Coming soon…itineraries, advice, guidance, and top tips for travelling Japan based on our experiences living here! Want to explore more of the ‘off the beaten track’ in Japan? With that we can help! Love coffee and fancy going on a coffee tour in South Japan? We’ve got advice to help you out! Moving to Tokyo…
Urban Sprawl
So the big move has happened…we are now residents of Tokyo! It’s not been without its challenges, but after two weeks of settling in, today I finally felt like it was all worth it for the first time. This is partly because I found the local vintage shopping district, which is absolutly fabulous, and because…
Part 5 (Of Lessons Learnt Living Abroad)
Part 5: You can re-evaluate the type of person you hope to be. When you are living abroad you will start to really understand what it means to be you and who you actually are. We all present a certain person to the world, and sometimes this person differs from who we feel we really…
Goodbye Shimonoseki!
As my JET programme contract ended on the 31st July 2018, the time has come to say goodbye to Shimonoseki. Fortunately, ALTs like to leave in style, and so there have been a few enjoyable trips and gatherings to mark our time in Yamaguchi. Firstly, we visited Karato fish market for some top notch sushi…
Laced Coffee
We recently hired a car to take a final road trip around Shimonoseki. We had plans to visit the 1,000 year old tree and bask in it’s ancient glory. The tree was dramatic and rather sizable. We travelled with Kate and Joe who have seen the tree before but were keen to visit it one…
A Very Japanese Pastime: Karaoke
Karaoke. We have all heard of it, but only some of us have tried it. Let’s face it, Karaoke isn’t a very British pastime. If you ever come to Japan though, it has to be up there on your list of things to try. Unleash the Ed Sheeran, Rihanna, and Morrissey in all of you….
Part 4 (Of Lessons Learnt Living Abroad)
Part 4: You will fall in love. Moving abroad can be a fresh start or the continuation of an adventure you had already started. It is something you can do alone or with a friend or partner. You can live somewhere alone or share your accommodation with someone else. You can enjoy your time abroad,…
Oita; Cooking in Hell
In June we took a day trip to Oita to enjoy cooking over natural steam and bathing in the infamous Oita hot springs. This was a trip organised by the lovely Noriko and taken with her daughter, Hinako, her brother, and Joe and Kate. The day started out with a visit to a shrine in…
Moving on Up, Moving on Out…
The time has (almost) come to say goodbye to Shimonoseki. My two year contract has come to an end, and wow, what an incredible two years it has been. I am so proud of us for what we have achieved, overcome, and experienced. Living here will be an experience we will never forget and which…
That Beach Over There
On the 16th June Dan and I hosted a beach party. I mean, there was little hosting to be had really, but we selected a spot on the beach and people joined us from across the prefecture to relax in the sun and swim in the sea. Coming from the UK, it is a pretty…