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Stories from the passenger seat

家族の旅日記

A paper notebook for the trips we actually took: a harbor morning in San Diego, Tokyo trains, a Doraemon afternoon in Ariake, and a beach hotel we would book again. No shop. Just the photographs, the films, and the links we wished we had printed.

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Field photographs

旅の写真

Every frame belongs to a trip. Open the story from the card.

The Del’s Victorian front, which is the landmark we used to walk back from the sand.
Three Nights at Hotel del CoronadoRead Trip Story →
Evening sand west of the hotel. The pier is the long walk the kids always voted for.
Three Nights at Hotel del CoronadoRead Trip Story →
Downtown San Diego from Coronado, a five-minute reminder that the bay is the whole point.
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The Coronado Bridge on the way onto the island. The high span is the moment the trip feels different from downtown.
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Fuji prop, sunflowers, the bay, a woman in white, Doraemon’s head, and the TOKYO DREAM PARK sign.
Meeting Childhood Dreams: Our Family Walk Through the Doraemon Exhibit in TokyoRead Trip Story →
Blue ENTRANCE arch, red curtain, Doraemon peeking out, and gold bell balloons.
Meeting Childhood Dreams: Our Family Walk Through the Doraemon Exhibit in TokyoRead Trip Story →
Framed posters along the curve, the Dorami poster dated 2026.3.27 START, and a Bandai sign.
Meeting Childhood Dreams: Our Family Walk Through the Doraemon Exhibit in TokyoRead Trip Story →
A woman in a polka-dot top among the hanging Doraemon faces.
Meeting Childhood Dreams: Our Family Walk Through the Doraemon Exhibit in TokyoRead Trip Story →
Black-and-white Shizuka, Nobita with the bamboo copter, and a giant Doraemon head.
Meeting Childhood Dreams: Our Family Walk Through the Doraemon Exhibit in TokyoRead Trip Story →
Life-size statues on the manga-page floor, blue carpet, ceiling lights.
Meeting Childhood Dreams: Our Family Walk Through the Doraemon Exhibit in TokyoRead Trip Story →
Statue backs, Gian waving, volume displays, a child in red, and the 順路 sign.
Meeting Childhood Dreams: Our Family Walk Through the Doraemon Exhibit in TokyoRead Trip Story →
The rough stone cat, an open manga, and volume 13.
Meeting Childhood Dreams: Our Family Walk Through the Doraemon Exhibit in TokyoRead Trip Story →
Acrylic cases, round tins, and a hexagonal red case. A look, not a shop.
Meeting Childhood Dreams: Our Family Walk Through the Doraemon Exhibit in TokyoRead Trip Story →
Us with Doraemon and the small pink rabbit, manga panels behind.
Meeting Childhood Dreams: Our Family Walk Through the Doraemon Exhibit in TokyoRead Trip Story →
Wait behind the line, let people off, and skip a car that is already shoulder to shoulder.
Tokyo, by Train, with ChildrenRead Trip Story →
Central stations are cities. We started adding time instead of trusting the walking estimate.
Tokyo, by Train, with ChildrenRead Trip Story →
The scramble, useful as a lesson and exhausting as a meeting point. Pick a statue and stay there.
Tokyo, by Train, with ChildrenRead Trip Story →
Shibuya once the signs take over. Same streets, much louder, still walkable if you are done riding.
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Tokyo Tower in the rain, the picture we took because everyone was finally on the same sidewalk.
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The tower from a nearby street. We used it the way other cities use a river: to know which way is back.
Tokyo, by Train, with ChildrenRead Trip Story →
The harbor looking back at downtown. We took this between sea lion counts.
A Morning on San Diego HarborRead Trip Story →
The Coronado Bridge from the bay, which is a better angle than the one from the car.
A Morning on San Diego HarborRead Trip Story →
Coronado’s view of downtown, the quiet side of the same morning.
A Morning on San Diego HarborRead Trip Story →