Bicycle with front and rear panniers parked in a broad entrance off a paved street, leading into forestland. A large marquee sign spans the entrance at 3 meters’ height, reading “Multi World,” with a logo between the two words consisting of the words “Survival Game” written in a circle around a skull and crossbones.
A wooden sign reading (in English translation) “Crowdfunding contributors inviting recognition,” followed by a list of over forty screen and personal names, and finally “Thank you for your support!”
A dutch-angle view of the entrance to a shop, with a triangular patch of concreted parking lot in brilliant sunshine in the foreground. The entrance is screened lattice paneling fashioned from 2x2s on 2-inch spacing. A sign etched and stained in a rough-edged wooden slab over the entrance reads (in English translation) “Founded in Meiji 28 (1895) / Asagorō / Odamaki Vendor
Roped-off turnout from a paved road, with a sign reading (in English translation) “Oyama Foods / Barbecue Spot”. There is a neat stack of split firewood to the left of the turn-in, with lush green foliage behind.
A mini-truck in a lot of used vehicles, with hubcaps and other scrap piled in the bed, and a wooden sign propped up facing the camera, reading (in English translation) “Singh Trading / Baldev Signh” with land-line and cell numbers.
A loaded cargo bicycle parked at a zebra crossing spanning the entrance to the grounds of a prison. On the far side of the zebra crossing is a sign reading “Exhibition Gallery of the Products of Prison Labor/Open 9:00-15:45, except Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays/Immediately to the left of the entrance/Visitors welcome” (刑務所作業製品展示場・９：００−１５：４５㊡土・日・祝日・入ってすぐ左手・お気軽にお立ち寄りください). A cartoon finger points to the opening hours.
Three “book boxes” for return of borrowed books, standing in a small wood-floored side area of a shopping mall. Behind the boxes is the corner opening into the nook. The mall-side of the corner is covered with advertising flyers for the business next door. The nook side is covered in bookcase wallpaper, but there is an actual bookcase with books deeper in the nook.
A copy of “The Truth,” a novel by Terry Pratchett, with a sticker over the title reading (in English translation): “Recycle Book/This is a book for reuse, culled from the Nisshin City Library
A loaded cargo bike parked in a narrow paved pathway, with a steep stonework embankment on its right. The entrance to a tunnel under the embankment is to the right, and there is a sign to the left of the path with arrows indicating destinations Sanage (猿投) straight on, and Asuke (足助) and Chikaraishi (力石) to the right through the tunnel.
