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Month: December 2018

And Mountain (Toyama)

Dan and I decided to spend our first Christmas after three years in Japan. Partly a decision fuelled by funding, but also we had been lucky enough to get an Airbnb voucher to use in Japan after a failed holiday in the summer. This meant we had £350 to spend on accommodation anywhere in Japan…the…

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Second Bunk Bars

Dan and I recently took another walk around our local area. We really did accidentally nail it when we decided to move to Nakano ward, having never visited the area or  West Tokyo… On our night-time stroll we found a street that time had preserved. It was a street of low doorways and inviting little…

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Goodbyes (Again!)

In August 2018 Dan and I moved to Tokyo. We’ve both been privilidged to celebrate our 32nd birthdays here and and enjoy all of the city living a mega metropolis like Tokyo offers. Enabling this move has been my job; teaching English at a university in central Tokyo. My contract runs from term to term,…

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Swifty Does It: Turning 32 in Style

Screw turning 32. The title of my memoir? A little early perhaps… Anyway, there was NO chance I was going to do something sensible for my 32nd birthday. Nice meal out? Do one. Visit a gallery? No thanks. Instead I embarked on a rather more teenage adventure of…Taylor Swift in concert, plus alcohol (I am…

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