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Hokkaido + Tokyo Trip

I went to Japan again!!!!! I turned 30 in February and what better way to celebrate than going back (this time to Hokkaido!) This trip was pretty different structurally than the last one so the format of this post will be a bit different. Rather than go day by day I’m just gonna list my highlights interspersed with photos I took! Yay!

Hokkaido!

We went to Sapporo and Otaru for the first part of the trip, going in February means it was below freezing every day, with at least 1” of snowfall every night. It was soooo nice being able to be in a city in the winter that actually has accumulated snow (since it melts or turns to slush in Boston so quickly). Part of this was because they didn’t seem to salt the roads/sidewalks, rather just using gravel and plowing, which did mean I was slipping on ice way more than I ever have.

Otaru

I only even knew about Otaru because of a random vlog I came across that mentioned Shunji Iwai’s Love Letter which I had had on my watchlist for a while SO I watched the movie (it’s beautiful!!!!) and added Otaru to our to-visit list!

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storefront

Sapporo

Sapporo was a total Vibe, lots of really cool fun stuff to do, not as overwhelming as something like Tokyo, though I definitely was happy to not have to deal with the cold when we go to Tokyo lol

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bike
miku street car!
miku street car!
huge snow sculpture at the sapporo snow festival
huge snow sculpture at the sapporo snow festival
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bike
good cafe dog
good cafe dog
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bike
bike
bike
amazake my beloved
amazake my beloved
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bike
bike
obsessed with the lighting in this station
obsessed with the lighting in this station
cable car from the 1972 winter olympics
cable car from the 1972 winter olympics
view of sapporo from mt teine
view of sapporo from mt teine
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1:1 scale snow miku statue
1:1 scale snow miku statue

Tokyo

I was on-and-off sick for most of my duration in Tokyo, but I still go to do some fun stuff!!!!

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glitch coffee (unbelievably good)
glitch coffee (unbelievably good)
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bike
another cafe dog
another cafe dog
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bike
mt fuji through the plum blossoms
mt fuji through the plum blossoms
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Comitia

I went to Comitia 151 which was suuuuuch a cool experience, always wanted to go and it was great meeting all of these artists that I love (despite the fact that I could not say much to any of them lol)

comitia haul
comitia haul

Bike Check

Could not get over how many cool bikes I saw in Tokyo, tons of interesting custom stuff or just heavily customized in general (or just fun stuff like the dragon ball rubber keychain off the seat??? I gotta do that)

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Concerts

NO WAY B2B In-character B2B SLEEPYHEVD

NUU$HI with 44 (yoshi)

hirihiri & lilbesh ramko

wavedash

Oh also Porter Robinson was there, who we saw again the next day

porter robinson smile tour (again)
porter robinson smile tour (again)

ExWHYZ, super fun, unbelivable crowd energy

Yuragi

Okay I think that’s all, thank you 🙇