Category: Lifestyle
Otaru Diaries: Showing my Family Around!
My family came to Japan! They’re staying two weeks, exploring one by themselves in Otaru and Sapporo, and the other with me in Tokyo, and other places. They flew in on July 1st, and I met up with them in Otaru on the 2nd and showed them around. My boyfriend and I took the 10:30…
Tokyo Diaries: Strawberry Hunting and Tokyo DisneySea
I went to Tokyo! My friend and I had been talking about her coming to visit a while back, and a couple months ago we finally made solid plans and booked things. We’re just hanging around Tokyo for the most part, since it’s her first time here, and also exploring some of the more touristy…
Sapporo/Noboribetsu Diaries: A Private Onsen Experience
On January 14 and 15, my boyfriend and I took a brief weekend getaway, sponsored by my parents as their Christmas gift to us this year, to Noboribetsu, a city in Hokkaido known for their onsen. Since I’m in Hokkaido, and I guess in Japan in general, I’ve been as wanting to go to an…
Sapporo Diaries: Seeing my Dad on a Holiday!
My dad’s in Taiwan for work, and since I had a holiday on November 23 (Labor Appreciation Day), we took the opportunity to meet up in Sapporo for a day or so since I had the day off. It’s been a few months since I’ve seen any of my family, and I get to hand…
Sapporo Diaries: Special Guest and First Long Stay!
I normally go to Sapporo on day trips on a weekend day so I don’t have to worry about staying too late and overnight, but this weekend was an exception, because my boyfriend is coming to visit me! The plan was to meet up with him in Sapporo Friday evening since he would land earlier…