May these words find you hale and wholly ready for new beginnings.

This issue features some excellent architectural and urban photography, mysterious entries from another world, a languid yet colourful travelogue, a choose-your-own-adventure game, humorous writings and illustrations on topics of import, as well guides to enhance your auditory and computering experience. The artistry and deep insight of townies continue to amaze and delight.

The release marks my first occasion of producing a webzine edition, although by no means the zine's first HTML version. Some things have changed since that first attempt to reconstruct the zine through a dubious combination of Inkscape pre-96 DPI and a Python 2 slides utility. Software bitrots. People arrive and depart. Friends, mentors, strangers. Inflection points. Somewhere along the continuum, the way forward is change — a zine worth reading is not afraid do differently, however slightly.

A big thanks to this issue's contributors and readers — your continued interest and support are what make this zine possible. おつかれさま。

  
  
~mio

January 2024