Towards the Rising Sun

août 2023

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2pays
11jours
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16vidéos
10,9kkilomètres
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Voyageur Towards the Rising Sun
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- 23 août 2023, 15:05
- ☁️ 32 °C
- Altitude: 33 m
- Japon Tokyo Prefecture Taitō-ku Higashiueno Ueno 35.715875, 139.77682535°42’57” N 139°46’37” E
Jour 3
Nat’l Museum of Nature and Science
23 août 2023, Japon ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
Gotta be honest: this one was a bit of a letdown, although I get why. It is a museum for children: to get them interested in Nature and Science. A lot of it is replicas of cool stuff, but replicas nonetheless. A lot of it is pedagogical exhibitions that are made gol children. And also a lot of it is made for Japanese audiences, so no English text and my Japanese isn’t that good.

Still, the rock collection was super dope and made my visit worth it. But I gotta finish on a spicy take: Maloka in Bogotá does it better!En savoir plus
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Voyageur Towards the Rising Sun
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- 23 août 2023, 19:04
- ☁️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 27 m
- Japon Tokyo Prefecture Taitō-ku Uenokoen 35.718292, 139.77697835°43’6” N 139°46’37” E
Jour 3
What’s on the menu: Day 3
23 août 2023, Japon ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
A lot of fish, a lot of amazing tasty fish. Dinner was the highlight of the day, I ate so much tasty tasty tuna and I want mooooore.

I also went to a traditional Japanese tea house. I almost bought their lemon experience, but they took forever and in the meantime I lost interest lolEn savoir plus
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Voyageur Y disfrutaste el té, qué bueno
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Voyageur Me imagino ese te
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Voyageur Towards the Rising Sun
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- 24 août 2023, 06:00
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- Japon Tokyo Prefecture Minato-ku Toranomon Tameike Sannō Eki 35.674004, 139.7408135°40’26” N 139°44’27” E
Jour 4
Delilah
24 août 2023, Japon ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
“ 'Cause I'm gonna be free
and I'm gonna be fine
But maybe not tonight”

It can be hard to express the idea that I can be in this amazing trip, with all these amazing experiences, and still wrestle with my dark demons on a daily basis. I am excitingly lucky, and smart and hardworking, but that doesn’t mean I’m happy. I wanna be there someday. I will be there someday. But maybe not tonight.

When whirlwind of adventure calms down, and I am left in bed trying to find sleep, the demons come out of the darkness to relive all my worst moments. Demons that still haunt me to this day. Demons I’m still making peace with.

Talking about this is hard. Harder than anything else I’ve ever done. But it helps…

“Too fast for freedom
Sometimes it all falls down
These chains never leave me
I keep dragging them around”En savoir plus
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Voyageur Hijito desde mi corazón que siempre tengas Paz
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Voyageur Te amo Dieguto de mi ❤️
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Voyageur Towards the Rising Sun
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- 24 août 2023, 08:36
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitude: 20 m
- Japon Tokyo Prefecture Chūō Ku Tsukiji Tsukiji Fish Market 35.666103, 139.77044735°39’58” N 139°46’14” E
Jour 4
To the market!
24 août 2023, Japon ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
I booked this amazing experience where you get to spent half the day with Sota, a Sushi chef. The first part was Sota taking us through Tokyo’s historical market, showing us the traditional products, while he made his purchases for the day,

It was fun, but the highlight is the next part!En savoir plus
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Voyageur Dieguito toda ka experiencia se ve expectacular
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Voyageur Towards the Rising Sun
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- 24 août 2023, 11:00
- ☀️ 32 °C
- Altitude: 34 m
- Japon Tokyo Prefecture Minato-ku Higashishinbashi Shiodome 35.668354, 139.76136835°40’6” N 139°45’41” E
Jour 4
Let’s make some Sushi
24 août 2023, Japon ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Sota invited us to his small restaurant in Gonzalo for a one-of-a-kind sushi experience.

First, he taught us how to make sushi (well nigiri). The first picture is actually my attempt at making five different nigiri and a salmon roe maki. They turned out ok, but a woman with us was a natural and her’s looked amazing.

Then, Sota prepared five different nigiri for us. Those were delicious. I also got the additional Sake, which was a sample of three different kinds of sake for 2000 yen (about $14). And let’s just say I need up buying two bottles at the market later.

Finally, Sota offered to take some great pictures of us. Which is how I got this beautiful Polaroid.

All in all, 100/10 would do it again and you should too!En savoir plus
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Voyageur Towards the Rising Sun
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- 25 août 2023, 07:59
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 33 m
- Japon Tokyo Prefecture Shinjuku-ku Tokyo Kogakuin University 35.69228, 139.6948735°41’32” N 139°41’42” E
Jour 5
Toshogu Shire (Outside)
25 août 2023, Japon ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
My one day outside of Tokyo took me to Nikko and the Togoshu shrine. Japan’s most decorated shrine and the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ushered the Edo period in Japanese history.

The outside of the shire has a number of beautifully decorated buildings, including the place of worship for the now diefied shogun. However, I couldn’t take pictures in that place but enjoy the rest.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Qué lindo conocer Nikko
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- 25 août 2023, 11:23
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 682 m
- Japon Tochigi Nikkō Nikkō Tōshō-gū 36.757625, 139.59884736°45’27” N 139°35’56” E
Jour 5
Toshogu Shrine (Inside)
25 août 2023, Japon ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
The inside part of the Shrine walking up to the mausoleum. I loved this part because of how nature-y and wild. There was also a wish-granting tree to see if I ever finish this Ph.D.
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Voyageur Lindo todo. Que el deseo se cumpla!!
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Voyageur Así sea
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- 25 août 2023, 15:27
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 1 192 m
- Japon Tochigi Umagaeshi Kegon Falls 36.73785, 139.50401336°44’16” N 139°30’14” E
Jour 5
Lake Chizenji & Kegon Falls
25 août 2023, Japon ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
The rest of my trip to Nikko included: Soba for lunch, a visit to Lake Chinzeji, a visit to the Kevin Falls (the clear highlight), and then amazing ramen upon my return to Shinjuku.

The falls were super cool to see, and I managed to get a couple of amazing pictures. I also met some amazing cool people in this trip, including another mathematician! That was super cool.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Lindas cataratas. Y conocer gente qué especialidad
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- 27 août 2023, 10:33
- ☁️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 38 m
- Corée du Sud Seoul Insadong Anguk 37.579103, 126.98651237°34’45” N 126°59’11” E
Jour 7
A walk through Seoul
27 août 2023, Corée du Sud ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
I had one free day in Seoul, so I tried to walk around and get to know the city a little bit.

I did a walking tour through the old town. The city has a very differently feeling from Tokyo, and it was very interesting. However short it was.

The food is the big highlight. Korean BBQ is something worth experiencing in Seoul.En savoir plus
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WeRide Korea Bike Tour The place where you visit looks awesome!
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Voyageur Towards the Rising Sun
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- 27 août 2023, 14:42
- ☁️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- Corée du Sud Seoul Ttukseom Seoul Forest 37.544445, 127.04373137°32’40” N 127°2’37” E
Jour 7
The things you do for family
27 août 2023, Corée du Sud ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
I’m not a huge k-pop fun, but my cousin is, so of course I had to go and get some gifts for her.

K-pop is quite a phenomena on itself. The place was small but packed to the brim with people
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