Yet Another Charming Streetscape
February 2, 2020
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When I visited Qingdao in 2015, I stayed in the historical German Concession area. The neighborhood’s mixture of European and Asian architecture constantly reminded me of the pseudo-European landscapes of Studio Ghibli movies. As a result, I took dozens of pictures of neighborhood streets that were completely ordinary but struck me as potentially magical.