Tokyo Week 1: Reflections and Recommendations

Superstitions, first impressions, and getting settled.

1/26/25—2/2/25

A woman in Sedona (where else) once told me that talismans of protection don’t work unless they’re gifted to you by someone else. I reacted gutturally to that. I abhorred the idea that protection was something you had to earn by being loved. Unfortunately I’ve more often than not found her proven right.

So whenever I travel, I put on the ev…