Tottori is Japan’s largest desert located in the Chugoku region of Japan. While the area isn’t a very popular travel destination, it should be on every Japanophile’s bucket list.
Tokyo is Japan’s biggest city, and everyone always imagines it as a huge Utopia full of overdressed Lolita youth and talking robots. While that’s partially true, Tokyo is also known for its leisure hikes. Just a two-hour train ride away, a hike through Tokyo is the perfect means to clear your head- Okutama. Located in …
My final month in Tochigi teaching on the JET Program has been hectic. I’ve been going over the final details of my apartment, translating my contract, and meeting with my teachers here to make sure I’m not being cheated. Getting my visa changed and waiting hours at the immigration office. And then dealing with the …
Summer in Japan is so different from back home in SC. In SC it’s hot pretty much all year round, but here even in the summer months, it can still get pretty cold. May-July is the rainy season, so every other day we have disgusting weather over here. One day it’s wet and cold outside …
Whenever I go back to America, after telling people that I live in Japan their follow-up question is usually, “How do you take care of your hair?” And rightfully so. The world is globalized but black hair care culture is still a foreign concept to non-black people. Every person has their own challenges when living …
It’s my birthday weekend! Ya girl has finally leveled up and I’m excited to spend the day shuffling through some flowers. Today I went to the Ashikaga Flower park with some ALT friends of mine. As rural as Tochigi is, the Ashikaga flower park attracts visitors from all over Japan and Asia. This park is …
Golden Week is coming to an end much quicker than I expected. I’ll be returning home Sunday afternoon, so I had to make this last day count. The highlight adventure will be a little trip to the beautiful Tottori Sand Dunes, for a little beach trip and sunbathing. Tottori (link), is out in western Japan …
I have loved Manga since I was a little kid. I remember the very first manga I ever read. It was Sailor Moon, and like the ignorant seven-year-old I was I read the book backward. Don’t worry I’ve learned to read them correctly since then and even translated some now. It’s always been my dream …
Summer is approaching rather slowly but it’s coming. The day was in full force today and it was extremely hot for early May. Today we spent the day exploring the port city of Kobe. Kobe is the capital of Hyogo prefecture and it’s about an hour away from Himeji city. Located between the sea and …
Raining on your first day of vacation has to be a bad omen. To be honest I feel like it’s a bit of a curse of mine. Whenever I have plans to leave Tochigi prefecture it always rains. It could be sunny the whole week but as soon as Saturday comes around the rain starts …