Side Quests

I took my first solo flight, a long-haul to Japan. I was lucky enough to have a friend living there at the time, who put together a really solid itinerary for each day. The days were long and pretty packed, often starting early and running late, moving between cities, food spots, onsens, and nights out. We drank a lot, mostly at Torikizoku, so some of it has blurred together becuase of this.

I’d like to go again to visit more places, especially Kyoto and Osaka. On the trip, we only took the Tohoku Shinkansen once, on the day we visited Nikko, going as far as Utsunomiya before switching to local trains. Mainly to save money, so it would be nice to go again and use them more.

I wanted to go on a 5K run while I was on the trip. A friend recommended running the Imperial Palace loop near Tokyo Station, so on my birthday I went out and ran it. The views were lovely, I wish I could hop on a train and run here all the time for sure. My excuse for the time is that I had to stop and wait at crossings quite a lot, haha.