I recently took a trip to Kochi in Shikoku to visit my grandparents I hadn`t seen in over a decade. After living in Tokyo for a month the change of pace was pretty jarring, but it was a good opportunity to see a different perspecitve of Japan. Kochi is a much quieter place and … Continue reading Week in Kochi
Category: Staff Diary – スタッフ日記
Hi there, Last Sunday, I went to Asakusa, an area in the east side of Tokyo that is known to be more traditional. From far we can see the giant lantern at Kaminarimon （Thunder gate), the entrance of the famous Senso-ji temple. The temple is pretty big different area in it. One … Continue reading Asakusa / Senso-ji
My life is fairly uneventful at this time since I'm waiting to start my job as an English teacher in a couple of weeks. Tokyo however waits for no one, there's always something interesting going on in this city. Akihabara an area in Tokyo that is famous for the many electric shops in the area, … Continue reading 3 stops you don't want to miss in Akihabara
Hi there, If you are looking for change of scenery from Tokyo without going too far, Kamakura is the place for you! Hop on the train and head south to Kamamura station, it takes about 1 hour. Nearby the station, there are many beautiful temples to visit. You can get your fortune for the year, give … Continue reading Daytrip to Kamakura
On the surface, Japan seems to maintain a very formal and clean cut atmosphere, but the amount of depth under the surface is seemingly infinite. I've only been in Tokyo for a little bit, but I've already managed to catch a bit of various sub-cultures that I haven't seen anywhere else. I come from a … Continue reading Depth of Sub Cultures
I pretty much ended up in Yadoya the same way I tend to do everything in life, by a lucky chance. I have strong goals and high dreams, but the way I reach them are unknown even to me. So while I was looking for a suit, I ended up at a big fleemarket, and before … Continue reading A yukata that is really a kimono
こんいちは and welcome interested reader! I'm happy that I can tell you something about my experiences! But first of all, let me introduce myself. I'm a 25 years old German girl, left my hometown Düsseldorf in October with a working holiday visa to visit Japan, my dreamgoal and ended up as a part-time waitress in … Continue reading ~~~~~How Nakano became my happy end~~~~~
Japan has Been an amazing aventure There IS so much to See and do, two months was not even Close to enough time Here Are a Few Highlights from my Journey . MT FUJI FROM Kawaguchiko Some Friends and I Decided to Take a Day - trip to see Mt. Fuji. We took the Willer … Continue reading My Japanese Experience!
Hugo, who stayed with us around 1 month, and we had a farewell dinner for him this Thursday. It was at a Yakiniku restaurant, almost all the staffs joined the dinner, except some included me... I was at school, and I was late when I arrived the restaurant... T.T ↑Group photo! After dinner, and YADOYA … Continue reading See you, Hugo!
It was on Monday, November 3rd, a National Holiday here in Japan. We, our volunteer staffs and me were talkng about to have an experience at Karaoke, but we changed our plan to have a ramen instead. On that day, we figure out it was a little bit hard to find a place to eat … Continue reading Ramen at National Holiday Night!