Aiko's stories
Breakfast #1
I have photographed breakfasts in forty cities I didn't live in. It took me three years to notice I live here now.
14 Sep 2026 · 1 min read
The Alhambra at dusk, from the wrong side
Granada, and the view everyone takes, and why I stopped taking it and looked instead.
18 Apr 2026 · 1 min read
Koenji jazz, six small flats
Six years in Tokyo, none of them in a room bigger than a car, all of them in bars smaller than that.
22 Feb 2026 · 1 min read
Nara bows back
On deer, etiquette, and my boyfriend's map.
14 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
Persimmons at Nishiki
Kyoto in November, one market stall at a time, with someone who had never seen a persimmon.
1 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
Koenji jazz, six small flats
Six years in Tokyo, none of them in a room bigger than a car, all of them in bars smaller than that.
22 Feb 2026 · 1 min read
Nara bows back
On deer, etiquette, and my boyfriend's map.
14 Dec 2025 · 1 min read
Persimmons at Nishiki
Kyoto in November, one market stall at a time, with someone who had never seen a persimmon.
1 Dec 2025 · 1 min read