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Hidden Places

Side streets the brochure forgot — not a secret to spoil.

The second city, the lane behind the lane, the island that is not the postcard. What is there if you finish one room.

• Ordinary streets

  Shotengai, second cities, a Sunday that is not a shrine.

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• Hidden places

  Java’s center, other islands, Bali as a chapter — not a password beach.

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• Lanes

  Walk-up grids. A Mazu light. The street the tower does not explain.

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