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Western and Japanese fantasies of a traveler's life

Life on the road, and the virtues of keeping life and road separate

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Frank Shyong
May 05, 2025
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JR Shin-Imamiya Station in Osaka

OSAKA —I’m typing with my forearms resting on a sticky vinyl tabletop in a pastel green hotel room where everything but the internet router is older than I am.

It’s a relief to be stationary after three days traveling nearly a thousand miles by train to obtain ekiben. Cautious daylight glows in the yellowing curtains, and …

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