Writer and editor based between Tokyo and New York City, reporting on culture, subculture and the outdoors. She’s flown to Morocco for a first date with a stranger, worked undercover as a hostess in Tokyo’s red-light district and trekked Salkantay to Machu Picchu entirely untrained — all in the name of a good story. Find her on Instagram @wakabss or reach her at
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