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A shaded passageway looking toward a small house and garden in Karuizawa

Another photo from Karuizawa. Apparently, Bill Gates has a compound nearby.

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Shelves of pens, binders, and paper inside an old stationery store in Karuizawa

Stationery store

I went out to Karuizawa to have lunch with Luis and Yuka. I had never been, and the town surprised me. I had heard that it is known as the "Hamptons of Tokyo," but it felt more like Boulder, Colorado:...

A pink bridge over a canal in Nakameguro

Nakameguro

Nakameguro is my favorite area of Tokyo, so I decided to stay nearby this trip. Jet-lagged, I headed to the Starbucks Reserve Roastery because it was the only nearby cafe I could find serving coffee a...

Residential street in Tokyo

Before and after Almost Perfect

At the beginning of this year, I spent a couple of weeks at the Almost Perfect creative residence in Tokyo, run by Luis and Yuka. This week Luis and Yuka published a podcast we recorded during my resi...