Its June in Japan and summer is definitely here.The spiders are building their webs in my stairwell, the sun is shining, and Im realising how lacking my summer wardrobe is. Seasons in Ja...
I miss clothes with shape. Japanese fashion is not for me - its made for petite, slim women with few curves.Anything larger than a size 10 tends to be a shapeless sack. That said, I do like the...
Recently I joined Postcrossing, where you send postcards to people all over the world, and receive postcards back. Its been really fun sending and receiving actual mail, and finding out somethi...
1. Momiji dolls are a British version of Japanese kokeshi dolls, and like many Japanese-inspired products, are ridiculously cute.Via r e n a t a Via r e n a t aVia J!LLMVia *Mrs Mawi*Via Semplicement...
1. Say cheese Hai cheezu t-shirt from botodesigns 2. SS Tandem Necklace from Polli. If you look closely you can see its a tandem bicycle with a dog and a basket with a bottle of wine and a baguette.&...
Japan has so many public holidays! Last weekend started early on Wednesday with yet another day off, this time for Labour Thanksgiving day. We visited the cute animals at the Wakayama Animal Welfare ...
Happy Friday! Im looking forward to a Thanksgiving celebration on Sunday and visiting Melbourne in a weeks time!1. How good are these calendars? Japanese style depicted as by Australian artists, love...
Firstly, it is getting COLD here in Japan, and it isnt even winter yet! I am already beginning to hibernate/live underneath the best Japanese invention ever - the kotatsu. A kotatsu is a table frame ...
Recently, I turned twenty nine years old. I am officially an old lady! So Im making a list of things Id like to do before Im thirty. As Im living in Japan at the moment, quite a few of these are thin...
If you ever visit Japan, make sure a temple stay at Koya-san is on your itinerary. Koya-san is that idealised Japan of your dreams - stunning scenery, fresh mountain air, living history, rock gardens...
Weekend #15 was one of the most Japanese weekends Ive experienced here so far, and also one of the best. And I didnt have to go much further than my home town and the surrounding areas to enjoy it. I...
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I found the place Id like to live in Japan if Id had a choice in the matter - Kobe! Its a small city, so not as overwhelming as Osaka, and it seems like theres lots going on there. Kyoto and Osaka ar...
Peach Fanta - currently rocking my world I think Im starting to go a little bit crazy here in countryside Japan. Not in a bad way, just in a still-adjusting-to-a-different -life-and-culture way....
Image via breezy mary Quote of the day, via Yes and Yes: Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing about. -Benjamin Franklin
I found out about Marcel by reading Bust Magazine! I just got a digital subscription and I love it. This clip is adorable.
Deer at Nara ParkNara Park actually has deer roaming around freely everywhere! And its just a few minutes from the centre of the town. Amazing!Weekend #8 in Japan was another full one, the first of t...
Beautiful!
Pothole cover, OsakaSeven weeks in, Japan is still pretty great! Im spending too much money, loving the hint of cooler weather, and my work life continues to be very cruisy. After a fun w...
How amazing is Kimbra? God New Zealand has a lot of talent.
Last weekend was one of the quieter ones Ive had in Japan so far, but was still full of new experiences - my first izakaya, my first sushi train in Japan, and my first typhoon. I spent all of Friday ...
Swing dancing in Osaka is fun! Wednesday night marked what Im sure will be the first of many nights of dancing while Im living in Japan. I live way south of Osaka, but its so worth the trip to get to...
Ive got three music channels on my television here in Japan and I sometimes find myself mesmerised by the k-pop and j-pop girl groups. So many members! So many midriffs! Girls Generation from Korea a...
Im planning on going swing dancing in Osaka tonight! Its been over a month since I last went dancing (in Tokyo) and Im missing it, even though for some weird reason I didnt dance that much in the las...
I feel so fortunate to be living in Japan. To be experiencing different things, having adventures, making new friends.This weekend was a pretty perfect contrast of Japanese city life and country life...
Great, catchy song. Ironic eighties style. All-girl band from Brooklyn. What more do you want? Katy Goodman is so pretty!
I thought Bob Katter was just ignorant when he said he would walk to Bourke backwards if the poof population of North Queensland is any more than 0.001 per cent. Turns out hes just bigoted.
...until my boyfriend arrives in Japan! He will single-handedly double the population of foreigners living in this little town of Kishigawa from one, to two!
Uni brought to book for snub to local literature This saddens me greatly. How on earth can one of Australias best universities not offer students an Australian Literature subject? I studied English L...
Things are good in Japan now. Im feeling a lot more settled and adjusted, making new friends and exploring the place. A goal of mine while Im here is to get good at cooking, so when the offer of a Ja...
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