Staying in Tokyo and trying to see something other than the usual sightseeing spots? Take a look at the beautiful pictures of Travel with Nano B. and let yourself be drawn into visiting Yanaka. Make sure to read through her blog, as not only are the articles very interesting and well written, but you might…
I am convinced, that no matter how long one lives in a country, there will always be a place one hasn’t visited or food one hasn’t tried. Especially when living in a country like Japan, where everything seems to be about food.
Harajuku is a place of contrasts that never fails to entertain.
The last weeks were packed with work, so I decided that I need a day off and went last Friday to Shinjuku Gyoen to see some early cherry blossoms. The Sakura forecast for this year predicts the blooming for Tokyo between March 29th and April 6th so I was way too early for the major…
Shortly after I got my new camera my husband had to go to Shinjuku, so I went along to try out my camera in the Shinjuku Gyoen. I hadn’t been there before and since it is quite big I didn’t get to see everything before meeting up again with my husband. The light was not…
For our wedding anniversary we did not go for a fancy dinner or make a short trip to the beach, we went to the Ghibli Museum! I have never been to the Ghibli Museum, but heard a lot about it. Who doesn’t know the great works from Hayao Miyazaki? I think everyone who has an…
Summer in Japan means cooled watermelon, Yukatas and summer festivals with gigantiv fireworks. When I came to Japan for my year abroad, we arrived after the last natsumatsuri were held and then I flew back just two days before the first one in the next year. So I never had the chance to experience a…
On Sundays, especially on sunny Sundays, the Imperial Palace is a great place to visit. Not the palace itself, nor the famous Nijûbashi, but the Imperial Palace Grounds. The vast space of the park with it’s neatly trimmed grass and shady trees is the perfect place to relax. On Sundays some of the surrounding parts…
On Sunday we had a late start into the day and of course we first had to get something to eat. Right behind our building is a restaurant with traditional japanese dishes which my husband hadn’t yet been to and we gave it a try. Though it was for us, the menues were not necessarily…
Before we headed back home from Harajuku we made a short stop at the LINE Friends Store. In Germany it’s only slowly gaining popularity because most people use WhatsApp but in Japan (and I think in Asia in general) LINE is one of the most used communication tools. I don’t use it that often myself because…
I lost my heart in Japan 