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Workbench: Open Datasets
Kendrick Leong In Workbench we take a deeper look at data transformation for our stories. In our last post we examined roadside stations, or michi no eki, in Japan, and zoomed in on Kinosato Ten-ei roadside station, in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture. To write these stories, we often rely on…
An Ode to Rest Stops
Kendrick Leong It’s the crunch of asphalt under your feet after a long drive. It’s the cold mountain air after three hours of recirculated car heating. It’s the coffee milk enjoyed on a picnic bench. Beyond providing the “rest” in rest stops, Japan’s numerous michi no eki, (lit. “roadside stations”),…
Moving to the beat: Seasonal trends in Japan’s internal migration data
Kendrick Leong March 14, 2020 saw the earliest declaration of cherry blossom season in Tokyo on record. But while this symbolic start of spring may fluctuate year to year – a week earlier in 2020, and from March 21 in 2021 – other spring starts pepper the Japanese calendar in…
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