#NowReading2025 PIDGIN TO DA MAX & PIDGIN TO DA MAX HANA HOU! by Douglas Simonson, Ken Sakata, Pat Sasaki, & a lot of people for the second book via The Bess Press imbibed at Mountain Coffee Coffee Roasters #Takasago #高砂
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#NowReading2025 PLASTICS by Imari Walker-Franklin & Jenna Jambeck via MIT Press imbibed at Kanmidokoro Kamakura #Shibamata #柴又 @bookstodon #Bookstodon #BookMastodon
#NowReading2025 A PERFECT DAY TO BE ALONE by Nanae AOYAMA translated by Jesse Kirkwood via Maclehose Press thanks to Adachi-ku Public Library imbibed at Toho Coffee #Aoto #青砥
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#NowReading2025 THE MAXIMUM SECURITY BOOK CLUB: READING LITERATURE IN A MEN'S PRISON by Mikita Brottman via Harper Perennial thanks to Adachi-ku Public Library imbibed at Starbucks #NaritaAirport
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#NowReading2025 WELCOME TO THE HYUNAM-DONG BOOKSHOP by HWANG Bo-reum translated by Shanna Tan via Bloomsbury Publishers thanks to Adachi-ku Public Library imbibed at %ARABICA #AzabudaiHills
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#NowReading2025 ON IMMUNITY: AN INOCULATION by Eula Biss via @graywolfpress imbibed at Matsuzaki Coffee #Negishi
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#NowReading2025 CELEBRITY by Chris Rojek via Reaktion Books imbibed at Chooze Coffee #Nihonbashi #日本橋
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#NowReading2025 LEBRON by Jeff Benedict via Simon & Schuster imbibed at Kaede Life Coffee #KitaSenju #北千住
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#NowReading2025 SHO-TIME: THE INSIDE STORY OF SHOHEI OHTANI & THE GREATEST BASEBALL SEASON EVER PLAYED by Jeff Fletcher via @diversionbooks imbibed at Plus1 Coffee #Hongo
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#NowReading2025 BECKHAM by Ellis Cashmore @politybooks imbibed with Costa Coffee care of Falafel Brothers #Otemachi #大手町
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#NowReading2025 RECKONING REAGAN: AMERICA & ITS PRESIDENT IN THE 1980s by Michael Schaller via Oxford University Press imbibed at Mogura Coffee #Nezu #根津
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There's been a significant gap in this list of #NowReading2025 due to being unable to toot anything on my phone. Still can't, not sure why, so I've moved to tooting on my tablet from now on.
#NowReading2025 GLOBAL SPORT SPONSORSHIP Edited by John Amis & T BETTINA CORNWELL via Berg imbibed at #JazzKissa Jazz Altec #Nishiari #西新井 @bookstodon #BookMastodon #BookStodon #CoffeeMastodon #CoffeeStodon #JazzMastodon #JazzStodon
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#NowReading2025 TIME IS A MOTHER by Ocean Vuong via
Penguin Books
imbibed at Akino Coffee #HigashiNippori #東日暮里
#NowReading2025 WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE by Kurt Vonnegut Jr via Dell Publishing imbibed at Ueshima Coffee #Otemachi #大手町 #BookStodon #BookMastodon #Coffee #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #Books @bookstodon
#NowReading2025 NINE NASTY WORDS - ENGLISH IN THE GUTTER: THEN, NOW, & FOREVER by John McWhorter via Avery imbibed at Horiguchi Coffee #Otemachi #大手町
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#NowReading2025 DANGEROUS JOKES: HOW RACISM & SEXISM WEAPONIZE HUMOR by Claire Horisk via Oxford University Press imbibed at Yusual #Shibuya #渋谷
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#NowReading2025 SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE by Ijeoma Oluo
via Seal Press imbibed at Coffee Stand Ossaion #Nakano #中野
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#NowReading2025 ONE HUNDRED DAYS by Alice Pung via Black Inc Press imbibed at Mills Coffee #Senju #千住
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#NowReading2025 HOW TO STAND UP TO A DICTATOR by Marisa Ressa via Penguin Books imbibed at Uni Donuts #AzabuJuban #麻布十番
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#NowReading2025 LANGUAGE, NATION, RACE: LINGUISTIC REFORM IN MEIJI JAPAN 1868-1912 by Atsuko UEDA via University of California Press
brewed with Papa Noel
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#NowReading2025 POWER & IDEOLOGY IN AMERICAN SPORT: A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE by George H Sage via Human Kinetics Books imbibed at Horiguchi Coffee #Otemachi #大手町
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#NowReading2025 WEIRD OHIO by James A Willis, Andrew Henderson, Loren Coleman via Sterling Publishers imbibed at Jazz Altec #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books #Coffee #Sports
