Category: Travel
Aomori/Hirosaki Diaries: Apples Galore
Right after a three day weekend, we have another three day weekend in September! This time, Sunday the 22nd is the Autumnal Equinox, but because it’s a Sunday, we get the Monday off in exchange. I took this opportunity to make a short trip to Aomori, because I love apple treats. September is also apple…
Taipei Diaries: Arrival and Many Good Eats
I went back to Taiwan for the second time this year, but the occasion was because my friend wanted to go make her first international trip to Taiwan, and since she’s a teacher, the best break time for her to go is summer vacation. Specifically, summer vacation here lasts about a month, from the end…
Tokyo/Sapporo Diaries: Back to Hokkaido Life
Heading back to Japan from America means that although you “gain” a day going there, you essentially “lose out” on time coming back, so even though I wanted to be back on Monday Japan time, that meant leaving Saturday evening in America. June 8th: Although my flight was technically at 1am on June 9th, that…
Sendai Diaries: Small Eats and Heading Home
Here’s Part 2 of my Sendai trip! We had one full day and one travel day back home left, and we really just took it easy. Really, the theme of this trip. 5th: My boyfriend was originally interested in going to the Miyagi Zao Fox Village, but after giving him the details and finding out…
Sendai Diaries: Casual Shopping and Sendai Meat
I spent long weekend #2 of Golden Week 2024 in Sendai! Yes, Hakodate and Sendai are the two places I stopped by with my family from the trip we took last year from Tokyo to Hokkaido, but I didn’t spend nearly enough time there as I would have liked. Plus, my boyfriend has been to…
Hakodate Diaries: Golden Week Sakura
This year, “Golden Week” lands within the peirod of April 27th to May 6th, with a three-day weekend from April 27th to 29th, and a four day weekend from May 3rd to May 6th. This year, intead of using three days of nenkyuu to make it a continuous vacation, I decided to take two mini…
Taipei Diaries: Taipei Zoo, Gongguan snacks, and saying Goodbye
March 29th: A bit ago I found out that the entry fee to the Taipei Zoo costs $2 (after conversion), and that’s a pretty good deal (also Ueno Zoo, whch is 500 yen according to my boyfriend), and my boyfriend and sister had an interest in going, so my dad and I tagged along (my…
Taipei Diaries: National Palace Museum, North Taiwan Tour, and Yongkang Food
On to Part 2 of my spring Taiwan trip! March 26th: This day was actually pretty cold and our trip to the National Palace Museum. I had been before back in 2018, but my sister wanted to go again, and we figured it’d be a good experience for my boyfriend to see. I had the…
Taipei Diaries: Spring Family Trip, Taipei 101, and Ximending
This year, my schools’ Spring break is March 23-April 7, which means two weeks of deskwarming for me. I decided to take the first week off to go travel to Taiwan again (I had lots of fun last year and couldn’t wait to go back at a warmer time!), and it just happened to also…
Tokyo/Sapporo Diaries: Back to Hokkaido
Here’s Part 2 of my winter break trip! This post is about the return trip back, starting from my flight to Haneda Airport, then to New Chitose, and going home from Sapporo! The break felt long but short at the same time… My flight was a little before midnight on January 6, and this was…