Well, this is awkward. I’m David Willoughby, writer and translator, and long-time resident of Tokyo.

Tokyo is a pulsating megalopolis where past meets future in a neon embrace and, no wait, Tokyo is boring. That’s right, I’ve come from the future to tell you that Tokyo is dull.

City of Signs is where I write about another side of Tokyo: the physical and social infrastructure that allows 40 million people to co-exist peacefully in a city that just works.

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