The Hollywood horror archives are filled with tales of bad trips. To celebrate Halloween, Eva Holland and Eli Ellison sift through the carnage to pick their favorites—and lose a little sleep doing so.
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6.6.07
Tokyo: ‘Where Yesterday’s Tomorrow is Constantly Being Replaced’
What will the future look like? See: Tokyo. It’s “the world’s most fascinating, fast-changing, future-friendly city,” writes Momus in a “Culture Review” for Wired. Japan’s capital, Momus believes, has become a laboratory for multiple potential futures as seen through the inventiveness and near-constant churn of architecture.
"Tokyo is a city where yesterday’s tomorrow is constantly being replaced by today’s,” writes Momus. “The Tokyo way is to try stuff, trash it, then try something else. Whether it’s the legacy of earthquakes or Buddhism, everything here is understood to be temporary. It’s best not to get too attached. The spirit of what you lose will probably pop up somewhere else.”
Momus’s piece is accompanied by several striking photos, and YouTube has some interesting videos of Japanese architecture, including the one below.
What will the future look like? See: Tokyo. It’s “the world’s most fascinating, fast-changing, future-friendly city,” writes 
