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Looking back at our trips in 2025, Part 1
👋 So Long 2025 🕊️ Each year on this blog, we look back on our travels from the past twelve months. This year we’re sharing our destinations in three parts—we took three big trips, each with multiple stops worth showcasing. This is the first part of the 3-part series. Let’s start with a piece of
Looking back at our trips in 2024, Part 1
Goodbye 2024 – Hello 2025 On this blog, we have a tradition of reflecting on the memorable places we’ve explored over the past year. To set the tone, let’s begin with a track by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Click ▶ to play This post covers the first half of 2024. We started the Japan trip in Kanazawa
Tsutaya’s Share Lounge – an Urban Oasis in Kyoto
We have a fondness for Tsutaya bookstores, as evidenced by our previous coverage of its T-site in Daikonyama, Tokyo. On a recent trip to Kyoto, we discovered, nestled within a Tsutaya bookstore at Shijo-Kawaramachi, a charming urban oasis known as the Share Lounge – an all-you-can-eat/drink section of the bookstore. Since the pandemic, we had