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Chillhop Summer Essentials 2026

Michael Kalus

28 May 2026

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It's that time again, another quarter has passed, and summer is about to begin.

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Two Centuries of the Bicycle, Under One Roof in Sakai

The Shimano Bicycle Museum traces the evolution of cycling — but keeps its distance from its own story Sakai is not somewhere most visitors to Japan find themselves by accident. A low-key industrial city folded into the southern sprawl of Osaka, it has been a centre of metalworking craftsmanship for centuries

20 May 2026 6 min read

Knowledge Fight is no more

I woke up Monday morning to a bit of sad news. A Podcast I had been listening to for the last few years, and who was always immodestly consumed when it was available, announced that effective immediately, they would stop. As discussed in today's podcast episode, Dan and

06 May 2026 2 min read

A Day at the Kyoto Railway Museum: From Meiji Steam to the 500 Series Shinkansen

Just south-west of Kyoto Station, tucked into the old Umekoji rail yards, sits one of the nicest railway museums I've ever set foot in. The Kyoto Railway Museum (京都鉄道博物館) opened in its current, expanded form on 29 April 2016, built around the bones of the much older Umekoji

25 Apr 2026 8 min read

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