Koenji is not only famous for its vintage shops and vegan restaurants, but also for its yearly Awa Odori festival. These festivals happen all over Tokyo but Koenji is infamous for it’s size, dancers, and overall party-vibe atmosphere. The festival falls in summer and it is a dance festival, characterised by the tall straw hats…
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New Year’s Eve
This New Year’s Eve we were privileged to welcome 2018 in at the Champs Elysee fireworks and party. We counted down the final moments of 2017 in a crowd of thousands, and then with Jamie and Rachel we enjoyed celebratory coffee eclairs. It seems like a strange choice, but at midnight on that cold and…
The Leavers Group Outdoor Shower
A wet and windy weekend in June saw the 2017 ALT leavers party commence. The party took us to a small island in Yamaguchi prefecture, where the rain lashed down, but it could not dampen our merriment! It was a chance to say farewell to ALTs heading off into the world and leaving this corner…