BackJAN 14 2025
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LOG: THREE_CITIES

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ABOUT "JAPAN"

Three cities. Three searches.

Tokyo — Looking for Mariko-san (a reference to Shogun). Love in the endless neon lights.
Osaka — Looking for a samurai. History and honor under the gourmet signs.
Kyoto — Looking for sakura bloom. Beauty and spirituality near the temple gates.

"And I swear, it was almost there..."

Each time, the thing we were searching for felt so close. Hand on heart. Prayer in the air. History written in the sky. But by the end, the cherry blossoms never came. Just rusty leaves falling through the air.

This is very much about Japan — the real places, the sacred symbols, the pilgrimage. But it's also about that universal feeling: traveling to holy places and realizing the thing you're searching for isn't in the location.

It's a ghost story. A failed prayer. A beautiful longing that stays just out of reach.

  • Cities: Tokyo / Osaka / Kyoto
  • Searches: Mariko-san / Samurai / Sakura
  • Result: Almost there. But not quite.
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