Emma Goto
@emgoto.com
Software engineer living in Tokyo 🗼 tinkering on my blog @ emgoto.com and hiking Japan's mountains one peak at a time ⛰️
Outside of my day job I'm also helping to build @hardcover.app 📚
Outside of my day job I'm also helping to build @hardcover.app 📚
Doing a little bit of notes declutter on my Obsidian vault 🧹 have added a couple new posts to my blog's notes section, including one featuring my coffee corner
www.emgoto.com/coffee-corner/
www.emgoto.com/coffee-corner/
My Coffee Corner
We recently moved into a slightly larger apartment, which has given me room to have a little coffee station in the corner of my living room.
www.emgoto.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Doing a little bit of notes declutter on my Obsidian vault 🧹 have added a couple new posts to my blog's notes section, including one featuring my coffee corner
www.emgoto.com/coffee-corner/
www.emgoto.com/coffee-corner/
My yearly wrap-up post. www.emgoto.com/review-2025/
2025 in review: a good year
Following on from my 2024, 2023, 2021 and 2020 wrap-up posts, I’m back for another year in review. This marks 6 years of running my blog.
www.emgoto.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:05 AM
My yearly wrap-up post. www.emgoto.com/review-2025/
My final hike for 2025 was up Mt Nabewari. The mountain hut at the peak serves some really tasty nabeyaki udon 🍲
www.emgoto.com/mt-nabewari/
www.emgoto.com/mt-nabewari/
Mt Nabewari: a hike to eat its famous Nabeyaki Udon
Mt Nabewari (鍋割山, nabewari-yama) is one of the peaks in Kanagawa prefecture's Tanzawa mountain range. Its distinguishing feature is the bowl
www.emgoto.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
My final hike for 2025 was up Mt Nabewari. The mountain hut at the peak serves some really tasty nabeyaki udon 🍲
www.emgoto.com/mt-nabewari/
www.emgoto.com/mt-nabewari/
Currently writing up the blog post for my final hike of the year, and just wanted to share this cute photo I got of a deer 🥰
December 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Currently writing up the blog post for my final hike of the year, and just wanted to share this cute photo I got of a deer 🥰
When I want to feel good about myself I log in and play a round of Typeracer 😂
December 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
When I want to feel good about myself I log in and play a round of Typeracer 😂
This week's hiking post is up Hakone's Mt Kintoki. A super nice trail, although I would have liked to see more of Mt Fuji 🗻
www.emgoto.com/mt-kintoki-a...
www.emgoto.com/mt-kintoki-a...
Mt Kintoki and Mt Myojingatake: Hakone's beginner-friendly hike
Mt Kintoki (金時山, kintoki-yama) is a beginner-friendly hike that can be done as 3-hour loop course from Kintoki Shrine. From the top, you can
www.emgoto.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This week's hiking post is up Hakone's Mt Kintoki. A super nice trail, although I would have liked to see more of Mt Fuji 🗻
www.emgoto.com/mt-kintoki-a...
www.emgoto.com/mt-kintoki-a...
So my blog's repo is like 5 - 6 GB at this point due to all the hiking images. I've been procrastinating on hosting all the images elsewhere since it seems like effort but I'm trying out Cloudflare R2 and it doesn't seem as hard/annoying as I thought it was going to be (famous last words, maybe)
December 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM
So my blog's repo is like 5 - 6 GB at this point due to all the hiking images. I've been procrastinating on hosting all the images elsewhere since it seems like effort but I'm trying out Cloudflare R2 and it doesn't seem as hard/annoying as I thought it was going to be (famous last words, maybe)
For some reason my blog post on Cursor has been the most-viewed post on my blog for quite a while now, from people finding it via Google search.
... I think everyone immediately clicks out of it though because the post was like 9 months out of date and was for Cursor v0.4 while it's now up to 2.2 😅
... I think everyone immediately clicks out of it though because the post was like 9 months out of date and was for Cursor v0.4 while it's now up to 2.2 😅
December 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
For some reason my blog post on Cursor has been the most-viewed post on my blog for quite a while now, from people finding it via Google search.
... I think everyone immediately clicks out of it though because the post was like 9 months out of date and was for Cursor v0.4 while it's now up to 2.2 😅
... I think everyone immediately clicks out of it though because the post was like 9 months out of date and was for Cursor v0.4 while it's now up to 2.2 😅
December 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New post up on the blog - something a little different this week. I walked between Shibuya and Harajuku, and wrote up some of my faves and recommendations for if you're in the area. www.emgoto.com/shibuya-to-h...
Walking between Shibuya and Harajuku
Having lived in Japan for nearly 4 years now, I often get asked for recommendations from friends who are visiting for things to do in the To
www.emgoto.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
New post up on the blog - something a little different this week. I walked between Shibuya and Harajuku, and wrote up some of my faves and recommendations for if you're in the area. www.emgoto.com/shibuya-to-h...
