China · Japan · Hong Kong · 2016

Zhongshan, Tokyo & Hong Kong

Friends in Zhongshan, a solo walk through Tokyo and the familiar streets of Hong Kong.

THE STORY

A journey
worth remembering.

This solo journey moved through three very different worlds. Zhongshan was about friendship and shared tables; Tokyo offered the freedom of wandering alone; Hong Kong closed the trip with streets, trams and flavours that felt instinctively familiar.

Friendship, food and everyday life — memory 1

Friendship, food and everyday life — memory 2

01 · ZHONGSHAN

Friendship, food and everyday life

The best way to return is around a table. Seafood, soup and late conversations with friends revealed Zhongshan not as a sightseeing stop, but as a place of connection.

The freedom of travelling alone — memory 1

The freedom of travelling alone — memory 2

02 · TOKYO

The freedom of travelling alone

Without a fixed family schedule, I followed appetite and curiosity through markets, lanes, towers and train stations. Meals became landmarks of their own.

Returning to the city's texture — memory 1

Returning to the city's texture — memory 2

03 · HONG KONG

Returning to the city's texture

Trams, harbour light, old cafés, milk-tea cups and a pink polka-dot backpack formed a collage of Hong Kong. Familiarity made every detail more personal, not less.

TRAVEL MOMENTS