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		<title>Wildness beside a busy subway platform</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/106165/wildness-beside-a-busy-subway-platform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Yotsuya, the Marunouchi subway pops out of ground in central Tokyo. From the platform, there is this amazing view that includes a still functioning, although rarely used service road, an abandoned bus stop and plaza gradually returning to the wild, and a border of exuberant independent plants. There is something beautiful to glimpse this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Okra is a popular alley plant</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/105150/okra-is-a-popular-alley-plant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second okra plant I have spotted along the small street leading from my apartment to the JR station. I was impressed with how beautiful its flower is. In the background is a climbing bitter melon vine, and a dog house. The “yard” is paved, so all the plants are in pots.]]></description>
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		<title>Neighborhood sunflowers</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/104241/neighborhood-sunflowers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love how these sunflowers are growing at the intersection of two small streets, and how the round flowers echo the larger, convex street mirror. The flowers grow in a tiny scrap of soil just outside the wall around a residence. After preparing the image, I realized that I took a similar photo last year.]]></description>
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		<title>Wildness in Nishi Azabu Juban</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/103759/wildness-in-nishi-azabu-juban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my friend Stokes told me about the wildness in Nishi Azabu Juban, I was somewhat incredulous. He was staying briefly at a childhood friend’s house there, and quickly discovered narrow lanes and uncultivated yards and odd spaces that he insisted on showing me. The neighborhood is in central Tokyo, and includes both very expensive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lush sidewalk garden in Nishi Azabu Juban</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/103152/lush-sidewalk-garden-in-nishi-azabu-juban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This incredibly narrow garden in Nishi Azabu Juban is overflowing with plants. I love it. Most people would think there’s no room for a garden, but someone was determined to live with greenery. Technically this narrow street does not even have a sidewalk, just a narrow space between road and home. I love the many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunflowers by Tokyo Metro station</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/102561/sunflowers-by-tokyo-metro-station/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was going into the Tokyo Metro station not far from my house, and I noticed a young woman spraying these blooming sunflowers. She explained she was killing bugs, and that she worked at the hair salon on the other side of this very random looking planting bed. I was very charmed that this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elaborate sidewalk garden includes plant labels and stools</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/99536/elaborate-sidewalk-garden-includes-plant-labels-and-stools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Shinjuku ni-chome sidewalk garden is exceptional in its size, care, and labeling. The gardener lives in a former shop in an old building on what is now a busy entertainment district. From the sidewalk, you can see what appears to be merchandise, t-shirts and a few dress shirts, in the front room open to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giant hedge frames modern house in Nakano</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/97896/giant-hedge-frames-modern-house-in-nakano/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love this giant hedge framing a modern house in Nakano. It’s even more beautiful at night, which is when we discovered it on a walk through the neighborhood. The house is mostly concrete with wood on the second floor balconies and some bamboo as a screen for the ground floor. I love how the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giant sidewalk sunflowers in full bloom</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/96713/giant-sidewalk-sunflowers-in-full-bloom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These giant sidewalk sunflowers are in full bloom and towering over the pedestrians. I am amazed by their height, and the cheer they bring to this marginal space between the sidewalk and street in Sendagaya. They are much taller now than just a few weeks ago.]]></description>
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		<title>Tree lined walking path in Shinjuku is magical</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/95663/tree-lined-walking-path-in-shinjuku-is-magical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many small creeks in Tokyo that have been turned into pedestrian paths. In my neighborhood, they are modestly landscaped. In Shinjuku, there’s Shinjuku Yuhodo Koen Shiki no Machi (新宿遊歩道公園四季の道), an amazing green corridor with mature trees between the department stores of San Chome, Hanazono Shrine, the packed bars of Golden Gai, and Kabukicho. