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Summer ’23

A matcha latte with Totoro drawn in the foam sits on a saucer on a wooden table. A woman rests her chin in her hand at a Japanese restaurant counter while a chef in a black cap cooks under copper heat lamps. Four giant frog mascots in green, pink, and blue pose in a Jinro soju showroom lined with posters and bottles. The ruined Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima stands across the river under a bright, cloud-streaked sky. A woman in a white tee and denim shorts stands at a roped stone overlook with forested islands and a hazy sea behind her. Selfie of Noel and a woman in glasses raising paper coffee cups in a sunlit doorway. A young sika deer with tall antlers stares straight into the camera on a paved plaza beside a museum sign. Sunlight rakes across a moss-carpeted garden floor threaded with tree roots and slender maples. Noel in a white tee smiles in front of a pond and a two-story wooden temple pavilion ringed by pines. Rows of moss-capped stone figures with carved smiling faces crowd a forested hillside. Tatami-room selfie: a woman pouts at the camera while Noel grins behind her with a teacup in hand. A woven basket platter of kaiseki bites including a whole grilled fish, chilled tofu, sliced duck, and a cup of corn soup. A stone fox statue in a red votive bib guards its pedestal while a cat naps between its front paws. Noel and a woman in a black lion-print tee stand arm in arm before the gold-leafed Kinkaku-ji and its reflecting pond. Six small kaiseki starters in mismatched colorful dishes arranged on a lacquered tray. A tunnel of vermilion torii gates at Fushimi Inari, their columns inked with black donor inscriptions, curves along a stone path. Noel in a brown tee stands on a forest path with Mount Fuji's peak just visible through the trees behind him. A woman in a yellow polo stands on a wooded trail with Mount Fuji faint in the distance behind her. Noel grins in a hotel room wearing a pink-and-gray patterned yukata tied with a navy sash. A massive bronze torii frames a gilded shrine gate and lantern-lined stone steps beneath towering cedars. Noel in sunglasses stands on an open-air observation deck with Tokyo Tower and the city sprawling behind him. Rooftop selfie of a woman in red and Noel with Tokyo's skyline stretching to the bay behind them. A red sun sinks into orange haze over a dense high-rise skyline at dusk. The Rain Vortex waterfall pours from the domed glass roof of Jewel Changi Airport into a rainforest-ringed pool. Noel and a mustachioed friend share curry and tall mugs of beer in a colorful cafe hung with portrait paintings. Noel lies on a gray sofa giving two thumbs up while a long-haired woman seated across his lap inspects a bag of snacks. Laptops, luggage, and hackers fill a grand two-story stone hall with arched windows during a hackathon. Selfie of Noel and a friend wearing matching pink Paris event lanyards, both giving thumbs up. Cyclists ride down a Paris street at sunset between Haussmann facades and a mural-covered construction hoarding. The Arc de Triomphe seen from a nearby balcony under a bright blue sky. A long river cruise boat passes a turreted riverside palace on the Seine under scattered clouds. A red-and-blue kiteboarding kite lies deflated on brown sand with pale green surf breaking beyond. Sea oats and bare dunes front an empty beach under a wide blue sky. Three fireworks bursts glow through smoke above a lit steel bridge as silhouetted spectators watch from across the river. Kiteboarders pack up their gear on a dusky beach while a hazy red sun hangs low over the water. Close selfie of Noel and a beaming friend in a red shirt beneath strings of small Canadian flags. Noel stands with hands in pockets in the middle of a wide, quiet city avenue lined with brick buildings.
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