Sam HoldeninDispatches from Post-growth JapanWhat I’m talking about when I talk about akiyaWelcome to life in capitalist ruinsJun 1, 20211Jun 1, 20211
Sam HoldenCan Japan’s maglev bullet train survive covid?The coronavirus upended few sectors as much as travel. Thus the announcement that ridership on Japan’s Tokaido Shinkansen was down 84%…Oct 6, 20201Oct 6, 20201
Sam HoldeninDispatches from Post-growth JapanPandemic in a peaceful dazeI largely passed the month of March at my windowsill in Tokyo, minding my plants and parsing the gap between the news pouring into my palm…Apr 5, 2020Apr 5, 2020
Sam HoldeninDispatches from Post-growth JapanEnd of the line for the Shinkansen?Whenever you pass through a JR East train station in Tokyo, sleek images of the latest Shinkansen bullet trains can be found adorning…Oct 5, 2019Oct 5, 2019
Sam HoldenCastles and Capsules: Urbanism in America and JapanCompared to the view of the yawning interstate heading to the Denver airport, the window of my train as it wends through suburban Tokyo…Aug 22, 2019Aug 22, 2019
Sam HoldeninDispatches from Post-growth JapanThe meaning of Ueno Station’s new phantom platformHow much distance separates platform 18 from platform 13.5? This question crossed my mind when I read an article about JR East’s…Dec 7, 2016Dec 7, 2016
Sam HoldenThe Olympics come to TokyoOn August 21, Tokyo’s newly-elected governor Yuriko Koike received the Olympic flag from Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes at a rainy…Aug 31, 2016Aug 31, 2016
Sam HoldeninEncyclopedia of Post-growth JapanDaycare shortage | 待機児童“What the hell, Japan?”Jun 3, 2016Jun 3, 2016
Sam HoldeninEncyclopedia of Post-growth JapanPopulation decline | 人口減少Japan is shrinking. The 2015 census results announced in February confirmed that the national population declined by nearly one million…May 30, 2016May 30, 2016