{"id":16,"date":"2026-07-17T01:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/stories\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T15:15:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:15:44","slug":"stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stories<\/h1><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read in-depth English articles about Japanese cities, railways, infrastructure, industry, museums and everyday life.<\/p><section class=\"twj-story-directory\"><form class=\"twj-story-search\" method=\"get\" action=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/stories\/\"><label for=\"twj-story-search-input\">Search stories<\/label><div class=\"twj-story-search__row\"><input id=\"twj-story-search-input\" type=\"search\" name=\"story_search\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"Search by keyword\"><button type=\"submit\">Search<\/button><\/div><\/form><p class=\"twj-story-result-count\">11 stories<\/p><div class=\"twj-story-directory-grid\"><article class=\"twj-story-directory-card\"><a class=\"twj-story-directory-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/why-japanese-railway-companies-own-department-stores-real-estate\/\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__image\"><img width=\"768\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hankyu-umeda-station-department-store-1930s-featured-768x375.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Why Japanese Railway Companies Own Department Stores, Hotels and Real Estate\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hankyu-umeda-station-department-store-1930s-featured-768x375.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hankyu-umeda-station-department-store-1930s-featured-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hankyu-umeda-station-department-store-1930s-featured-1024x500.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hankyu-umeda-station-department-store-1930s-featured-1536x750.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hankyu-umeda-station-department-store-1930s-featured.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__body\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__title\">Why Japanese Railway Companies Own Department Stores, Hotels and Real Estate<\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__excerpt\">Japan\u2019s private railways did more than move people. They built homes to create commuters, attractions to create destinations, and department stores, hotels and offices to capture the value generated around stations. This guide explains\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/article><article class=\"twj-story-directory-card\"><a class=\"twj-story-directory-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/why-japanese-train-staff-point-and-call\/\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__image\"><img width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/why-japanese-train-staff-point-and-call-featured-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Why Japanese Train Staff Point and Call: The Safety Science behind Shisa Kanko\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/why-japanese-train-staff-point-and-call-featured-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/why-japanese-train-staff-point-and-call-featured-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/why-japanese-train-staff-point-and-call-featured-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/why-japanese-train-staff-point-and-call-featured-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/why-japanese-train-staff-point-and-call-featured.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__body\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__title\">Why Japanese Train Staff Point and Call: The Safety Science behind Shisa Kanko<\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__excerpt\">The dramatic pointing and calling performed by Japanese railway staff is not a ritual. Known as shisa kanko, it combines sight, movement, speech and hearing to make a safety check deliberate, memorable and easier\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/article><article class=\"twj-story-directory-card\"><a class=\"twj-story-directory-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/tokyo-hidden-rivers-culverts-greenways\/\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__image\"><img width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/harajuku-cat-street-former-shibuya-river-featured-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tokyo\u2019s Hidden Rivers: How Streams Became Roads, Sewers and Greenways\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/harajuku-cat-street-former-shibuya-river-featured-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/harajuku-cat-street-former-shibuya-river-featured-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/harajuku-cat-street-former-shibuya-river-featured-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/harajuku-cat-street-former-shibuya-river-featured.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__body\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__title\">Tokyo\u2019s Hidden Rivers: How Streams Became Roads, Sewers and Greenways<\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__excerpt\">Tokyo\u2019s hidden rivers survive beneath Cat Street, roads and greenways. Learn why streams were culverted, how to recognize former channels, why reclaimed-water streams are different, and where to walk safely.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/article><article class=\"twj-story-directory-card\"><a class=\"twj-story-directory-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/why-japan-school-business-year-begins-april\/\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__image\"><img width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/japan-april-school-business-government-year-featured-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Why Japan\u2019s School, Business and Government Year Begins in April\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/japan-april-school-business-government-year-featured-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/japan-april-school-business-government-year-featured-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/japan-april-school-business-government-year-featured-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/japan-april-school-business-government-year-featured-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/japan-april-school-business-government-year-featured.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__body\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__title\">Why Japan\u2019s School, Business and Government Year Begins in April<\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__excerpt\">Japan\u2019s April \u201cnew year\u201d is not simply a cherry-blossom tradition. The national fiscal year shifted to April\u2013March in the Meiji era, schools gradually aligned their calendars, and graduation, recruitment and personnel systems grew around\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/article><article class=\"twj-story-directory-card\"><a class=\"twj-story-directory-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/before-yoyogi-park-washington-heights-1964-olympics\/\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__image\"><img width=\"610\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/washington-heights-tokyo-aerial-1954-featured.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Before Yoyogi Park: Washington Heights and the 1964 Olympics\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/washington-heights-tokyo-aerial-1954-featured.jpg 610w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/washington-heights-tokyo-aerial-1954-featured-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__body\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__title\">Before Yoyogi Park: Washington Heights and the 1964 Olympics<\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__excerpt\">Before Yoyogi Park, this land was an army parade ground, U.S. military housing and the main Olympic Village for the 1964 Tokyo Games. Trace the layered history still visible around Yoyogi today.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/article><article class=\"twj-story-directory-card\"><a class=\"twj-story-directory-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/1923-earthquake-tokyo-reconstruction-schools-parks\/\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__image\"><img width=\"768\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/taimei-elementary-school-ginza-reconstruction-featured-768x514.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"How the 1923 Earthquake Changed Tokyo: Reconstruction Schools and Parks\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/taimei-elementary-school-ginza-reconstruction-featured-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/taimei-elementary-school-ginza-reconstruction-featured-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/taimei-elementary-school-ginza-reconstruction-featured-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/taimei-elementary-school-ginza-reconstruction-featured-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/taimei-elementary-school-ginza-reconstruction-featured.