Hi! I’m Patrick, but my friends and family in Japan call me Pakkun.

Fifteen years ago I flipped a coin to determine my first stop in Asia. Heads: China. Tails: Japan. It landed on heads.

Two months of Chinese classes later, I fell in love with a Japanese gal. I never made it to China.

Since then I have made an almost annual pilgrimage to Tokyo to visit newfound friends and family and to explore my favorite city in the world. After helping more people than I can remember start their own adventures in the Land of the Rising Sun, I’ve finally decided to share my travel notes with the world.

Welcome to PakkunTokyo.