Hong Kong & Japan — May/June 2026

Three weeks, three weeks. (One- or two-paragraph opener: the shape of the trip — Hong Kong → Tokyo → Atami → Hiroshima → Kyoto, with the Osaka farewell — and the throughline you’d tell a friend over dinner. What this trip was really about.)

Hong Kong — May 26–29

Hotel ICON, Kowloon · arrival night → Yat Tung Heen, Lantau, Ozone Bar → Hong Kong Island day

(The opening leg. Michelin dim sum at Yat Tung Heen, the Lantau day, the view from Ozone. What landed, what surprised you, the one image that stays.)

Tokyo — May 29–June 3

&Here Tokyo Ueno · Asakusa/Yanaka/Skytree · Harajuku & Yokohama ramen · Tsukiji/Ginza/teamLab/Shinjuku · DisneySea

(The longest city stretch. USHIHACHI, the Yokohama ramen day, teamLab Borderless, a full day at DisneySea with Bea. The Tokyo rhythm — pick the 2–3 moments that define it rather than recounting every day.)

Atami — June 3–4

Atami Sekaie ryokan · onsen

(The ryokan interlude. The kaiseki dinner, the onsen, the pace change after Tokyo. Short and evocative.)

Hiroshima — June 4–7

Sheraton Grand · Peace Memorial Museum · okonomiyaki · castle · Grill Hikoboshi · Miyajima

(The emotional center of the trip. The Peace Memorial Museum and how it landed — especially with Bea. Then Miyajima: the torii, the island day. Hold the weight of the museum and the beauty of Miyajima in the same breath.)

Kyoto — June 7–11

Hotel Kanra · Higashi Honganji & Gion · Arashiyama bamboo / Tenryu-ji / Shigetsu · Nara day trip · Osaka & Steak Ron farewell

(The closing city. Arashiyama at its quietest, the Shigetsu shojin lunch, Nara’s deer, and the Steak Ron wagyu farewell in Osaka — the meal that ended the trip. Kiyomizudera and Nishiki on the way out.)

What we’d do again — and what we’d change

(The honest debrief: what was worth every yen, what you’d skip, what you’d give more time, the logistics that worked or didn’t. Useful for future-you and anyone who asks for the itinerary.)

The photographs

(A line pointing to the gallery, or 3–5 hero images embedded here. The trip’s visual signature — Voigtländer 21mm street frames, the torii, the bamboo.)