@rainbow_burritos is closing in a couple of weeks, and I am going to miss it so much.
Shinjuku Ni-Chōme, Tokyo’s gayborhood, can be difficult to navigate, especially if your Japanese isn’t great. Being trans probably doesn’t help either, to be honest.
Mamiko did something truly special here; @rainbow_burritos is a place for everyone.
I got to share it with some important people in my life, and I made some wonderful friends there. Those friendships span continents now.
Here are some memories:
1. April 2023, when I took @erynofwales there
2. March 2018 with Mamiko
3. I got to see Mamiko when she visited San Francisco in July 2018
4. March 2018 with Elika
5. March 2018 with @kboc923 and Anne
6. September 2018 with James
7. September 2019 with @foldleft
8. December 2024 with @foldleft in Edinburgh
9. February 2019 selfie
10. September 2019 with @rayinsta_
11. September 2019 with @kathrynjaneway
12. June 2022 with @chetifuroo in SF
13. April 2023 with @erynofwales at @tokyo.r.pride—we marched with Mamiko’s contingent, for queer families
14. September 2023 with @chetifuroo in NYC
15. April 2024 with @rayinsta_
16. April 2024 with Mamiko and @rafuzo
17. April 2024 with @kathrynjaneway and her kiddo
18. December 2024 with @chetifuroo in NYC
19. April 2017, my first visit