A private log · for the people who were there · not indexed, not searchable
Japan 2026
Straight from their phones
The latest day
A dozen frames from the most recent day, in the order they were taken. Tap any of them for the lot.
From the galley
The Galley
13 plates so far, photographed by whoever was nearest — the latest from Day Eight. One star each per dish; the most-starred plate becomes the day’s dish. No dish has a star yet — the first tap decides.
The trip, day by day
The days
Eighteen days in four parts — the city, the coast, the peninsula, the last night. Pages fill as the photographs land.
Addresses worth keeping
The Little Black Book The tables, the stays, and the people met along the way — the short list you would actually give a friend who asked.
The site does not come down. It is the same link, in the same group chat,
for as long as anyone wants to open it.