I’ve been saying for years that I want to revisit Japan. But something always comes up.
I’ve been stressed for the past 2 months from HR harassment issues at work and my anxiety has been reaching all time highs there lately that I bit the bullet and found myself stress planning and finally buying tickets to head back there. I’m excited and absolutely terrified at the same time. With all the recent current events and state of America’s planes falling out of the sky, I’m really worried about my flight. But I need an escape. I need to get away from all the bullshit going on. Everyone also keeps telling me to go because the yen is weak right now compared to the US dollar. My sister also wanted to go as part of her graduation celebration so we’ve been trying to get the ball rolling on that as well.
I booked the tickets last week without an itinerary set out yet. My goal now is to make and finalize an itinerary before the end of the month. I also want to have all outfits planned and packed by end of April. Ambitious but from where I’m standing, Japan is 45 days away. No time to waste. I have an idea of some things I want to do. I want to definitely take more and better pictures than I did last time. I want to re-do some experiences since it’s my sister’s first time in Japan, but I also want to try to do and explore a few different things from when I went last time as well. I’m going to try and not shop so much when it comes to clothes, but no promises. I do want to try more kimono rentals and take more photos. When I went back in 2017, we visited Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka. This time, I think we’re going to do Tokyo and Kyoto and day trips from both cities if time permits. Osaka was nice but I don’t have a burning desire to re-visit, honestly. I found Kyoto to be my favorite, embodying the beauty of old Japan while Tokyo was more modern and future Japan. I’m also excited to hopefully get to see all the new additions at Tokyo Disneyland.
Fingers crossed, I hope this trip goes well and is a success.