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Taipei Diaries: Exploring Tainan, Taichung, and Taipei 101
Continuing on with Part 2 of my August 2024 Taiwan adventures! We head to Tainan to meet up with my cousin, explore Taichung, and then chill at Taipei 101 for a magical Din Tai Fung experience. August 10th: Because we wanted to maximize our time in Tainan, we had reserved our shinkansen/high speed rail train…
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…
Sapporo Diaries: Showing my New Neighbor Around
On August 3, I took my new neighbor out to Sapporo to show him around. It’s his first time in Hokkaido, and he hadn’t been to Sapporo before, so I thought I’d take him around and show him the basics around Sapporo station. We arrived around 11, which made for good timing to get lunch.…
Sapporo Diaries: Summer Shopping
On July 27th, I went out to Sapporo to do some casual shopping, see what’s up locally, and to go get some good eats. I left on my normal bus, and arrived around 10:20. Instead of waiting for 11 to roll around for an early lunch, I headed to JS Pancake Cafe for a pancake…
Furano/Biei Diaries: Lavender Fields and Blue Pond
This year, Marine Day landed on July 15th, which meant a three day weekend in July! I was determined to go see the lavender fields in Furano this year, and their peak bloom season is end of June to July. Since I live so far away, the three day weekend was the perfect opportunity to…
Sapporo Diaries: Afternoon Tea with Friends
On July 6th, I went out to Sapporo to go hangout with a friend, and then get afternoon tea with her and her friend! A while ago I went to the strawberry fair of ANA Crowne Hotel’s afternoon tea, and when I showed my friend, she wanted to go. June and July were going to…
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…
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…
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…
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…