Annie's Excursions

On May 24th, I went out to Sapporo to hang out with my friends visiting Hokkaido! It was their last full day, and coincidentally, I found another handmade festival event… Read more: Sapporo Diaries: Handmade Marche and Hanging with Friends

My college friend is visiting Hokkaido for a week with a couple friends! I met up with him in Sapporo to give him a basic tour, and the day after… Read more: Sapporo/Otaru Diaries: Lilac Festival 2025 and Showing Friends Around

For Golden Week this year, I went to Fukuoka! This will be the furthest east I’ll ever travel in Japan, and is probably also one of the longest flights in… Read more: Fukuoka Diaires: Kirby Cafe, Dontaku Festival, Itoshima

Hokkaido is huge, and with it, comes regional styles of ramen like the rest of Japan. Asahikawa is known for shoyu ramen, Hakodate for shio ramen, and finally, Sapporo is… Read more: Sapporo Food: Miso Ramen

On April 19th and 20th, my boyfriend and I stayed the night in Sapporo! Mostly because I had a live show on Sunday, so I needed to stay the night.… Read more: Sapporo Diaries: Tea Convention and Sentai Show

On April 11th, my dad came to Hokkaido to visit me! He had work in Japan the days prior, and since it was his birthday, it was a good opportunity… Read more: Sapporo Diaries: Happy Belated Birthday Dad!

Here’s Part 2 of my 2025 Spring vacation! April 2nd: Continuing from the last post, the flight itself was pretty smooth, and we landed a little early! Hong Kong airport… Read more: Hong Kong Diaries: Victoria Harbor, Peak, and Ocean Park

This year for spring break I decided to go to Singapore and Hong Kong! Theses are both places on my Asia bucket list, and for a variety of reasons, going… Read more: Singapore Diaires: Merlion, Marina Bay, and Lots of Food!

A little bit of an overdue post I suppose, but better late than never! Since the new accepted shortlisters are being announced, I fiigured this post was timely. Here’s a… Read more: What I Brought to Japan for the JET Program (July 2022 Arrival)

On Saturday, March 23rd, our local Block Advisor organized an in person meetup for the JETs in my area! We’ve had a few online game nights this year, but this… Read more: Otaru Diaries: Yakiniku and Wing Bay Hangout

On March 8th, I went out to Sapporo to get a haircut! I was originally debating whether or not to go out during mid-March, but was leaning towards not because… Read more: Sapporo Diaries: Sakura Foods and Haircut

February 23rd was the Emperor’s birthday this year, and because it’s a Sunday, we get the Monday off as a replacement holiday. I spent the long weekend in Sapporo, doing… Read more: Sapporo Diaires: Kamen Rider Show and Mt. Okura

On February 15th, I went to Otaru to check out this year’s Snow Light Path! This year, it lasted from February 8th-15th, and since I was on vacation, Saturday the… Read more: Otaru Diaries: 2025 Snow Light Path

Here’s the Hiroshima half of my brief vacation with my parents! We flew in from Sapporo the day before, and had quite a to-do list for our brief time in… Read more: Hiroshima Diaires: Miyajima and the Peace Museum

This year, the Sapporo Snow Festival was from February 4th to February 11th. It only included one weekend this year, and my parents came from America to come see it… Read more: Sapporo Diaires: 2025 Snow Festival