Japan entered Alicia’s life through frequent work travel in 2023. Professional visits accumulated, then began to overlap with private journeys. Each return to Tokyo or Osaka added another neighbourhood and another reason to look beyond the original itinerary.
She writes about Roppongi’s precision, an almost-empty Sensō-ji at 6:30 in the morning, animation drawings, gardens, and carefully designed streets. Against Mount Fuji, the profile records a pause between journeys, after work had already made room for personal discovery.
At 6:30, Sensō-ji was almost empty.
