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Eating on the Clock documents the everyday meals of construction workers across Japan—ordinary moments that quietly reveal extraordinary stories. Through photographs of bentos and shared dishes, the book traces not only flavors but also fragments of identity, migration, and memory carried within each meal.

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Every lunchbox becomes a portrait of place: rice shaped by region, side dishes marked by habit, and colors that speak of distance and adaptation. Behind each taste lies a human rhythm—the exhaustion of labor, the comfort of familiarity, and the subtle negotiation between home and elsewhere.

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This work invites audiences to reflect on how food binds us to culture, dignity, and belonging, even in the most transient corners of urban life.