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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 1h

Dinner tonight was grilled eel on rice at Akasaka Fukinuki. £25 for the meal, plus £8 for two plum wine sodas. Pretty damn tasty.

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 1h

Walk back to the hotel i hit up Nogi Shrine to pray my fresh headache away. Didn't work.

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 1h

Some statues. Also I saw some turtles hanging out with some fish just by a pond.

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 1h

A bit more wandering and up to Yasukuni Shrine which I had forgotten the...controversies about until the fifth monument to dead soldiers. I did see a cool bug though.

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 1h

Some honestly got me pretty emotional. One made me so annoyed I didn't take its picture. Really enjoyed it, and how quiet everyone was.

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 1h

A lot of them had little things with historical context or musings of interpretation. Not all though, and I couldn't work out why.

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 1h

Museum of modern art was nearby and very glad I ducked in to escape the heat. Some incredible pieces.

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 1h

tokugawa ietsuna didn't build a cool sweet tower because his uncle said a peaceful Japan didn't need one needed more whimsy in his heart.

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 2h

Lotta tourists (like me) as expected. Sadly didn't get to meet the Emperor. Next time for sure.

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 2h

Today's adventure in the blistering sun. Hie Shrine and Imperial Gardens.

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Dinner tonight courtesy of motsusen akasaka honten. Good food, good service. Heart tasted like I was eating the animal alive (affectionate)

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Some cool and weird art, a shrine, and a building I thought looked amusingly out of place on my walk back. Bet that real estate is prime as hell.

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

More gardens and a sign i thought was funny. Saw an old lady and her hubbie praying at the shrine and wondered if I should too, felt wrong though.

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Went to Hamarikyu Gardens. History is cool. Also another bird.

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Got to peep their workshop. I could never do what they do, so cool to see. Also saw president of Japan (hatsune miku)

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

They had an Evangelion thing on and a few pics don't do it justice. Tokyo3 was real cool.

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Went to small world's miniatures museum.

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Museum of emerging tech was shut for a few months so wandered a bit.

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Saw this sign. Who is out there touching random ants?

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Saw the big boy with his top off. Hopefully Banagher doesn't mind. Picked up a gacha gundam and immediately broke the shield grip. Also an EG rx-78-2 with some special stickers.

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Walked around a bit and saw some fellas (birds)

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Elly (please buy my book) @ellythas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Temporarily rescinding my 'no social media on phone' rule to have a place to dump Japan trip photos. Not much today since didn't get out of Haneda until like 5:30pm. The Unown on a toilet door is actually Gatwick. Meal from 7/11 was just under a fiver. Rest of pics were walking to hotel.

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