You can look at pictures of cherry blossoms or walk by yourself under the beautiful trees, but an official hanami is the most fun. Last week the Hanami of the company my husband works for took place and every year anew it is cause for anticipation and on the day after for a lot of…
When I came to Japan for one year as exchange student I was enrolled in the Dokkyô Daigaku (Dokkyô University) in Sôka and spend the better part of my days on campus in the first half year for my studies. Though, to be honest, there wasn’t a whole lot of studying going on and it…
Though we still have a temporary home with friends here in Sôka we will also move to a place here so I can already show you a little bit of my new hometown Sôka. Sôka is a medium sized town in the outskirts of Tokyo, belonging to the prefecture Saitama. It has about 240.000 residents…
I lost my heart in Japan 