fwiw the okubo 7-eleven is worth it for the drink wall alone, they stock these canned highballs from a small distillery in hokkaido that you won't see anywhere else in tokyo. the yuzu and shiso one is...

If you're near Siam Square, there's a small shop in the Soi 2 alley behind the Siam Square One building that does custom laser engraving on all kinds of surfaces. They're called something like "Laser...

nah it's not really about foreigners specifically. a lot of thais just got super cautious after covid, especially in condos or offices. they'll do the same thing with other thais too if someone looks...

tbh both spots are a mixed bag on jan 1st but for different reasons. nakamise tends to have more stalls open because sensoji is swamped with people doing hatsumode, the temple grounds themselves will...

Wow, I totally get you. The Wall Museum is intense. It's easy to get lost in the big picture stuff, the politics, the escapes, the deaths, but you're right, there's a whole undercurrent of smaller, we...