‘Take it easy’ days

Date: 18 March 2023Weather: rain, 10°CLocation: Tokyo It was raining all day, so I stayed in to rest and update my blog. I tried very hard to sleep but my bed was right next to the toilet and the fan has to stay on at all times, so not the best place for me to … Continue reading →

Tako-less takoyaki party!

Last week, I was asked what I eat in Japan, since there’s so much stuff I DON’T eat. Coincidentally, I planned a post about food today, so here’s one answer to that question. 😛 My sweet Canadian friend Danielle, who was my classmate, best friend and travel buddy during my first trip to Japan, was … Continue reading →

WorkAway in Kyoto

After a great stay in rural Japan with awesome company, I finally arrived in Kyoto for my WorkAway experience. After paying the fare at the strange ticket window, I could pass the gates and I was free! Okay so, first thing I did was, of course, look for WiFi. The one at the station was … Continue reading →

That day I met the most amazing girl ever (2)

I kind of messed up my post last Friday. I changed the order in which I was going to tell the story, but I forgot to change the title accordingly. In any case, here’s the actual story of that day I met the most amazing girl ever. 😃 I had been following the blog of a … Continue reading →

Strolling around Matsue Castle

I had imagined Matsue completely different. As the capital of a prefecture, I had expected more of a busy city feel, but my expectations for one of the least populated parts of Japan were too high. Around the castle, there were some people, but in other parts of the city I didn’t encounter a single soul. The … Continue reading →

Asian food in Brussels

Whenever I go to Brussels I seem to always end up at some Asian restaurant. In the past month I’ve been to Brussels three times and had Asian food every time. The first time was Japanese. I wanted to let my friend try the restaurant I’ve been to several times before, so we went to the … Continue reading →

Himeji: Rock Festival + Tsukimi

I met up with my hosts Kyoko and Megumi around 12:30. I didn’t have a clue where we were going, but in any case we headed to a park behind the castle. Before we arrived, Kyoko asked me whether I liked rock music, so I told her I did, and she answered she didn’t and … Continue reading →

Never been more busy! (part 2)

Here’s the second part of this short series of stories of my busy days before leaving for Japan! Thursday it was time for my goddaughter’s (is that the correct word?!) birthday present. For her fourth birthday earlier this week, she got four experiences. One of them was going on a trip. Of course, she’s only … Continue reading →

Discovering Kokuban, a Japanese restaurant in Brussels

My friend with whom I did part of the Comic Book Route in Brussels, suggested we went to a Japanese restaurant, since I love the food and she hadn’t tried it yet. I hadn’t been to any Japanese place in Brussels before, so I browsed the internet and found this promising little restaurant in the … Continue reading →

August and September 2013

I’m going to try something new! Using Flickr to insert photos in my posts. It’s odd that I didn’t think of that earlier but it’s never too late I guess. I hope this works. 😉 Also, since I’m still writing about things that happened 1,5 years ago, I’ll try to speed up to finally catch … Continue reading →