Since my sister is here, I wanted to bring her somewhere special. A little googling led me to Kuroshima island, which is famous for being one of the places where Christians hid during the persecution in Japan (mainly in the Tokugawa era). Another place would be the Goto islands, which is mentioned in Silence, but… Read More Kuroshima – Island of Hidden Christians (Part 1)
Since my sister is here and I’m not familiar with the area, we decided to explore Sasebo using a map. There was a guidebook, and they gave this “model course” for Sasebo city: If you can’t see it, the course goes like this: Sasebo station → Tunnel Yokocho Arcade → Hario Market → Sasebo Bridge… Read More We Tried the Recommended Sasebo Walking Route
昨日、第２回 きもの美人大賞を参加するために、福岡に戻りました。優勝しなかったですが、先生から「頑張った特別賞」（正式名前ではない）をいただきました！ Yesterday, I took a two hour drive back to Fukuoka to participate in a Kimono-related event! It’s supposed to be some kind of contest where you wear the kimono and get judged on how well you wear it, but I ended up getting a lot of help towards the end. Even my hair… Read More 第２回 きもの美人大賞
Alright, it’s time to talk about moving. Although I have technically moved once, from Tokyo to Fukuoka, that was four years ago. And I had a lot less stuff (books) then, which made the move relatively simple. This time, I was bringing a lot more books and a piano and quite a few kimonos as… Read More Moving Out of the Prefecture (A Guide)
In my usual topsy-turvy fashion, I’ll be sharing photos of my new place before I share about how I moved and all that. Mostly because I already have the photos ready while all I have for the other post is a list of things that I did before and after I moved (also, if you… Read More My New Apartment!
I was going to blog about my new apartment today, but I finally got my hands on the Haagen Daz Kinako and Kuromitsu Mochi Ice-cream and I just had to share it with you guys. But first: HAPPY FOUNDER’S DAY AC! And I hope that all of us who are observing Lent have had a… Read More I Finally Get My Hands on Haagen Daz’s Mochi Icecream
I know I am hopelessly late (as always), but I really, really wanted to write about this. It’s sort of related to my previous post on whether foreigners can wear kimono. Basically, while I was not-sleeping one night, I came across this article from someecards: The main point of the article seemed to be that… Read More My Thoughts on the Karlie Kloss Kimono Debacle
Hey everyone! Guess who just moved and finally got wifi? (if you guessed “Eustacia”, you’re right, so have a round of internet applause) I have so much to blog about – about the whole moving experience, about my new place, about my thoughts on the Karlie Kloss thing (I know, I’m late to that), but… Read More Starbuck’s Sakura Drink
Recently, I was asked to talk about my 10 top reasons for visiting Kyushu. But perhaps because I’m moving from Fukuoka to Sasebo, I started thinking about all the good things about Fukuoka instead, and ended up with my top five reasons on why you should visit Fukuoka! I really think that Fukuoka is severely… Read More 5 Reasons to Visit Fukuoka
Guess what? I’ve started my first ever book giveaway! There’s absolutely no need for you to pay to enter, and you can win paperback copies of The Nutcracker King and Beauty’s Daughter! So if you only have the ebook copies and want the paperbacks to give to someone, or for yourself, then please enter at… Read More Giveaway + Fairy Tale Podcasts I’m Listening To
