls and shoes and hands and sugared cream-coffee and RUSHED, always late-to-work, forced walksThere is no eruptive Pain.No great knowing when, or where or how deepYour hands have buriedTheir charms, how long coloured-skin-oiled ceremonies will lastAlong these eyes that blend memories of the heartwith hard lines .But i see it, Sometimes in full colour Leaking into the everyday, Unceremoniously average morning-after-sadness, hang-out-to-dry-until-its over.Each drip of usWashed awayIn such a quietly normal,Unfinished Daytime ending
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poetry, Prose
It is a skin warming sadness,A warm bath surrender Unto the slow, wrinkled stare - outInto the most ordinarily empty and Unceremoniously averageSounds, and single-coloured walls and shoesAnd hands and sugared cream-coffee and Rushed, always late walksThere is no eruptive Pain.No great knowing when, or where or how deepYour hands have buriedTheir skin-oiled canvas Beneath this stare.But i see it,Sometimes in full colour,Leaking into the everyday Unceremoniously average sadness.Each drip of usWashed awayIn such a quietly normalDaytime breath
in Tokyo, Japan -
restaurants, around the city
There is always India restaurant even in a small private railway station in Tokyo. I can eat delicious food mostly.
in Tokyo, Japan -
City walks, costumes
Have you meet a girl that is dressed in strange clothes and walking down the Tokyo. Girl costume maid in many cases.
in Tokyo, Japan -
Work-Life Balance
Impossible trinity? (Weekend version)
in Tokyo, Japan -
Life, Philosophy
He said. She said.
in Tokyo, Japan -
running
30 min 5 km Midnight ran. Photo is looks like forest at Shinagawa Chuo Koen.
in Tokyo, Japan -
Work life
Impossible trinity?
in Tokyo, Japan
