I’m obsessed with Japan. I can’t help it! Like a junkie angling for a fix, I scan, watch, wildly make spreadsheets.

Shinkansen. Shinjuku. Shibuya!

The Duolingo owl, neon green, chirrups a command. O’cha kudasai! I sing obediently.

My son laughs, rolls his eyes, knowing our travels will be organised chaos.

Gabe has been writing and editing for 30 years in Sydney, Australia. She finds travelling an endless source of writing inspo. (Her son is not so sure.)