Jikabaisen Coffee Mijinco: A Quest for Tokyo’s Perfect Hotcakes in a Cafe Worth the Wait

A stack of three thick pancakes on a white plate, topped with a pat of melting butter and drizzled with syrup.

The Pull of Perfection: A Walk to Jikabaisen Coffee Mijinco My life as a digital marketer is a constant stream of data and screens. It’s precisely for this reason that I sometimes feel an undeniable, almost primal, urge for something tangible, something real. Today, that urge was a craving for a specific memory: a stack Continue reading “Jikabaisen Coffee Mijinco: A Quest for Tokyo’s Perfect Hotcakes in a Cafe Worth the Wait”

Crate Digging at HMV Record Shop Shibuya: The Hunt for Oasis and Analog Treasures

A 12-inch record of Oasis's 'Little by Little / She is Love' with its distinctive blue cover, sitting on a shelf in the indie/alternative section of a record store.

Navigating the Shibuya Scramble for the Sound of a Needle on Wax The humid July air clung to my skin. On a Friday afternoon, the streets of Shibuya were, as always, a swirling vortex of humanity, each person on their own distinct mission. Fresh from securing cassette tapes of Billie Eilish and Bedriddens at Oddtape Continue reading “Crate Digging at HMV Record Shop Shibuya: The Hunt for Oasis and Analog Treasures”