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__body\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__title\">How the 1923 Earthquake Changed Tokyo: Reconstruction Schools and Parks<\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__excerpt\">After the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, Tokyo rebuilt 117 burned public elementary schools and created 52 small parks\u2014many beside schools\u2014to combine education, community life and disaster preparedness.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/article><article class=\"twj-story-directory-card\"><a class=\"twj-story-directory-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/why-edo-burned-fire-rebuilt-tokyo\/\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__image\"><img width=\"768\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/edo-meireki-great-fire-handscroll-featured-768x305.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Why Edo Burned So Often\u2014and How Fire Rebuilt Tokyo\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/edo-meireki-great-fire-handscroll-featured-768x305.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/edo-meireki-great-fire-handscroll-featured-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/edo-meireki-great-fire-handscroll-featured-1024x406.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/edo-meireki-great-fire-handscroll-featured-1536x610.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/edo-meireki-great-fire-handscroll-featured.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__body\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__title\">Why Edo Burned So Often\u2014and How Fire Rebuilt Tokyo<\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__excerpt\">Why did Edo burn so often? Trace the Great Fire of Meireki, firebreaks, town firefighters, the 1923 earthquake, wartime destruction and the urban traces still visible in Tokyo.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/article><article class=\"twj-story-directory-card\"><a class=\"twj-story-directory-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/edo-water-supply-kanda-tamagawa-aqueducts\/\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__image\"><img width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/edo-kanda-waterworks-ochanomizu-suidobashi-featured-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"How Edo Supplied Water to a Million People: The Kanda and Tamagawa Aqueducts\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/edo-kanda-waterworks-ochanomizu-suidobashi-featured-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/edo-kanda-waterworks-ochanomizu-suidobashi-featured-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/edo-kanda-waterworks-ochanomizu-suidobashi-featured-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/edo-kanda-waterworks-ochanomizu-suidobashi-featured-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/edo-kanda-waterworks-ochanomizu-suidobashi-featured.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__body\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__title\">How Edo Supplied Water to a Million People: The Kanda and Tamagawa Aqueducts<\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__excerpt\">How did Edo supply water without pumps? Discover the Kanda and Tamagawa aqueducts, wooden conduits, josui wells and traces still visible across Tokyo.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/article><article class=\"twj-story-directory-card\"><a class=\"twj-story-directory-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/yumenoshima-garbage-island-tokyo-garbage-war\/\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__image\"><img width=\"768\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/yumenoshima-former-landfill-park-featured-768x574.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Is Yumenoshima Made of Garbage? Tokyo\u2019s Garbage War Explained\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/yumenoshima-former-landfill-park-featured-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/yumenoshima-former-landfill-park-featured-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/yumenoshima-former-landfill-park-featured-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/yumenoshima-former-landfill-park-featured-1536x1147.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/yumenoshima-former-landfill-park-featured.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__body\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__title\">Is Yumenoshima Made of Garbage? Tokyo\u2019s Garbage War Explained<\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__excerpt\">Is Tokyo\u2019s Yumenoshima really made of garbage? Follow its unrealized airport, postwar beach, landfill years, 1965 fly disaster, Tokyo Garbage War, and transformation into a park.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/article><article class=\"twj-story-directory-card\"><a class=\"twj-story-directory-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/arakawa-river-man-made-history\/\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__image\"><img width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/arakawa-floodway-old-iwabuchi-sluice-featured-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Is the Arakawa River Man-Made? How Tokyo Built the Arakawa Floodway\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/arakawa-floodway-old-iwabuchi-sluice-featured-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/arakawa-floodway-old-iwabuchi-sluice-featured-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/arakawa-floodway-old-iwabuchi-sluice-featured-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/arakawa-floodway-old-iwabuchi-sluice-featured-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/arakawa-floodway-old-iwabuchi-sluice-featured.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__body\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__title\">Is the Arakawa River Man-Made? How Tokyo Built the Arakawa Floodway<\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__excerpt\">Part of Tokyo\u2019s lower Arakawa is a man-made floodway. Discover how the 1910 flood led to a 22-kilometer new river, Iwabuchi Sluice Gate, and a transformed urban landscape.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/article><article class=\"twj-story-directory-card\"><a class=\"twj-story-directory-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/how-to-read-old-japanese-maps-tokyo\/\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__image\"><img width=\"768\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/edo-city-map-1840s-768x651.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"How to Read Old Japanese Maps\u2014and Use Them to Walk Modern Tokyo\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/edo-city-map-1840s-768x651.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/edo-city-map-1840s-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/edo-city-map-1840s-1024x868.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/edo-city-map-1840s-1536x1302.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/edo-city-map-1840s.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__body\"><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__title\">How to Read Old Japanese Maps\u2014and Use Them to Walk Modern Tokyo<\/span><span class=\"twj-story-directory-card__excerpt\">Old Japanese maps were not designed like modern navigation maps. This beginner-friendly guide explains their orientation, colors, labels and purpose, then shows how to use an Edo map on a walk from Nihonbashi to\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/article><\/div><\/section>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Themes<\/h2><div class=\"wp-block-group twj-story-theme-grid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group twj-story-theme-card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3>Cities and Neighborhoods<\/h3><p>How urban form, local communities and historical change shaped modern Japan.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/yuru-rekishi-sanpo.com\/en\/neighborhood-histories\/\">Explore Neighborhood Histories<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-group twj-story-theme-card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3>Railways and Infrastructure<\/h3><p>Transport, rivers, flood control and the systems that made Japanese cities work.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-group twj-story-theme-card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3>Everyday Life<\/h3><p>The history behind familiar institutions, customs, housing and commercial life.<\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stories Read in-depth English articles about Japanese cities, railways, infrastructure, industry, museums and everyday life. 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