Top 5 Favorite Anime
Extremely busy with house-moving, but I cannot miss a Friday Five post just one week after I launched it! In this week’s Friday Five, I’m sharing my top 5 favorite…
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5 Rare Things in Japan
Kickstarting the first post of the new Friday Five segment is this post with 5 things that don’t exist in Japan. Okay, that might be a bit of a…
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Best Time to View Cherry Blossoms in Tokyo
This is question I frequently get, and since I was asked again a week ago, I decided to do a post on it. It is impossible to predict the precise…
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Celebrating New Year in Japan
January 1 is the Japanese New Year, and while it’s not the first time I’m in Japan during this period, it’s the first time I’m making an effort…
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My Favorite Place to View Autumn Leaves in Tokyo
It’s finally November, which means… It’s time for viewing autumn leaves in Tokyo! Autumn is my absolute favorite season! There’s just something deeply captivating about the fiery reds…
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The best gyudon (beef bowl) in Japan
Gyudon 牛丼 is a Japanese dish consisting of a bowl of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce flavored with dashi (fish and…
Read moreBodyboarding at Kugenuma Kaigan 鵠沼海岸
Following up the previous rafting post with another water post! A couple of days before we left for Texas (meaning, about 2 weeks ago), we traveled to Kanagawa…
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