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Tokyo Weeks 8 & 9: Reflections and Recommendations

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Ayah Sophia
May 13, 2026
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3/15/2026 — 3/30/2026

I cannot believe how quickly that went by. I blinked and it was over, but somehow dragging three suitcases from Narita to Nakano-Shinbashi and buying new sheets at IKEA still manages to feel like it happened ten million years ago.

I returned to Tokyo on a whim — a whim that took three years and some change to realize, mind you — but …

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