lol im an idiot and got into the line for people who need to check bags. someone came and got me out so it only took a few minutes. phew
got suckered into buying some sakura green tea in the shopping mall just outside of Haneda because a nice lady stopped me with a sample cup and it was delicious 🌸🍵🌸
i just think it’s really cool how Hawaiian Airlines doesn’t let you check into flights that depart from abroad in their app or on the web and force you to do it in the lovely, not-at-all-stressful environment of the airport 🙂↔️
decided to walk the river again and see how the blossoms are progressing but it started to rain lightly. checked my phone, “light rain for 30 minutes”. okay, i’ll just shower before. i get out of the shower, and now it’s pouring. checked my phone, “thunderstorm warning, rain for the next 2 hours” 🙃
ME: can’t wait to visit Japan in late March! it won’t be hot yet! and i’ll see sakura! haaiii!!!
JAPAN: or how about no sakura and 80°F weather, bitch
ME: … haaiii…
back in Tokyo for the last leg of our trip and if these cherry blossoms don’t open in the next few days i might genuinely lose my shit 😭
i lost my KN95 mask somewhere and i literally cannot find a suitable replacement anywhere. which i guess makes sense because everyone in Japan is still using surgical masks or woven ones that only have like 80% filtration (despite advertising more). where the fuck can i buy a good mask here???
every bar in Japan has a name that’s just “bar _____”. if i ever opened a bar in Japan, i’d probably call it “bar kurinju”
our one and only interaction with the chef at lunch was during dessert (chiffon cake with whipped cream and strawberries) when he walked up to me with a big grin on his face and showed me a translation app on his phone to communicate to me: NICE GUY WITH BEARD CREAM
i swear there are even fewer trash bins in Japan than the last time i visited 🥴
i’m in Nara, where the main thing to do is Nara Park (you know, the one with the deer). i’m only here for today. the cherry blossoms aren’t blossoming and it’s gonna be rainy all day! let’s gooooo
a buncha go karts just blasted past me and their backs looked like torii all lit up with LED strips??? incredible
i even missed the japanese crows and their unsettlingly human-like caws
ok i found some. they weren’t the ones i wanted but that’s okay.
