A delicious journey around the world

“The best fermented soup I’ve ever had in Poland.
Warm, flower-scented dumplings from Taiwan.
In Belgium, Belgian waffles and buckets full of mussels.
“I went on a trip down memory lane, savoring the flavors of the world with my tongue.”_「p.3_Getting Started」

Masuda Miri, who enjoys enthusiastic support from a wide readership, is well known as a sympathetic cartoonist and essayist, but she is also a travel enthusiast who has published several travel essays.
In 『I Traveled Alone』, a travelogue of traveling to all 47 prefectures of Japan alone every month, he showed the process of finding a travel style that suited him through many trials and errors, and in 『A Trip to Finland to Think』, he also presented a travelogue of Finland with the 'Masuda Miri Pyo'.


The book 『Travel Diary from Around the World』 published by Book Forest this time contains all the travel diaries from all over the world.
From solo trips to my first trip to Europe with a group from art school, to independent trips for adults where we had separate flights and hotels but met up for dinner together.
Travel stories about various regions are filled with enjoyable episodes and stories about the delicious food of each country.
Masuda Miri's diary, which explores the world, exploring every corner of the globe, will rekindle the anticipation and excitement of travel, and for readers who are recalling memories of free and happy travels, it will provide a time like looking through a photo album.

I have no choice but to trust the Trevi Fountain! My coin went into the fountain (I think it did).
So I was a little excited throughout the trip.
When I return to Japan, I might suddenly get a confession.
But the love did not come true.
But I am dazzled by the me who threw two without hesitation back then.

---From "Italy"

A boy who was a friend of a friend came to France to study to become a designer.
I was a newbie illustrator who had just started working.
What awaits me ahead on the rails? On the swaying train, I might have thought about my one and only life.
---From "Belgium"

I opened the menu but I have no idea what it is.
“This, this, and this, please.”
I roughly pointed to the menu and ordered.
What would come out? We ordered without even knowing what it was, but it was so fun that we kept giggling.
I don't remember what I ate clearly, but the excitement of waiting for something still remains.
---From "France"

It was a trip I took with my girlfriend.
“I have to eat this!” I said, eating paella several times.
Although it was obviously a shop aimed at tourists, we sat on the open terrace and enjoyed our meal.
Black squid ink paella, paella with pasta instead of rice.
Anything tastes several times better when you add excitement to it.

---From "Spain"

When I see a large animal, it's natural for me to feel small.
I don't think it's just a matter of size.
There are many different animals living on Earth, and on a cosmic scale, humans and reindeer are like poppy seeds… … .
'I, such a small being, live my life crying and laughing, treating my one and only life as a momentous event.'
I had this thought while looking at the reindeer.

---From "Sweden"

If it's this hill, it's okay, if it's this street, it's okay.
I check in with my present self for the trips I will take in the future.
As you get older, you probably want to shake off the loneliness of not being able to go anywhere.
But don't worry.
I have Prague.

---From "Czech"

I probably wrote it every night in bed at the end of the day.
There was also a note expressing gratitude to the parents who paid for the travel expenses.
Yeah, it was fun.
I thought it was a good idea to come.
If my eighteen-year-old self felt that way, it wouldn't have mattered if dinner was gorilla snacks or if I'd completely forgotten Buckingham Palace (and other things).

---From "England"

There is no one who does not experience painful or sad things.
They must have been through a lot too.
But today, at this moment, I am smiling while holding a large glass in one hand.
I too will face many challenges in the future, but I am sure I will be able to overcome them somehow.
They were bright people who made me think like that.
---From "Germany"

I think I should have spent my New Year's money freely now.
Now that I'm over 50, I have fewer things I want.
Even when I see nice clothes, I think, 'Where am I going to wear this?'
No, but you only live once.
It's nice to wear nice clothes and take a walk around the neighborhood.

---From "Thailand"

The winter morning I was born.
Father and Mother could never have imagined it.
Who would have thought that the tiny newborn baby in front of me would be celebrating his forty-second birthday on the streets of faraway Copenhagen?
“I hope you are doing well and in good health.”
It was a night in Copenhagen when I wanted to go tell my young parents this.

---From "Denmark"