Noel Cabacungan is a travel writer from the Philippines who is currently based in Saudi Arabia. On his first international flight, he found himself reveling in a sudden gush of nostalgia while riding a train in Japan. He’s been obsessed with the country ever since and consider Japan the personification of his childhood memories. He’s currently running #JAPAN47project, a blog post roundup of travel destinations unique to Japan’s 47 prefectures.