@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 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 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 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
17. April 2024 with @kathrynjaneway and her kiddo
18. December 2024 with @chetifuroo in NYC
19. April 2017, my first visit