Scarfing a Wagamama Feast While Waiting to Give Birth
How do you spend your time when you’re nine months pregnant, Maternity Leave has started, and you could give birth ANY MINUTE? 1) The number one answer is: EAT. The …
Japan: Solo Female Travel
Japan was my first international stop on my year-long solo female around the world travels. See articles and photos from my trip here!
Mayuka’s Article: An American Football Coach in Japan
Article #8 in the ESL Student Life Story Project, by Mayuka from Japan, age 25. In our lives, we have keys that can change everything for us. Maybe these keys …
Closing Reflections on Solo Female Budget Travel in Japan!
Yowza! It has been amazing to see two major cities of Japan for the past ten days! Despite the articles on Japan my cousin kindly handed me before coming, there …
Race in Japan: Experiences Being Black in Tokyo and Osaka
Chew on this: The United States population is comprised of something like 14% Latino folks, 13 % African Americans, 5% Asians, 66% Whites, and 2 % other. We’re a melting …
Bicycling around Osaka: Eating Okonomiyaki and Exploring
Gordon is originally from Boston, but has lived in Japan for five years. For the first several years, he was teaching English through the JET Program (which my wonderful cousin …
Kyoto: Temples and Sleep Deprivation
There comes a time in every traveler’s path when she must cease and desist freeloading off a kind benefactor’s floor. To this end, I spent 9 hours of last night …
WAY too Fresh Sushi in Japan! The Fish That Was Still Moving…
“AGHHH!!!!” I screamed, throwing myself underneath the low restaurant table, “IT’S STILL ALIVE!!!” Sure enough, the sparkling silver fish atop our fresh sushi platter was mouthing “Oooga Oooga Oooga” at …
The Wander Approach to Tourism: Walking Around Tokyo, Japan
I’m not much of a sight-seeing gal in the sense of “ROBOTICALLY MUST SEE ALL FAMOUS PLACES IN MY GUIDEBOOK!” Rather, I dig the approach of wandering til your butt …
Tokyo at Night: Walking the City Alone as a Woman
OH the joy of walking around alone at night in a safe, safe, safe city! I rocked it, hardcore: 5 miles clear across the city of Tokyo, 3 maps in …
In Awe of the Tokyo, Japan Subway Map… Wandering the City
Want to ride the Subway and trains in Tokyo? So do I! Check out the sweet li’l map over here… But don’t forget that there are TWO intertwined train systems! …