Trying to figure out how to organise my @obsidian.md vault, anyone got any tips?
I started by at least putting all the files into folders (quite a few were floating about) but I get the same sort of feeling as shoving my clothes that were on the floor into a closet - out of sight, but still messy 😅
I started by at least putting all the files into folders (quite a few were floating about) but I get the same sort of feeling as shoving my clothes that were on the floor into a closet - out of sight, but still messy 😅
December 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Trying to figure out how to organise my @obsidian.md vault, anyone got any tips?
I started by at least putting all the files into folders (quite a few were floating about) but I get the same sort of feeling as shoving my clothes that were on the floor into a closet - out of sight, but still messy 😅
I started by at least putting all the files into folders (quite a few were floating about) but I get the same sort of feeling as shoving my clothes that were on the floor into a closet - out of sight, but still messy 😅
Something about this guy makes me laugh - someone went out of their way to get him rugged up for the winter but it seems quite undignified 😂
November 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Something about this guy makes me laugh - someone went out of their way to get him rugged up for the winter but it seems quite undignified 😂
We happened across a boardgame cafe and they had Viticulture! I'd been curious about it for a while, but wasnt sure on buying it because it looked pretty complicated. Had to quit playing halfway through since it was closing time but I decided to buy it 😆
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
We happened across a boardgame cafe and they had Viticulture! I'd been curious about it for a while, but wasnt sure on buying it because it looked pretty complicated. Had to quit playing halfway through since it was closing time but I decided to buy it 😆
Had a really lovely hike to Mt Mitake, on the western edge of Tokyo. I came right at the peak of the autumn leaves, so all the trees were looking so beautiful 🍁
I've been doing a lot of hiking this year to mountains that are quite far away, so it was nice to get back to something more local.
I've been doing a lot of hiking this year to mountains that are quite far away, so it was nice to get back to something more local.
November 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Had a really lovely hike to Mt Mitake, on the western edge of Tokyo. I came right at the peak of the autumn leaves, so all the trees were looking so beautiful 🍁
I've been doing a lot of hiking this year to mountains that are quite far away, so it was nice to get back to something more local.
I've been doing a lot of hiking this year to mountains that are quite far away, so it was nice to get back to something more local.
Reposted by Emma Goto
Are we still doing starter packs?
Put this one together because I love seeing things that lovely folks write on the internet, and I'm sure there are more people to meet and add to this list.
go.bsky.app/AnM2t7r
Put this one together because I love seeing things that lovely folks write on the internet, and I'm sure there are more people to meet and add to this list.
go.bsky.app/AnM2t7r
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Are we still doing starter packs?
Put this one together because I love seeing things that lovely folks write on the internet, and I'm sure there are more people to meet and add to this list.
go.bsky.app/AnM2t7r
Put this one together because I love seeing things that lovely folks write on the internet, and I'm sure there are more people to meet and add to this list.
go.bsky.app/AnM2t7r
My monthly newsletter is out - I'll admit I'm feeling a bit social media'd out and I sort of want to quit my newsletter + Bluesky altogether 😅 I want to stick out the newsletter until the end of the year at least!
open.substack.com/pub/emgoto/p...
open.substack.com/pub/emgoto/p...
Newsletter #10
Happy Autumn!
open.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:13 AM
My monthly newsletter is out - I'll admit I'm feeling a bit social media'd out and I sort of want to quit my newsletter + Bluesky altogether 😅 I want to stick out the newsletter until the end of the year at least!
open.substack.com/pub/emgoto/p...
open.substack.com/pub/emgoto/p...
A 2 day hike to Mt Hiuchi and Mt Myoko - my 60th and 61st hyakumeizans (only 39 to go!)
Turned out to be a pretty foggy hike, but managed to dodge most of the rain so I’m happy!
www.emgoto.com/mt-hiuchi-an...
Turned out to be a pretty foggy hike, but managed to dodge most of the rain so I’m happy!
www.emgoto.com/mt-hiuchi-an...
Mt Hiuchi and Mt Myoko
Mt Hiuchi (火打山, hiuchi-yama) and Mt Myoko (妙高山, myoko-san) are two of Japan's Hundred Famous Mountains, located in Niigata's Myoko-Togakushi
www.emgoto.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A 2 day hike to Mt Hiuchi and Mt Myoko - my 60th and 61st hyakumeizans (only 39 to go!)
Turned out to be a pretty foggy hike, but managed to dodge most of the rain so I’m happy!
www.emgoto.com/mt-hiuchi-an...
Turned out to be a pretty foggy hike, but managed to dodge most of the rain so I’m happy!
www.emgoto.com/mt-hiuchi-an...