Archive of my posts from my time in Japan
I decided to bring my mom and bro fruit picking while they were here because this is something that you can’t do in Singapore (mushroom picking, maybe? I’m not sure if the mushroom farm allows that). We decided to go to 樋口果樹園 (higuchi kajyuuen) because my coworker recommended it and because the grapes she shared… Read More Picking Grapes and Pears in Imari
Hey everyone, I’ve got a fairly big announcement but I think everyone that read the title already knows what it is. After five and a half years in Japan, it’s finally time for me to go home. It’s not because of Japanese society or my job or anything — I’ve got some family stuff going… Read More Time for Me to Go Home
Every week when I make my way to Church, I pass by a display about the Nagasaki Bio Park. There are lots of nice photos of animals and more importantly, capybara plush toys which made me want to visit. And with my mom and brother in Japan, I finally had an excuse to go. Nagasaki… Read More Nagasaki Bio Park
My last stop was the Imari-Arita Ware Traditional Craft Center: And in keeping with the wind chime festival theme, the entrance had wind chimes as well. They had a miniature model of the kiln as well too(: There are two rooms that feature Imari and Arita ware, and I thought this vase was really interesting.… Read More Okawachiyama Part 3: Traditional Craft Center + Painting a Cup!
You can read the first part here. After making my way from one end of the village to the other, I decided to take a break for lunch. There are only a few cafes in the village, and not all of them were open, so if you’ve got picky eaters with you, I’d recommend having… Read More Okawachiyama Part 2: Lunch + Rest of Village
So yesterday I decided to actually use my rest day to go out. I decided to go to Ookawachiyama (大川内山 – link leads to their Japanese website), which is a place that I’ve been wanting to go for a while. Originally, I planned to go there on the 22nd of July, because there was going… Read More Okawachiyama Part 1: The Village
I was at the supermarket last week when I remembered that Oreo has released a line of sweets. It’s supposed to be only available this summer, so I decided to look for it and I found that Hershey’s released a line of sweets as well! And because my willpower for sweets is practically non-existent, I… Read More Oreo & Hershey’s Sweets Taste Test
Today happens to be the anniversary of the Church that I’m attending in Sasebo and 平和聖日 (Holy Day of Peace) for the 日本基督教団 (United Church of Christ in Japan – for convenience, I use ‘the Church’ and ‘United Church of Christ in Japan’ pretty much interchangeably in this post, but I am not talking about… Read More (Part Of) Japanese Church History
(This post probably does not have a point) So a while back, I did an AMA on living in Japan on my Dayre. This was one of the questions: Have you been able to make good friends with Japanese? I’ve heard they are notoriously difficult to befriend and can be very fake and insincere. And… Read More Random Ramblings on Stereotypes & Making Friends
Yesterday, my friends and I went to pick blueberries! Originally, we wanted to go on this blueberry + onsen + gelato tour but they couldn’t get enough people so they canceled. Luckily for us, we found a farm we could go to and decided to just go there ourselves. The place was really very ulu though. It’s… Read More Blueberry Picking + Gelato!!!