A photo of me wearing a blue blazer and pocket square while on a horse, looking quite dapper.

David Celis

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Check-Ins

I checked in at Meguro River Cherry Blossoms / Meguro / Tokyo / JP

they’re still not all open yet… but i’ll take a partial bloom over nothing. and i made it in time for the festival!!

The Meguro River all lit up at night from the middle of a bridge, lined with partially blooming cherry trees
The same view of Meguro River from slightly further back, just enough so that my hand is visible, holding a tall glass of sparkling Rosé on the bridge’s bannister
A crowd of people all taking photos of a blossoming cherry tree with their phones
My hand holding a pink saison beer in a small plastic cup, garnished with a ruby red strawberry from Nara
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I checked in at Stamina Kushiyaki Nakagaki / Shinagawa / Tokyo / JP

I checked in at Blue Bottle Coffee Hiroo Cafe / Shibuya / Tokyo / JP

I checked in at Nunobiki-no-taki Falls / Chuo-Ku, Kobe / Hyogo / JP

how come all the white guys on this hike just come up to u and say “yes” in Japanese?

A magestic waterfall pouring out from jagged stone walls
An old, forested shinto shrine made of stone amidst dappled sunlight
A waterfall exiting a reservoir into a river surrounded by stone and forest
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I checked in at Hyo's Burgers+Fries / 中央区, 神戸市 / 兵庫県 / JP

wasn’t expecting the mozzarella cheese. crazy cheese pulls

A beef burger with a hefty glob of mozzarella cheese and a shiny sesame seed bun, along with a small pile of golden french fries on a brown-rimmed white plate
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I checked in at Glitch Coffee Osaka / 北区, 大阪市 / 大阪府 / JP

weirdly bad latte art but the roasts were light, the jazz was tight, and the coffee tasted right

A flat white with no discernible latte art next to a card describing the coffee: an Ethiopia Alo Sidama from the Sky Project (Tomodachi)
Various audio equipment: amps, speakers, vinyl records, and a turntable, next to shelves of coffee and coffee paraphernalia
Two rows of glass jars full of roasted coffee beans on the lower shelf of a coffee bar
A row of pour over stands for brewing drip coffee on a wooden bar
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I checked in at Ichimatsu / 北区, 大阪市 / 大阪府 / JP

suuuuuper different from the yakitori omakase from the other night. and i’m really happy about that.

A grid of nine yakitori skewers: breast with wasabi, gizzard, quail eggs, wing, gizzard (again but different?), tail, heart, tsukune, and chōchin (lantern)
A steaming rolled japanese omelet (tamagoyaki)
A small plate with thinly sliced chicken prosciutto, edible flowers, and halved blueberries
A leg of chicken prosciutto, held suspended by a smaller version of the same stands one would use for jamon serrano in Spain
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