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‘November arrived, cold as frozen iron…’ J.K Rowling, Order of the Phoenix The month started pretty chill, with me sat in 525 café typing away waiting for my Oreo waffles. I remember feeling pretty happy at this point, Halloween had been a success and I feeling was content in my own company, recharging from another [...]
Although the last few weeks have been HECTIC I wanted to spend the last few days before I head off for Christmas getting organized. With so much happening all the time, it’s been pretty difficult to write consistently, but when I do get down to write at least there’s plenty of content! October was amazing, [...]
This weekend I headed over to an organic market being held in Nishiki. Posters had been put up all around my town and a few people had told me about it; as a veggie I'm the direct line for the area's vegetable-related news (hit me up with any carrot-related queries). The market ran for both days [...]
Japan's town of Takachiho, Miyazaki, is well known for its popular attraction ‘Takachiho Gorge’. If you’ve been up-to-date with my blog posts you’ll have read about my recent trip to the gorge and surrounding areas; if you haven’t... If you did read the post, you will have found that Takachiho is rural, boasting miles and [...]
After rowing and casually strolling around Takachiho Gorge I was on the road again; heading for Amano Iwato Shrine, as seen in a pamphlet I’d been given at my B&B. The drive was beautiful; the skies were clear and the sun was shining as I followed the road around the mountain with the green [...]
I've been putting off this update for a while, being mega busy and feeling like I wanted to write about other things; but I decided it's important to have a monthly overview (even if it is morbidly overdue). September was my first full month in Japan, I was getting more settled into my house and [...]
This weekend I took a solo road-trip across to Takachiho and my first destination, after an awesome stay at Ukigumo B&B, was the infamous Takachiho Gorge. I wanted to visit here since I first arrived in Japan and researched possible road-trip destinations. It felt so great to finally visit! That morning I woke up early, [...]
Most events in your life would be made better with the perfect song. Those crucial seconds that your wrapper spends flying towards the bin- 'Ride of the Valkyries'. Balancing your week-long stash of plates and cups out of your room- 'Eye of the Tiger'. You put on some mascara and finally washed your hair- 'No [...]
Somewhere, nestled in the vast forests of Kumamoto stands the largest stone staircase in all of Japan. After wandering the land for months, I’m glad to say I discovered these 3,333 steps and can now reveal to you its secrets. Ok, so I Google Maps’d it after a friend told me about it, but that [...]
After raking in 37, 896 steps wandering Fukuoka the day before, I decided to give myself a chilled morning, lying in and appreciating how comfy my hostel bunk was. Next, I had a shower and took my time getting ready, came down for breakfast and ate it with an ENGLISH BREW. Completely based, I sat [...]
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