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Nagoya/Tokyo Diaries: Hammock Head Spa and Goodbye
Here’s the last part of my Tokyo trip! Did you read Part 1 and Part 2? March 31st: After a short day in Nagoya, this was our go back to tokyo day, with our reserved shinkansen tickets for 9:40 am. This was to give us some time in the morning to grab some breakfast, and…
Tokyo/Nagoya Diaries: TeamLab Planets and Ghibli Park
Here’s part 2 of my Tokyo trip! March 28th: Our main planned thing to do of the day was TeamLab Planets, and other than that, just chill in Tsukiji in the morning, and Asakusa and Ueno in the afternoon/evening. Because I planned on getting a brunch at Tsukiji, I bought tickets for TeamLab for 1pm…
Money Matters
You’ve probably heard many things about Japan being a cash-based society, although they’ve probably transitioned quite a bit on that front since Covid hit. Nevertheless, it’s still generally true relative to living back in America. I did use cash sometimes, but it really was mostly when collecting or making payments for bulk college club purchases,…
Sapporo Diaries: Sanrio 60th Anniversary Exhibition
On March 4th, my boyfriend and I went out to Sapporo, with our main goals this time around were to see the Sanrio 60th Anniversary exhibition at the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, and to get a haircut for my boyfriend. That’s been long overdue for him, and he’s been kind of waiting until he…
Sapporo Diaries: Taking Myself on a Solo Date to the Movies
Happy Birthday to the Emperor! February 23 was a national holiday, which meant I get the day off work. It’s a little awkward, because it’s kind of a random Thursday off (so not a three-day weekend…), and I have to go into work the next day, only for it to turn into the weekend, ha!…
Otaru Diaries: 26th Snow Light Path
On February 11th, my boyfriend and I spent a day in Otaru to go see the lights that were happening in the evening. Apparently there’s a famous event there called the Snow Light Path (translated), and the 11th was the first day of the event. I decided to spend the whole day to make the…
Sapporo Diaries: The 73rd Snow Festival
Picking up after the last post left off, is my post about my first time at Sapporo’s Snow Festival! We timed our Korea trip so we would come back right when the festival would start and not have to make a separate trip to Sapporo. We booked a hotel for the weekend, and although originally…
Otaru/Sapporo Diaries: Experiencing Japanese New Year
Happy New Year! I got January 2-5th off (but not the 6th…) free without needing to use any paid time off (and the 9th ends up being another holiday, ha!), and though I was originally thinking of going home for a holidays when I first came, Christmas and New Year’s, since my boyfriend is here,…
Navigating Everyday Food in Japan
I love Japanese food, and I love the way Japan has treated foreign food (ex: Japanese Italian food is amazing). Now, as a tourist, you really want to go out and eat all the good food you can, which ranges from the super touristy well-known spots and famous sushi and ramen (significantly cheaper than America!),…