Micro-seasons · 七十二候
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All 5 Atlas plates →Eki · 駅
Watch Japan's railways bloom
The map grew fastest in the 1910s–20s — most of Japan's stations opened long before the bullet train.
Edo · 江戸
260 warlords, leashed to one city
The march could swallow nearly half a domain's budget — Tosa spent 44% on it in 1688.
Randoseru · ランドセル
The year red stopped being a girl's colour
Red fell from the #1 girls' colour to #5 in six years, overtaken even by light brown.