About ITSUKA JAPAN
Solo traveling around Japan, one curious destination at a time.
Showa-retro cafés, roadside diners, cat-filled inns, overnight ferries, sleeper trains — for me, the journey itself is often the whole point.
I love digging into the kind of places only locals know about, and writing them up in as much detail as I can.
“Itsuka” (いつか) means “someday” in Japanese — a nod to all the places you pass by and tell yourself, someday, I’ll stop and see that. This blog is my way of actually stopping.
This is where I keep the fuller, written record of trips that don’t quite fit into a YouTube video: the small details, the detours, the things I didn’t get to say on camera.
What you’ll find here:
- Roadside diners, retro cafés, and other places with character
- Overnight ferries, sleeper trains, and slow ways of getting around
- Detailed write-ups of destinations that don’t always make it into guidebooks
If you’re the kind of traveler who’d rather find a quiet inn than a famous landmark, you’re in the right place.
Thanks for stopping by — I hope it inspires a detour of your own.