Dec 26, 2019

some concluding thoughts about the blog:

probably will not do a daily post format (though i did not post daily, but a post per day) style any time soon again.

was a lot more time consuming than i expected and at some points it unfortunately felt like a chore but i did it and hey now i know

some concluding numbers from the trip:

# of times in onsen:		7 times (5 onsens), 9 times including public baths (i think)
# of food revelations:		…not sure
# of places i stayed at:		exactly 20 i believe (including friend’s homes, hostels, workstays, etc)

for the sake of transparency and because i don’t want to accidentally fomo people:

# of times i doubted myself:		not going to try to count
# of times i have cried:		…10…+?
# of times i wondered if i was doing the right thing/if this was worth everything i put into it:		also not going to try to count
# of times i was felt insecure/jealous of my friends who have stable jobs/incomes:		same as above
but also # of times i have been told by those stable job/income frds that they are jealous of what i’m doing:		probably at least once per person i met along the way
# of times i had a headache/near migraine that colored most of my day:		i will say at least 10 days, maybe more than 14 days
# of days i was getting/little bit sick:		3 weeks+?

and for the people who ask these questions

• what was your fav food this trip? lord help me i do not know the highlights are many
• what was the best part of your trip? being able to do the trip and never regretting quitting my job
• what was the worst part of the trip? doubting myself and what i was doing next, making myself feel like i should be productive, not knowing what i ‘should’ be doing, getting my brain to slow down
• where was your favorite place? tell me what your criteria is and i’ll try to answer your question (ex. are you tryna see temples or gorge yourself on street food or see nature be pretty)

places i ended up going for the people who want to know

• tokyo (kichijoji, hachioji, koenji, lots of districts around there)
• hokkaido (sapporo, otaru, niseko, hakodate)
• aomori (aomori art museum so underrated)
• morioka (temples etc)
• hiraizumi (temples!)
• sendai (city, such tokyo)
• matsushima (pine tree islands)
• nikko (mountains, fog, temples!)
• yamagata (yamagata city, yamadera, zao, okama crater)
• yamanashi (kofu, minami alps city, onsen village)
• hamamatsu (sand dunes, ropeway, lake hamana)
• kyoto (keninji, nijo castle, imperial palace, arashiyama bamboo)
• okayama (castle, front of botanical gardens)
• shikoku (motoyama, niihama, shiwa beach, toon city, many stops along the roads)
• osaka (kawanishi, and the airport)

because i geog, but am lazy rn, i may or may add a map of the places here later

would make an experience highlights but honestly not feeling it rn

and of course last but not least

what are you doing next?

pls cut me some slack i lit just got home

(jk life doesn’t work like that)

image above: hiking on trails near my home after i got back

well, not sure how to end this but

here we go

(aka life)

as for future posts, will figure out a format and see how that goes for taiwan

hope you’re all doing well and rest and sleep and eat well (big important) and drink water