Embracing being the classic Osaka tourist, I headed out to explore Osaka’s Aquarium: Kaiyukan. The aquarium borders the ocean and a shopping mall. Kaiyukan is famous for its whale sharks, and so there are countless …
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Claustrophobic
Last time I was in Tokyo, I was hoping I had seen more of the craziness Tokyo is known for, and my goodness did I find more than I could ever dream of on my …
Chicken Sashimi
My company apparently really likes parties, and so we went out one night for chicken sashimi. I didn’t know what chicken sashimi meant, but I like chicken and thought this would be a great opportunity …
My Japanese Dormitory Experience
During my stay in Japan, I am living in a women’s dormitory provided for by work. When I was first told I would be staying in dormitory, from my Western background, I was under the …
Independence at Last
This first week has been very busy and full of me trying to learn Japanese culture. It has been so packed full of events that I haven’t had any time to decompress from it all. …
Apparently All of Japan is NOT the Same
This title may seem a quite obvious fact to anybody, of course everywhere within one country isn’t the same, but since I had only travelled to Tokyo, and for an extended period of time, for …
Made in Japan: Osaka: An Adventure with Food 大阪:食べ物との冒険
平成二十四年三月三日土曜日3/3/2012 After my adventures in Hiroshima (広島), I was very fortunate and forever indebted to a friend and her family who let me stay at their home in Osaka (大阪). My friend went to high …
March Madness – Tokyo and Kyoto, White Day. Monster blog entry!
My school life and travel in the month of March, I love JAPAN