Okay, in hindsight, it’s probably not that much but when I was packing for home on the last day of the holidays, I had problems stuffing everything (including Tim’s shopping) in the luggage :P I went a bit bonkers at Matsumoto Kiyoshi. It’s a drugstore chain that sells a crazy amount of Japanese cosmetics brands [...]
Travelling to Japan for holidays is so different from travelling there for work. There are no expectations to blend in at all. I’m a gaijin (foreigner) and I’m not afraid to show it! :P Everything in Japan seems so different, yet familiar in many places. If you’re planning a holiday to Japan, I highly recommend you [...]
I have a bad habit of overpacking when traveling, especially when it comes to toiletries and makeup. I almost always ended up bringing things I don’t need and forgetting the things I do (e.g I’d forgotten toothbrush and toothpaste but remembered to bring hair oil that I never used). For the trip, I planned months [...]
Hello hello dear readers! Just a quick note to say I’m back from my 9-day holiday in Japan, and it was fabulous! I haven’t been back for 6 years and it was so good (yet feels quite strange) to visit the land of the rising sun once again. From Tokyo to Kyoto and back to [...]
© Local Japan Times When you read this, I’m about 50,000 feet in the air, going on my first proper holiday in 4 years. Yep, I’m heading to Japan, folks! I’ve been planning this trip for over a year now, and I’m so excited it’s finally happening. Japan holds a lot of bittersweet memories for [...]
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