am very sad to discover that legendary PING MAG/ has closed after 3.5 years of brilliantly covering the most interesting aspects of urban Japan. i make it a point to check it every time i plan a trip there.

i wish there was a PING MAP for every country!

i haven’t read all their articles but now will do
but
a off the top of my head list of my fave PINGS are
pingmag.jp/2008/12/22/nakagin/
pingmag.jp/2007/04/20/dainippon-type-organization/
pingmag.jp/2006/07/03/dry-cleaning-typography/
pingmag.jp/2008/12/17/toto/
pingmag.jp/2008/06/16/vending-machine-extravaganza/
pingmag.jp/2008/04/25/retro-game-culture-in-tokyo-a-bar-g…
pingmag.jp/2008/07/03/water-balloon/
pingmag.jp/2008/06/18/japanese-rooms/
pingmag.jp/2008/07/01/sailor/
pingmag.jp/2006/10/13/top-10-ad-tricks-in-tokyos-train-st…
pingmag.jp/2008/07/17/iced-candy/