I got tired of lugging my big daypack around all the time just to hold a water bottle & sunscreen — it’s really meant for carrying lots of weight & hiking. So I bought a cheap European carryall @ H&M in Tokyo. It’s sooo much better, but I definitely had to swallow some of my backpacker pride when I first started wearing it around, like I’m some sorta common tourist (which, really, I now kinda am).

I thus took the opportunity in Kyoto to offer it up to ask for forgiveness from whatever sky/earth/water deity was being honored here:

It was worth the shade 👀 thrown my way by the folks around me, as I now wear it with a clear conscience.