Japan
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Still the First Day!
Feeling like it was high time for an afternoon snack, we hiked across the Shinjuku station to find this small street by the beautiful name of Piss Alley (seriously). Once inside, we were drawn to our mysterious snack destination—this is the entire restaurant: Apparently they don’t get a lot of US tourists here, but they… Continue reading
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Touchdown Japan!
Woke up and grabbed the hotel shuttle to Terminal 1 ANA check-in. We felt very superior having only carry-on luggage, the airline employees kept asking where was the rest of our luggage 😀 We did see one poor person at the ANA ticket counter who was frantically trying to repack her bags–I guess one was… Continue reading
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Anticipating Japan 2023
Notes from April 27 2023: I try to savor the “before-trip” vibe, the very pleasant low-level buzz of excitement about what’s coming up. The anticipation is half the fun (with almost none of the effort!). Unbelievably, I am already pretty much packed–crazy for a confirmed lifelong day-before-or-morning-of luggage packer. I’m trying to set a personal-best… Continue reading