Overdoing it
Let's keep it real - a true diary entry where I share all about the loneliness, homesickness and overdoing it
Festival season: Yukata fashion show
Volunteering as a yukata model at a fashion show at one of Hiroshima's festivals
Festival season: Miko odori
The story of how I became a miko-san for one of the Shinto festivals in Hiroshima
The Fukuoka trip: The day of firsts
My first shinkansen trip, first solo hotel stay and first statue of reclining Buddha (which happened to be the largest bronze one)
The Fukuoka trip: Dazaifu – the Kyoto of Fukuoka
Taking a day trip to nearby Dazaifu, the historical capital of the area on the day 2 of the trip
The Fukuoka trip: Itoshima paradise
Finding peace on a beach in Itoshima only to scare myself moments later in the tiniest village in the middle of the nearby woods
Baito disasters
A new day, a new problem at the part-time job, or so it seems
The Kyoto trip: The golden day
The final day of the trip, when sun decided to finally make an appearance
The Kyoto trip: Weather matters?
The second day of the trip to Kyoto, this time sharing the not-so-great time (because I'm meteosensitive I guess)
The Kyoto trip: Traditional Japan
Making the Kyoto, kimono and hanami dreams come true