These projects examine how urban life in Japan is shaped through community, public space, and embodied behavior. They include my ongoing PhD research on Radio Taisō as cultural infrastructure for aging societies; a collaborative study on cycling in Tokyo investigating how perception and behavior guide choices between roads and sidewalks; Kairo, a visual ethnography film on homelessness in Ikebukuro; and my master’s thesis on migrant women navigating safety and insecurity in Tokyo. Taken together, they reveal how affect, experience, and everyday practices illuminate broader dynamics of governance, inclusion, and urban change.