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Japan Travel Summary

After a stop in Vietnam, where she tries salted coffee, the creator spontaneously travels alone to Japan. She arrives in Tokyo exhausted after barely sleeping but is immediately excited by her small, cozy apartment. Later, she meets her friend Vika, who is already in the city, and they explore together.

Travel and Daily Life

The creator says solo travel feels more relaxing than traveling with someone, and that it’s easy to meet people while away. She finds that Tokyo’s neighborhoods each have a distinct mood: Shinjuku feels lively and party-focused, while she prefers quieter areas farther from the center.

Other highlights include:

• A late-night drive around Tokyo while listening to anime openings.
• Learning to sort rubbish carefully and double-check the rules.
• Spending Halloween in crowded Shibuya, where some streets are closed to traffic. The group walks around until morning but doesn’t spot the character they had hoped to see.
• Visiting a manga café to edit a video and play a game, then going to a ramen shop that’s open around the clock.

Food and Shopping

She raves about Japanese tuna onigiri, especially the balance of rice, nori, salt, tuna, and mayonnaise. She later describes the tuna at an omakase restaurant as exceptionally good.

Other food and drink stops include salted coffee in Vietnam, a lemon-flavored drink, and a convenience-store meal she describes as being in the style of mapo tofu.

While shopping, she visits Don Quijote and tries Japanese beauty products, including a powder she thinks may work like dry shampoo, an eyelash curler that fits her eye shape, and comfortable false lashes. She also buys shoes at Onitsuka Tiger and shops in Harajuku, including at a Sanrio store. Other stops include vintage shops and stores selling anime figures and capsule toys.

She explains that, as she understood it, Japan’s tax-free shopping system was changing, so she planned to make purchases before the change took effect.

Style, Entertainment, and Unusual Experiences

In Shibuya, she gets a gyaru-style makeover and photo shoot, choosing a dress, makeup, accessories, shoes, and nails. She loves the photos and later recreates the makeup herself.

She also discusses host clubs, where customers pay to spend time chatting with hosts, and says she would like to visit one in the future. A maid café visit is cute but uncomfortable for her: she finds the atmosphere strange and feels unsettled by the contrast between the young-looking staff and the older male customers.

Anime and manga are recurring interests. She buys figures and capsule toys and talks about My Hero Academia and volleyball anime.

Health and Personal Routines

During the trip, she is taking antidepressants and avoids alcohol. She says she had considered starting retinoids but decided against it.

After several busy days, she develops a severe sore throat and spends a couple of days resting with tea and rewatching The Apothecary Diaries. Although she misses some sightseeing, she is glad she traveled. She also mentions trying drinks marketed for reducing facial puffiness and adding fiber, but doesn’t describe them as medical treatments.

Notable Places and People

Locations: Tokyo, Shinjuku, Ginza, Harajuku, Shibuya, Kōenji (rendered unclearly in the subtitles), Akihabara (also rendered unclearly), Yoyogi Park, and Vietnam.

Products and places: Don Quijote, Onitsuka Tiger, Uniqlo, Sanrio/Hello Kitty, a maid café, a manga café, Japanese tuna onigiri, and omakase sushi.

People featured: The creator and her friend Vika. She also mentions Sarah in connection with the photo shoot.