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Small Pitch, Big Fire. How Japan Camps.

Small Pitch, Big Fire. How Japan Camps.

A reserved square of gravel, the car beside the tent, a fire lifted off the ground, and silence at ten. Why a Japanese campsite works the way it does, and...

Small Pitch, Big Fire. How Japan Camps.

A reserved square of gravel, the car beside the tent, a fire lifted off the ground, and silence at ten. Why a Japanese campsite works the way it does, and...

The Tent That Became a Common Language.

The Tent That Became a Common Language.

On a Japanese campground you stop noticing the one-pole polycotton tent, and then you count eleven of them. Why this silhouette won, and who it is for.

The Tent That Became a Common Language.

On a Japanese campground you stop noticing the one-pole polycotton tent, and then you count eleven of them. Why this silhouette won, and who it is for.

Why Every Japanese Campsite Has a Sierra Cup.

Why Every Japanese Campsite Has a Sierra Cup.

A Californian cup became a Japanese unit of measure. How a shallow wire-handled cup turned into the first thing a camper here buys, and why the good ones come from...

Why Every Japanese Campsite Has a Sierra Cup.

A Californian cup became a Japanese unit of measure. How a shallow wire-handled cup turned into the first thing a camper here buys, and why the good ones come from...

A Town That Still Hammers. Tsubame-Sanjo in February.

A Town That Still Hammers. Tsubame-Sanjo in Feb...

Two cities, one name, one trade. A winter visit to the Niigata town where the titanium in our cups and fire stands is cut, spun, and finished by hand.

A Town That Still Hammers. Tsubame-Sanjo in Feb...

Two cities, one name, one trade. A winter visit to the Niigata town where the titanium in our cups and fire stands is cut, spun, and finished by hand.