House Viewing *Rant*

Moving abroad also means that you have to give up your apartment, which also means your landlord might try to show the apartment to other people so it isn’t empty between leases. Well, last friday my landlord and three interested parties where supposed to come and I was nervous about it the whole week. Not…

A Cheapo’s Guide to Akihabara

I’m sure most of you interested in Japan, especially those who plan to or have visited, know Tokyo Cheapo‘s Blog and have rummaged through their website. Japan is known as one of the most expensive countries, with Tokyo being one of the most expensive towns, and it can be daunting to think about all the…

It’s getting serious

Slowly but surely moving to Japan becomes reality. This weekend I finally booked my flight with ANA (All Nippon Airways) and I’ll leave germany on March 24th. I had to wait until January 8th to book my ticket because all tickets booked on or after this day have a baggage allowance of not one but…

Shimokitazawa (A Very Trendy Area)

Reblogging because I always wanted to write about Shimokitazawa because I’m so curious how it compared to Harajuku or Shibuya but unfortunately I haven’t been there yet. So also for me as future reference because I want to visit some of the shops mentioned (^_^)

Christmas Chaos

“So this is chistmas…” and what have I done? Not nearly as much as I’d like. By now I thought that our plan to move to Japan would be farther along. In my head packing everything up and sort through our stuff seemed to be quite manageably in the evening hours after I come home…

TOEIC Results and Job hunting

Because it said “7 days” till the results are available I expected the results earlier, but they finally arrived today and I am very happy with them. And I have to admit I am also a little relieved because I felt somewhat ambivalent about a few questions. So that’s one step further in my job…

Random Impressions Part 5

First seen on sumikai.com When I visited Japan for the first time ever I decided to start in the south and then head up north with some stops in between before letting my stay end in Tokyo. I bought the Japan Rail Pass and went from Narita Airport straight to Tokyo Station and took the…