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Niki Diaries: Cherry Picking
On June 29th, I decided to finally go cherry picking in Niki this year. Last year for some reason I never got out to go any sort of fruit picking in Hokkaido, and this year I’m putting my foot down and hauling myself out of the house. Niki is prime cherry town (their mascot is…
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Sapporo Diaries: Hokkaido Museum, Handmade Festival, Ghibli Exhibition
On the weekend of June 15th, I went out to Sapporo to stay the night with some friends! Originally. I booked a night for myself that weekend because it was the weekend that the Spirited Away stage play was coming to Sapporo, but unfortunately, I couldn’t get tickets when they went on sale a couple…
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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…
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Sapporo/Tokyo Diaries: A Quick Trip Home
I took a brief trip home to America a bit ago to attend my sister’s high school graduation! Because America’s school year and Japan’s are just slightly off, it does kind of fall in the middle of regular work here. This is a once-in-a-lifetime event though, and I figured even just a quick trip back…
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Sapporo Diaries: 2024 Lilac Festival and Afternoon Tea
On May 18th, I went out to Sapporo to have some Afternoon Tea and see the local events that were happening, namely the annual Lilac Festival, a Korean Festival, and a Hawaiian Festival. There were quite a few things happening, and since I knew I wanted to go out this weekend, I decided to make…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Sapporo Diaires: Parfaits and Demon Slayer Exhibition
On April 19, my boyfriend and I stayed overnight in Sapporo for just a casual stay. Originally, I was just going to go for a day trip on the 20th, but my boyfriend suggested staying the night, and I figured it’d be worth it totake advantage of being there overnight for the extra time. April…
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