After deciding to return to the UK, we faced the stark reality that many things we did and places we visited next would be our last as residents of Japan. While we didn’t compile a ‘bucket list’, we did have a few select things we knew we couldn’t leave without doing one last time. 1….
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Traversing Tokyo: Cafe Culture In West Tokyo
With millennial culture taking over, there has been a huge rise in the cafe and art of coffee. In fact, in true generational style, Dan and I are considering setting up ‘coffee shop’ on our return to the UK (whenever that will be…) As the worlds largest city, in is therefore no surprise that Tokyo…
A Good Soak Works Wonders
We increasingly realise we live in a great location, despite how rural it is. It is beautiful, cheap, located near an onsen town, and we recently found Gorgonzola cheese and ciabatta fresh baked bread in our local supermarket. I am getting fat this Christmas! (For info, an onsen is a hot spring. You scrub yourself…
The Beat Cafe
Dan and I have found our little piece of paradise on our local beach. The beach itself has an interesting history as it used to be a blue flag beach that was very popular with families (it has sandy shores, clear water and a calm tide). Then a few years ago there was a boat spillage…