trains

2 essays tagged “trains”.

Neon-lit Shinjuku alley reflecting in wet pavement.

Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo, slowly: a city of thirteen million that rewards patience

Tokyo is large in a way that defeats the standard travel rhythm. It is not one city; it is twenty-three wards, each a small city, each with its own grammar. The right pace is to do less, daily, and to do it more carefully.

August 19, 2024

Hong Kong's harbour skyline at dusk from the Kowloon side.

Asia

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hong Kong: vertical city, tropical city, last-train city

Hong Kong's verticality is famous. What's less famous is how walkable it remains. The Mid-Levels escalator alone covers 800 metres of climb. The city is layered — street level, podium level, rooftop level — and the trick is to keep moving between them.

April 4, 2023