Petals argue for Tokyo. Beneath their brief canopy, a shrine gate can appear less like a relic than a working piece of urban morphology, while commuters pass toward markets, museums, and dinner counters with scarcely a break in pace. The city refuses separation. Its density is not a stunt; it is the city's oldest habit.Chronology is the trap. Start at Meiji Shrine, where forest paths temper the ci...More