Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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This is way, way, way overdue, but I've finally edited all the footage from my Japan trip in May last year. It was truly one of the best holidays I've ever been on, and watching this back is making me so nostalgic already. Obviously, the biggest issue I had before going was deciding what books to take... and I think I made the right choices!

Our route:
📍Tokyo
📍Kyoto
📍Osaka (day trip from Kyoto)
📍Nara (day trip from Kyoto)
📍Miyajima Island
📍Hiroshima
📍Tokyo

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Booktubers mentioned:
@jenvcampbell
@jenniferlovesbooks

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Books mentioned:
📖 Mongrel, by Hanako Footman
📖 Diary of a Void, by Emi Yagi (tr. by David Boyd and Lucy North)
📖 Confessions, by Kanae Minato (tr. by Stephen Snyder)
📖 In the Miso Soup, by Ryu Murakami (tr. Ralph McCarthy)
📖 Strange Weather in Tokyo, by Hiromi Kawakami (tr. Allison Markin Powell)
📖 Brotherless Night, by V V Ganeshananthan
📖 The Road to the Country, by Chigozie Obioma
📖 All the Lovers in the Night, by Mieko Kawakami (tr. Sam Bett and David Boyd)
📖 Strangers, by Taichi Yamada (tr. Wayne P Lammers)
📖 Cold Enough for Snow, by Jessica Au
📖 Tokyo Ueno Station, by Yu Miri (tr. Morgan Giles)
📖 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami
📖 The Shipping News, by Annie Proulx

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