Happy birthday to me. Even though i was never big on celebrating birthdays, this year was a memorable one. The state of emergency is effective nation wide in Japan now and i had been staying home for a month. It casted some shadow on the day when the choice to go out and celebrate is…
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Life in Japan : Sakura, Have Hope & Stay Safe
I sneaked out for a walk last Saturday as the weather was very nice and i probably need some Vitamin D. As we all know the situation on Covid-19 pandemic is going pear-shaped rapidly across the world. I had been in self isolation for 3 weeks now and that would likely to continue for the…
Life in Japan : Vegetable delivery – Farm to Table
After 2 weeks in isolation with only essential supply runs, i am low on fresh vegetables. I did have canned food and frozen vegetables but they are more for last resolve…. i love fresh veggies. It’s time then…to try out online vegetables! I found this assorted box on Amazon that looks awesome, with more than…
Life in Japan : Home Alone with Sake
This photo is from last Friday actually 🙂 I was two weeks into isolation last Friday and slowly started to crave going out drinking with my buddies. Miss the guys. Could not go out so instead i decided to be nice to myself and put together a platter to go with sake. All these stuff…
Life in Japan : Christmas Eve@Snowy Ryokan
This year for Christmas i visited a very special ryokan with my merry band of foreign coworkers. It took us 2.5 hours in train then 20mins by bus to get there. I was so excited about it because this ryokan has an interesting history. The founder and owner family of the ryokan is the descendants…
Life in Japan : High-Tea@Tokyo Imperial Hotel w Good Company
Once in a while, it is fun to check out the other dimension. Today i had set foot inside the Tokyo Imperial Hotel! It was a nice afternoon spent with wonderful friend over free flow tea of more than 30 varieties and well-made bites. They really rock the high tea here. We could have spend…
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