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plants &amp; buildings: a photo essay</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/92801/plants-buildings-a-photo-essay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Chris’ help, I posted a photo essay about photos and buildings on Tokyo-DIY-gardening. It’s easy to imagine how plants can soften the built environment. Looking at plants in the city I am also struck by how buildings make plants even more beautiful. The essay asks more questions than it answers. Looking at everyday Tokyo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyu Hospital covered in vines and plants</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/91836/tokyu-hospital-covered-in-vines-and-plants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tokyu Hospital building in Ookayama is truly stunning. I blogged about it last fall, when I noticed that the Tokyu rail/construction/retail conglomerate was advertising “we do eco” in the Tokyo Metro. Seeing the hospital in person exceeded my expectations: a huge building on top of a rail station and enveloped in plant life that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neighbor’s small pot of okra</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/89997/neighbor%e2%80%99s-small-pot-of-okra/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/89997/neighbor%e2%80%99s-small-pot-of-okra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been passing this pot of okra for a weeks as I walk to the station. It’s great that this small pot is at eye level. A few days after I took these photos, they were harvested. I wonder how the neighbor cooked them.]]></description>
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		<title>Sunflowers on sidewalk</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/89026/sunflowers-on-sidewalk/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/89026/sunflowers-on-sidewalk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love the small strips of green space between the sidewalk and the street. Generally, orderly bushes like azaleas are maintained by the local government. But there is always also a mix of volunteers plants and volunteer gardeners. In the scorching heat of July, these sunflowers are well over two meters tall. A week after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strange performance and installation combines washing machine, tree and city streets</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87859/strange-performance-and-installation-combines-washing-machine-tree-and-city-streets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned earlier the cool new art space called 3331 Arts Chiyoda that has been created in a closed junior high school. One of the fun installations was this classroom with a tree growing in a washing machine, and a video projection showing this unlikely pair being pushed around the neighborhood. Somehow combining these basic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing sidewalk rice in styrofoam box</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87484/growing-sidewalk-rice-in-styrofoam-box/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder what this sidewalk rice tastes like? Will the gardener make a special meal with it? It’s great to see how enthusiastic people are to grow the most basic Japanese food, using a recycled styrofoam box. This same gardener is also growing cherry tomatoes and ornamentals. I like the juxtaposition of street, plants, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passion flower vine brightens inner city</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/86607/passion-flower-vine-brightens-inner-city/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/86607/passion-flower-vine-brightens-inner-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vines are a perfect city plant: requiring relatively little soil and space, covering large vertical areas, providing seasonal foliage and color. This wispy white passion flower is lovely. Update: Since Jason informed me that maybe it isn’t a passion flower vine, I have added a second image. Anyone else have an idea what it is? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birds perch on row boats on Soto-bori moat</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/83151/birds-perch-on-row-boats-on-soto-bori-moat/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/83151/birds-perch-on-row-boats-on-soto-bori-moat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a drizzly day last week, I met an English landscape architect and her architect husband at Canal Cafe on the Soto-bori moat (外濠) at Iidabashi station. I often pass this moat riding the Chuo and Sobu JR trains, but it was lovely to have a meeting alongside the water. The birds seemed happy in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Makeshift plastic rope trellis for morning glory</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/82125/makeshift-plastic-rope-trellis-for-morning-glory/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/82125/makeshift-plastic-rope-trellis-for-morning-glory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have started to notice all over Tokyo that people are creating makeshift plastic rope trellises for summer morning glory vines. This one near my home is particularly ingenious: the trellis wraps around two blue buckets containing the vines, and the rope is looped over the street tree. A zig-zag pattern is added for extra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch fans of Japanese gardening</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/81802/dutch-fans-of-japanese-gardening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the best parts of publishing this blog is hearing from people around the world who share their love of gardening and public spaces. I hear frequently from architecture graduate students (US and UK mostly), environmentalists, and gardeners. Recently Hester van Dijk of Overtreders W contacted me and shared her photos of urban and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small shrine in Akihabara provides respite and carnal spirituality</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/80959/small-shrine-in-akihabara-provides-respite-and-carnal-spirituality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the pleasures of Tokyo is discovering small gems that are unexpected. Arriving a few minutes early to a meeting in Akihabara last month, I stumbled upon this small shrine that faces the south side of the Kanda River near Akihabara, best known for electronics, manga, and geeks. The surrounding streetscape is a crowded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A historic landmark buried under freeway in Tokyo</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/80651/a-historic-landmark-buried-under-freeway-in-tokyo/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/80651/a-historic-landmark-buried-under-freeway-in-tokyo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Approaching by foot or by car, you would not know that up ahead is one of Tokyo’s most famous historic landmarks, Nihonbashi (日本橋, or literally Japan Bridge). During Edo, it was an important wooden bridge in the center of the capital. Today, Japan’s highway network uses the bridge as the zero mile marker. Despite its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grapes forming in early summer</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/74844/grapes-forming-in-early-summer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several neighboring houses have grape vines that are old and productive. I saw this green-tinged grape trellis on my way to the sento one night recently.]]></description>
