Issue 01Summer 2026

Japan,
through a friend.

A small, quiet notebook of 594 places — cafes, counters, bars, and rooms worth your time. No ratings. No reviews. Only what I'd walk you to.

01

The List

A handful of places I'd take you to this week.

02

Neighborhoods

Pockets worth a Saturday.

04

Cities

Three places I keep coming back to.

Colophon

"No ratings, no reviews, no maps of my own. Only the places I'd walk you to."

— Shirley