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Kokubunji, 2025.05.10

My wife walks down a country lane that is in truth surrounded by suburban development. Kokubunji, Tokyo. You can just see an old bell hanging from a pole that doubtless served the farmers in prior eras.

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If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

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