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Earphones on, eyes closed: A Tokyo Convenience Store at 2 a.m. | Japanese Bedtime Story

Lanterns of Japan: bedtime stories that take you to Japan. Put on your earphones, close your eyes, and visit Japan before you sleep. Follow for your next night in Japan.

Wide awake on your first night in Tokyo, you follow a friend's list to a convenience store a little after two in the morning: oden, a warm bottle of tea, and a rice ball to take home. The night, the store and the people are imagined; the factual details draw on published information from individual convenience store chains and a drinks maker. This is an invitation to rest, not a promise of sleep.

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