It’s the start of 2021, but my first post of the year is going to take us back a little way to the 26th of December 2020. Following up from a less than impressive Japanese Christmas (spent watching the husband work at home, whilst preparing a dry and chewy Christmas dinner), we were finally starting …
Yet again, its been a while since my last post. I thought I’d just get straight to the point with this one; I’m going to show you one of my favourite places in Japan; Fushimi Inari Taisha. Now, I do not like Kyoto. The streets are always way too busy, tourist attractions are crowded and …
On my first train ride to Kudamatsu City (where we live) we swapped trainlines at Iwakuni city. At the station I saw some foreigners sitting on the floor with rucksacks. (Japanese rule: Do not sit on the floor **unless absolutely need to**) I asked Riku, “is it not odd to find a group of foreigners …
So yes. I haven’t posted in a while. And the truth behind it is, I’ve just been so busy lately and a little overwhelmed, (although the most part of it, is because I am lazy.) Sorry – not sorry. For the last month, I have been trying to organise a career, travelling around the Yamaguchi …
When Japanese people ask where I live in Japan and I reply with “Yamaguchi Prefecture” it can come as quite a shock to them. I can completely understand their surprise; due to Yamaguchi being in a totally different universe compared to that of the busy bubble of Tokyo or Osaka. But The truth is, Yamaguchi …