j j 4/2/25 j j 4/2/25

blog delay update

j j 3/30/25 j j 3/30/25

shrines and shops

visited a festival at a shrine, and went back to odaiba for diver city mall.

j j 3/29/25 j j 3/29/25

night bloom

day of rest + night time cherry blossom viewing

j j 3/28/25 j j 3/28/25

🐵

i love monkeys.

j j 3/27/25 j j 3/27/25

maps and mazes

solo mission to map camera and the hunt for a gameboy micro

j j 3/26/25 j j 3/26/25

it is snowing on mt. fuji

went on a tour around the mt. fuji area

j j 3/25/25 j j 3/25/25

aqua park

another trip to the maxell aqua park!

j j 3/24/25 j j 3/24/25

odaiba

odaiba, teamlab planets, a shoe store, and shabu shabu

j j 3/23/25 j j 3/23/25

above the crowds

visited asakusa and the skytree

j j 3/22/25 j j 3/22/25

ueno park

getting our money sorted and a visit to ueno park.

j j 3/21/25 j j 3/21/25

arrival

we have arrived in japan.

j j 2/25/25 j j 2/25/25

itinerary / update

trip itinerary + unexpected roommates

j j 1/10/25 j j 1/10/25

new year new (the)me

i’ve updated the website’s theme and offloaded the gallery page in preparation for the trip.

j j 12/2/24 j j 12/2/24

what’s next?

where do i go from here?

j j 12/1/24 j j 12/1/24

retrospective

catching up quite late with a little post about the last few days of the trip.

j j 4/10/24 j j 4/10/24

somber

today was heart-wrenching.

j j 4/9/24 j j 4/9/24

onward to hiroshima

took a shinkansen from osaka to hiroshima, walked around a bit, and experimented with longer shutter speed on the camera.

j j 4/8/24 j j 4/8/24

poor planning

i planned this day of the trip poorly. that is to say, i didn’t plan this day at all and paid the price for it.

j j 4/7/24 j j 4/7/24

konbini smackdown

on this rest day, i am going to compare the 3 major konbini chains.

j j 4/6/24 j j 4/6/24

picturesque

the final day of the kyoto journey. golden pavilions, movie sets, evangelion, buddhist temples, bamboo forests, and scenic train rides.