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		<title>Small gardens and quiet lane in Higashi Nakano</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/72994/small-gardens-and-quiet-lane-in-higashi-nakano/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I took a long, rambling walk with Chris Berthelsen, author of the amazing blog Fixes which “investigates alterations of space/objects at the public/private boundary in suburban Tokyo.” I love his close observations, unlimited curiosity, and attention to materials and human effort and satisfaction. The goal of our walk was to explore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hydrangea hide street utility box</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/72462/hydrangea-hide-street-utility-box/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am always amazed at how fast and tall hydrangea grow in Tokyo. The ample rain and warm weather makes them shoot up out of nowhere. I like how this huge cluster on a Tokyo boulevard effectively hides the ugly utility box. This space between the sidewalk and wide street is usually planted with ginkos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Azabu Juban dead space in central Tokyo</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/71465/azabu-juban%c2%a0dead%c2%a0space%c2%a0in%c2%a0central%c2%a0tokyo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Azabu Juban]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Azabu Juban is one of Tokyo’s most central and most expensive neighborhoods. Arriving at the Tokyo Metro station for a meeting with a book editor, I was struck by just how unattractive the roadway is. In the opposite direction are small streets with traditional Japanese food, French cafes, and many charming places. But in this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dead space plaza in front of Koenji JR station</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/68356/dead-space-plaza-in-front-of-koenji-jr-station/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 00:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[access]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Koenji is one of my favorite Tokyo neighborhoods: full of cool small businesses, great food, live music, Itoh Toyo’s new theatre ZaKoenji, and many places to explore. But the plaza in front of the Koenji station is unbelievable ugly and full of dead space. Apart from the thinnest border of flowering azaleas and a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beautiful “walklet” replaces parkings spaces in San Francisco</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/64864/beautiful-%e2%80%9cwalklet%e2%80%9d-replaces-parkings-spaces-in-san-francisco/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 02:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bamboo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[benches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike parking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modular]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rebar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red wood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rebar, an art and urban planning project in San Francisco, has just unveiled their first prototype of a street-side “walklet.” Rebar became famous for converting parking spots one day every year into inventive urban parks. The event grew, and drew more and more people around the world who changed the streetscape for one day. Now, Rebar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ginkos in Sendagaya</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/62763/ginkos-in-sendagaya/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/62763/ginkos-in-sendagaya/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 04:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[boulevard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elevated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ginko]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[leaf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leafed out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public space]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I go to Sendagaya often to swim in the Olympic pool. The boulevard in front of the Tokyo Gymnasium has beautiful, mature ginko trees. It’s amazing how fast they go from bare poles to lush leafy mass. Once leafed out, the ginkos also hide the elevated freeway and elevated train lines between the gym and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quoted in San Francisco Chronicle article about high speed rail</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/61730/quoted-in-san-francisco-chronicle-article-about-high-speed-rail/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/61730/quoted-in-san-francisco-chronicle-article-about-high-speed-rail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 15:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The San Francisco Chronicle quoted me about what California can learn from Japan’s high speed rail. Japan’s rail success is not just about traveling quickly between cities, but the convenience and efficiency of city transit and car-free living.]]></description>
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