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Priya Mu
Oct 4, 20234 min read
GOD’S IN THE DETAILS
Quite a while back I went to a second-hand furniture shop in Hongo to get a chair for my study desk. I came across an antique wooden...

Noah Brelage
Oct 4, 20232 min read
Packed Like Sardines: The Whole City on One Train Line
I always wanted to live in as big a city as possible. When I first arrived in Tokyo, however, I did not know what to expect. I had barely...


Samantha Chow
Feb 14, 20233 min read
Things to do when on a break!
By SAMANTHA CHOW With our long-awaited winter break finally here, we can all allow our minds a well-deserved break and take studies off...


Komaba Times
Apr 29, 20226 min read
FURUSATO
Words & Photos by PRIYA MU 2020, Late July Remote mountain village in Japan It had been three weeks since I moved to Yamagata from Tokyo...


Komaba Times
Apr 18, 202211 min read
A POLYPHONY OF OUR TIMES
Words by THE KOMABA TIMES & POLYPHONY Illustrations by YASHA LAI Layout by ZEFAN SRAMEK Polyphony Student Journal is the first...


Komaba Times
Apr 15, 20221 min read
IN PASSING, I REFLECT ON THE MEMORIES OF MY PREVIOUS SELF
Photos by ZEFAN SRAMEK No. 7 No. 3 No. 6 Zefan Sramek is a Ph.D. student in the Graduate School of Engineering. THE KOMABA TIMES ISSUE...

Komaba Times
Apr 13, 20226 min read
JUST SO YOU KNOW...
Words by ADIT AMOD GURJAR Illustrations by YASHA LAI Hey there. So, you’ve received your acceptance letter, maybe even a scholarship....

Komaba Times
Apr 11, 20221 min read
BUREAUCRACY | NON-RESIDENT
Words & Artwork by YASHA LAI Yasha Lai (b.1999) | Bureaucracy non-resident, 2022 Komaba Times issues 9 & 10 on banking documents Yasha...


Komaba Times
Apr 11, 20221 min read
BUREAUCRACY | 070/080/090
Words & Artwork by YASHA LAI Yasha Lai (b.1999) | Bureaucracy 070/080/090, 2022 Komaba Times issues 9 & 10 on MacBook Air screen Yasha...

Komaba Times
Apr 6, 20221 min read
NEIGHBOUR
Words by MIZUKI IGATA Layout by YASHA LAI Here is an excerpt from an investigation report on 379 candidate planets in the Exoplanet...
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