Japan has been at the top of my travel bucket list for a very long time. As I got older, I became more and more fascinated by Japanese food and culture. (Shout out to sushi, matcha, Norwegian Wood, Pachinko, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Maniac from Netflix aka the inspiration of all my retro-future fantasies.) I made it a goal this year to actually go to Japan. And ladies and gentlemen, I finally made it happen! Because I was so excited for the trip, I went hard on the planning front. I crowdsourced and Google-searched and travel-guided my way to