Others Blue Boy Trial (directed by Kasho Iizuka)
I went for Izumi Sexy's screen debut. Blue Boy Trial left me thinking about what I had not known beforehand, plus a voice I overheard on the escalator afterward. A solo movie outing.
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Travel Walks Travel Walks: Miyajima and Itsukushima Shrine (November 2025)
An hour's queue for anago rice, a low-tide Itsukushima Shrine with mysterious rows of timber, and the noh stage on the sea. A solo stroll around Miyajima that ended with a new ambition: to see Funa Benkei performed right there.
Travel Walk Route Travel Walks: Miyajima and Itsukushima Shrine Route Map (November 2025)
From anago rice at Miyajimaguchi to Itsukushima Shrine at low tide and an okonomiyaki finale. A photo route map tracing my walk, spot by spot.
Museums Inujima Seirensho Art Museum (November 2025)
On Inujima, a tiny stone fragment on my palm looked like an island in the Seto Inland Sea. Quarry stories from the guided tour, the island magic that turns fallen things into art, and a lemon squash to finish: a solo island stroll.
Museums Chiharu Shiota’s “Memory of Lines” on Teshima (November 2025)
A room filled with red thread that made me gasp. Chiharu Shiota's "Memory of Lines" on Teshima, seen at the Setouchi Triennale 2025 - 37 km of thread woven around old noodle-making machines, a little frightening and impossible to look away from.
Museums Shinro Ohtake: Retina at MIMOCA (November 2025)
A solo day trip to Marugame for Shinro Ohtake: Retina at MIMOCA: Taniguchi architecture, drowning in the details of Dub-Hei & New Chanel, plus the Anpanman train and bone-in chicken.
Kabuki Ichikawa Danko’s Shinsho Shunjukai, 2nd Edition (November 2025)
The second edition of Shinsho Shunjukai, Ichikawa Danko's training-stage series. From Kyoto's Shunjuza: Fujimusume's charm, Ryusei's aerial flight, and the festive venue.
Kabuki Cinema Kabuki: The Tale of Genji – Rokujo no Miyasudokoro no Maki (October 2025)
After missing out on Kabukiza tickets for The Tale of Genji: The Lady of Rokujo, I caught it as Cinema Kabuki instead. Somegoro as Hikaru Genji left me wanting to see it live more than ever.
Solo Gourmet A Tabletop Journey: Gion Rohan (October 2025)
An à la carte dinner at Gion Rohan, a Japanese restaurant just steps from Gion-Shijo Station in Kyoto. Fig shiraae, hamo and matsutake hot pot, karasumi mochi, and the famous saba sando to finish.
Solo Gourmet A Tabletop Journey: Sarashina Horii (October 2025)
I went all the way to Azabu-juban just because I was craving that soba. At Sarashina Horii, founded in 1789, I savored pure-white sarashina soba and discovered shichimi is best sprinkled straight onto the noodles.