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Japan finds
worth saving
before your trip.

Maps, food picks, shopping cheat sheets, and travel shortcuts from the weirdly useful side of Japan.

For people who saved way too many Japan videos and still don't know what's worth pinning, buying, or skipping.

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Egg sando from a Lawson konbini
SHOPPING ¥285
Tiny standing soba shop in Shimokitazawa
FOOD WORTH IT
Rainy-day mall stop in Marunouchi
RAINY DAY MARUNOUCHI
100-yen haul from Donki in Umeda
WEIRDLY USEFUL UMEDA
§01 START HERE FOUR USEFUL THINGS

Start here.

MAP §01

The Japan Map

Food spots, shops, rainy-day saves, and weirdly useful places worth pinning before you land.

For when "I saw it in a Reel once" is not a travel plan.

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SHOPPING §02

Shopping Lists

Konbini foods, Donki finds, drugstore basics, snacks, skincare, and oddly useful products.

For when you walk into Donki and immediately lose your sense of self.

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CHEAT SHEETS §03

Travel Cheat Sheets

Suica, eSIMs, luggage forwarding, airport arrival, JR Pass basics, and first-trip friction killers.

Tiny panic reducers for your first 24 hours.

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SHOP §04

Shop Waitlist

A future shop for Japanese snacks, tools, travel items, design finds, and weirdly useful things people keep asking about.

Some of it is genius. Some of it is ridiculous. That's usually the sweet spot.

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§02 THE MAP OPENS IN GOOGLE MAPS

A Japan map you'll
actually use.

Built for your first Japan trip. Food, shopping, rainy-day, and useful saves — not every place from every video. Just the ones worth pinning.

  • ● FOOD
  • ● SHOPS
  • ● RAINY DAY
  • ● WEIRDLY USEFUL
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SHIMOKITA-ISH EBISU-ISH RIVER
§03 SHOPPING LISTS

Shopping lists for
the good stuff.

Konbini snacks. Donki finds. Drugstore basics. 100-yen gems. The products that make you ask, "why is this better designed than my apartment?"

  • KONBINI
  • DONKI
  • DRUGSTORE
  • 100¥ SHOP
  • SNACKS
  • SKINCARE

Konbini midnight haul

SAMPLE LIST · LAWSON / 7-ELEVEN

  • Egg sando Don't fight it YES ¥285
  • Tamago onigiri Filter is better than salmon YES ¥138
  • Cafe au lait paper carton Cold. Not optional. YES ¥128
  • Frozen mikan Underrated dessert tech WEIRD ¥168
  • Plastic-wrapped salad Skip. You're on vacation. SKIP ¥498
KONBINI

Konbini midnight haul

14 items · LAWSON / 7-ELEVEN

  • Egg sando YES ¥285
  • Tamago onigiri YES ¥138
  • Cafe au lait YES ¥128
  • Plastic salad SKIP ¥498
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DONKI

Donki without crying

22 items · SKINCARE / SNACKS / WEIRD

  • Eye drops (cold) YES ¥780
  • Cushion compact YES ¥1,490
  • Frozen mikan WEIRD ¥168
  • Mystery cleanser SKIP ¥2,180
Open list →
DRUGSTORE

Drugstore basics that work

11 items · MATSUKIYO / WELCIA

  • Sunscreen (good one) YES ¥1,320
  • Plasters (cute) YES ¥298
  • Eye drops (mild) YES ¥528
  • Heating pads WEIRD ¥498
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§04 TRAVEL CHEAT SHEETS

Japan logistics, made less cursed.

Arrival, Suica, eSIMs, luggage forwarding, JR Pass basics, and the tiny details that can ruin your day if nobody explains them.

SHEET · 01

Haneda arrival, step by step

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SHEET · 02

Suica vs PASMO, simply

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SHEET · 03

eSIMs that actually work

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SHEET · 04

Luggage forwarding (yamato)

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SHEET · 05

JR Pass basics

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SHEET · 06

Tipping (don't)

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§05 SHOP

Japan Finds Shop —
Coming Soon.

I'm putting together Japanese snacks, tools, design finds, travel items, and weirdly useful things people keep asking about.

Some of it is genius. Some of it is ridiculous. That's usually the sweet spot.

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