Dispatch № 55: Emergent Remains

Photo showing two dog jawbones in the sand at a beach in Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Nothing stays buried forever. No matter how deep in the sand, eventually things emerge. What happens after that, though, is anyone’s guess.

Dispatch № 43: The Summer Trope

Photograph showing electrical wires and a tall wall below large summer clouds building on a hot day in August. Taken in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, Japan

It is a season for the seaside and the mountain stream. A season for eating ice pops while walking over the blistering asphalt of country roads fringed with green foxtail, the green of which has begun to fade to brown.

Dispatch № 39: Doing Nothing

Photo of clouds over heavy industry and an inlet on the coast in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

There are two kittens in the bushes. Both are striped, though the smaller one is half-covered with splotches of white fur, as if it had been interrupted partway through repainting.

Dispatch № 31: The Management

Photograph of a cat sitting on top of a van in front of apartment buildings in Urawa Ward, Saitama City, Japan

The cat that looks like James Hetfield usually patrols around the tiny ramen shop by the shrine in the morning. On some days, the restaurant’s sliding door is open and he can be seen sitting inside, presumably conferring with the proprietors on some matter of importance.

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