The Final Few Months in Japan

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….

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…

I Would Walk 500 Miles…

Well, we didn’t walk, we drove with a full van of our lives contained in a surprisingly small space. Bar the mattress, which can go to hell. “How long will it take to pack the van up?” “I think about 45 mins” “Nah, probably more like an hour” We return to van packing three hours…