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#NowReading2025 HOSTS & CHAMPIONS: SOCCER CULTURES, NATIONAL IDENTITIES & THE USA WORLD CUP edited by John Sugden & Alan Tomlinson via Ashgate Publishing (1994) imbibed at Make Sweets House #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books #Sports #Soccer #SportsStudies #Coffee #CoffeeStodon #BooksStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeMastodon
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#NowReading2025 BOTANICAL IMAGINATION: RETHINKING PLANTS IN MODERN JAPAN by Jon L Pitt via
@cornellpress brewed with Blue Tokai Coffee
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#NowReading2025 THE WORLD'S GAME: A HISTORY OF SOCCER by Bill Murray via
@illinoispress imbibed at Costa Coffee #Otemachi #大手町
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#NowReading2025 LAND OF SPORT & GLORY: SPORT & BRITISH SOCIETY 1887-1910 by Derek Birley via @ManchesterUP imbibed at Granarys Coffee
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#NowReading2025 SCIENCE OF STRETCHING by Dr Leada Malek, PT, DPT via Dorling Kindserly Limited thanks to Adachi Public Library imbibed at Tully's Coffee #Nippori #日暮里 #Books #Coffee #CoffeeMastodon #BookMastodon @bookstodon
#NowReReading2025 MOTHER'S TAXI: SPORT & WOMEN'S LABOR by Shona M Thompson via @sunypress imbibed at VW Cafe Dove Blue #Otemachi #大手町 #Books #Coffee
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#NowReading2025 ONE-EYED: A VIEW OF AUSTRALIAN SPORT by Douglas Booth & Colin Tatz via Allen & Unwin imbibed at Chii Coffee #Machiya #町屋 #Books #Coffee #SportsStudies #Australia #AustralianSports #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
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#NowReading2025 AUSTRALIAN BEACH CULTURES: THE HISTORY OF SUN, SAND & SURF by Douglas Booth via Frank Cass imbibed at Irodori Cafe #Imado #Books #Coffee #CoffeeMastodon #CoffeeStodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #Australia
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#NowReading2025 POWER GAMES: A CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT Edited by John Sugden & Alan Tomlinson via Routledge imbibed at Sarutahiko Coffee #Ochanomizu #御茶ノ水 #Coffee #Books #Sports #SportsStudies #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
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#NowReading2025 SOME LIKE IT HOT: THE BEACH AS A CULTURAL DIMENSION Edited by James Skinner, Keith Gilbert, & Allan Edwards via Meyer & Meyer Sport imbibed at Saza Coffee #Marunouchi #丸の内 #Books #Australia #Coffee #AustraluaStudies #SportStudies #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
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#NowReading2025 TO THE EXTREME: ALTERNATIVE SPORTS, INSIDE & OUT edited by Robert E Rinehart & Synthia Sydnor via @sunypress imbibed at Vault Coffee #Akihabara #秋葉原 #Books #Coffee #SportStudies @bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon
#NowReading2025 THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2005 Edited by
@Susanorlean imbibed at Patisserie Woo Roo Goo #Ogu #尾久 #Books #ShavedIce @bookstodon #BookStodon #BookMastodon
#NowReading2025 SWIM: WHY WE LOVE THE WATER by Lynn Scherr via Public Affairs imbibed at Bees Coffee beescoffee.com #Sengoku #千石 #Books #Coffee #BookStodon #BookMastodon #ShavedIce
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#NowReading2025 NIHONGO PERA PERA! by Susan Millington via Tuttle Language Library imbibed at ひとやすみ (pause it) #Motohasunuma #本蓮沼 #Books #Coffee #LanguageLearning
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Kengo Kuma : Onomatopoeia Architecture at Athens

I often think about the dialog between the human and the material. Architecture should be placed in this special dialog. But in fact, today’s architecture destroys richness, and the human is left isolated from the earth as the bountiful place where the various materials gather. In this exhibition at the Old State Tobacco Factory in Athens, I would like to show how I create a dialog with materials. I am drawn to the dialog with soft materials: softness always heals me as it reminds me of my mot

Kengo Kuma and Associates
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Nice! This makes me think of what skateboarders & traceurs have to teach us about architecture, such as what's discussed by Iain Borden in his classic book - https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/skateboarding-and-the-city-9781472583451/
@ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon The only skate-like experience I've got is downhill skiing - that's generally not making much use of urban landscapes, let alone "the city as hardware"... Impressive outline, I shall check it out. Thanks!