Our final stop on the Seto Inland Sea journey brought us to Onomichi City, nestled between mountains and sea. Here we savored delicious ramen, set off fireworks by the shore, met a local tea maker by chance, and visited a regional designer. The entire trip proved deeply inspiring, reigniting our imagination for life.

This Issue's Swing Pilot

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• @Flora

You'll hear

Part 1: Introduction

• 00:55 Introduction to Onomichi City
• 03:21 Onomichi is known as the "City of Literature"
• 04:25 Also known as the "City of Film"

Part 2 Fun Things to Do

• 08:14 Senkoji Temple
• 13:13 The Rise and Fall of "Cat Alley"
• 16:36 Onomichi: Where Humans and Cats Coexist in Harmony at the "Cat Festival"

Part 3 Delicious

• 21:27 Chinese Elements in Onomichi Ramen
• 24:11 The Yakitori Shop Girl Who Looks Just Like Yoon Eun-hye
• 26:14 Hibi Coffee

Part 5 Those Strangers

• 28:47 Genki Takahashi and His Tea-Making Venture
• 34:47 Designer Takeda Jun'yu

Part 6 Some Inspiration

• 42:47 Onomichi's "Vacant House Renovation Project"
• 45:45 Is Onomichi Declining?

Part 7 Swing

• 51:14 Swing Time
• 53:04 Swing Encore｜toe - Sunny Boy Rhapsody

Other Content

• Onomichi Vlog
• Onomichi Guide
• ihatov Project
• Cat Festival

Onomichi

The shipyard featured in Tokyo Story, but access is restricted

Photographed by Gen-san, the tea master

Gen-san's Tea House: Chari Gen, Yamate

Gen is in the middle

Photographed by designer Jun

Second from the right is Jun

Hibi Coffee

Onomichi Ramen

Ueda Toy Store

The adorable student who helped us find fireworks

Beach fireworks

Too many great photos to fit here, haha. If you're interested, check out my Xiaohongshu account.

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