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Looking for the Lost

by Alan Booth

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  • jinto36 · Sep 23, 2022 · Recommends

    Kind of like a more modern Alan Booth? I read both The Roads to Sata and Looking for the Lost and they both really resonated with me. They're both travelog(ue)s. The Roads to Sata chronicled a complete 2000 mile north-south walk across the country. Looking for the Lost was more focused on specific…

    on “Japan to reopen to independent travelers and lift daily arrival cap” ↗
  • Clewza313 · Apr 14, 2021 · Mentions

    …possibilities. Unfortunately this is standard marketing pablum for Japanese companies, with "future" (mirai) and "dream" (yume) both being particularly common tropes. Alan Booth talks about this back in 1995 in Looking for the Lost: > I passed through the pavilion's Dream Tunnel into the World of Dream and from there to the Parades of Dream and Play. ... Technology, specifically the technology of Mitsui, Toshiba, and the rest beyond…

    on “Yamauchi No.10 Family Office” ↗

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