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A week in Tokyo: Fabric Town
I promised in my previous post that I would share a few things I did in 2025, and this is the start of it! I visited Tokyo during Golden Week last year. It was not my first trip there (I have, in fact, lived there before), nor will it be the last. Tokyo is massive, with all the train lines and buses you could possibly need to get to a given destination. And if you don’t know quite where to go?…
stefaniewhat replied to your post: These children just straight up called me a nerd...
Pfft I do love the “How do YOU know about [series]?!” reaction you can get from students sometimes.
It’s pretty funny, tbh, because I remember being amazed that adults also knew about the things I liked when I was their age.
I kind of like how amazed they are coupled with them calling me out for being a nerd too: it’s nice that they feel comfortable enough to communicate with me like that.
Who would have thought i’d hav liked teens to think I was the Cool Teacher so soon, heh.
@todayintokyo @livekyoto @nedeli @stefaniewhat, thank you all for your thoughtful and kind replies to my utter nonsense. It means a lot to know that it made some sense to you.
Once, I told a close friend that I liked living in Japan, but had to leave before it ruined me. She said “Ruins you? What the hell does that mean?” and looked at me with such bewilderment that I couldn’t begin to try to explain. Six or seven years later, I’m still here, still hoping to go home someday, have had multiple close friends diagnose me as a lifer, and now dungus fucking twimp is systematically dismantling democracy in my country, and sometimes I have so many ugly, conflicting, chopped-up, muddled emotions that I feel like monjayaki. Which is a longwinded way of saying that I may be very lost, but it is immensely reassuring if even a little bit of my word salad resonated with you. It will be fine because it will always, eventually, be fine. Gamba and gaman and neba-neba give up, right?
stefaniewhat replied to your photo
*whispers* Train otaku~
HA
Happy New Year from the kotatsu!
2026 doesn’t feel like a real number, does it? I realize that a lot of people in the world have yet to witness the final countdown where the date ticks forward to the new year, but I am curious how everyone is feeling about it! Are you sad to see 2025 go? Are you relieved? Are you facing the start of the year with trepidation, or eagerness? Continue reading Happy New Year from the kotatsu!
Soni Highland was beautiful in the rain. Someday I'll go back when the sky is clear. #stefaniewhat #nature #rainyday https://www.instagram.com/p/Cla5vYBrHyy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
I am not very well-versed in the art of “going to get a massage”- for me, most of the time, that’s involved sitting in a chair while someone takes care of my back/shoulders/neck.
But today I went to one of those chain places and got a full-body deal where you actually use the massage table, but was able to wear my street-clothes in- no need to change to pjs or anything.
And this particular chain likes to drape towels over every inch of you, especially when you’re lying face-up. I basically only had my (masked) nose uncovered!
Has anyone else experienced this? It was still a nice massage, but I was lying there going, “This is like how they cover your face when you’re at the dentist, or washing your hair at a salon.”
Thank you to all for your patience! Volume 4 of our literary magazine series, Kyoto Cryptids, has arrived at long last. We are very excited
Popping in to share our most recent publication over at Kyoto Cryptids 👀If you'd like a little Kyoto-based whimsical horror in your life, please consider giving our literary magazine a peek!
