i've never given much thought to an "ideal vacation." usually, i just end up travelling because someone else suggested it, and i'm happy to tag along. if they say, "is there anything you want to do?" i'll check my phone and propose one or two sights we can easily stop by. and when we pass by a cute store or dessert shop, I'll ask if we can take a look.

this was the first trip where i had to really think – how do i want to spend my time off? me and 0427 both like japan, but he's not much of a planner, either. so anyways, this is as close as it gets to doing whatever i want for two weeks, in tokyo and aomori. ​

12/30/2024

ate convenience store food in our hotel room while watching newjeans live from the japan record awards on TV. ​

12/31/2024

ginza art aquarium museum (kind of tourist-y). ​

at night, 0423 took us to the new year's oji fox parade. ​

01/01/2025

stayed inside and worked on my website while 0427 was doing UIKit stuff. we went to tokyo station to eat lunch, i had yamakake udon with egg and grated yam. there was an esther bunny pop up. ​

01/02/2025

shopping at laforet. a couple of strangers commented on my yumin ha x iimememe shirt. ​

01/03/2025

hung out with 0423 at the tokyo national museum and ate sushiro together. we were really entertained by the omurice sushi, and the hamburger steak sushi. ​

0423 took us to yanaka. she was saying this place had the best montblanc, and when we got there, i realized it was the same one i had with 0399 last year! ​

01/04/2025

a series of hotel breakfasts and a book house cafe in jinbocho. ​

​ 01/05/2025 ​

a girl working at hysteric glamour asked me about my yumin ha tights. she introduced us to domicile, a shop in harajuku that stocks yumin ha! ​

​ 01/06/2025

taking the train to aomori. ​

the bus took forever to come... ​

01/07/2025

​ 01/08/2025

huge thrift haul from hard OFF, OFF house, and hobby OFF. ​

01/09/2025

worked on my website some more before going out. ​

​ 01/10/2025

back to tokyo... we ended up in the skytree area and saw lovot robots! i'm a fan. ​

ate some really tasty okinawan food – peanut tofu, sea grapes, and popo ice cream. ​

01/11/2025

moë's first concert in tokyo, at moon romantic <3 ​

01/12/2025

on the way to lala arena, there were a lot of people with nmixx photocards and keyrings on their bags! no photos were allowed once the show started. ​

01/13/2025

visited the hello kitty exhibit at tokyo national museum, and after went shopping (unsuccessfully) to find the perfect large sack-like bag. ​

01/14/2025

​ 01/15/2025

eating the mcdonald's x evangelion collab sandwiches one last time before flying home...