"The main streets may be lit up like Times Square, but the side alleys and back ways are local, nondescript, empty of unnecessary light and full of culture, little urban villages strung together to make up this megacity of nine million. I fall in love fast with Tokyo because it’s a city I can’t quite figure out. From the dockside tuna markets to the gardens outside the Imperial Palace to the trendy cool kids in Harajuku hanging outside super-chic shops and Airstreams that sell craft beer—there is no real Tokyo because Tokyo can’t sit
still long enough to figure itself out. It is everything and I love it. There is nothing I have to see and nothing I can’t miss."
-Look For Me There, Chapter 13
CITIES VISITED:
MUST DO:
FAVORITE MEMORY:
Tokyo
Kyoto
Hiroshima
Fukuka
Pay homage to the atomic bomb site in Hiroshima.
Catch a Japanese baseball game.
Ride the Shinkansen bullet trains.
Walk Kyoto at dusk.
Bar hop in the Golden Gai in Tokyo.
Meeting a famous Instagram otter kept as a pet in a Tokyo high rise through DMs and Google translator.
Japan may be the easiest place to visit in the entire world. Super safe, best transportation infrastructure and a kind, honest, hospitable people. GREAT for solo travel at any age.
People ask, after seeing the world, could you live anywhere else? It's an easy answer--Japan.
