July 7th is Tanabata, or Star Festival, in Japan. It's celebrated on the 7th day of the 7th month, but depending on what calendar you follow, the actual date is going to change around (for example, the 7th day of the 7th month of the lunar calendar will be August 9th this year ( Read more... )

When you think of Tokyo, you tend to picture busy streets, crowds, luxury shopping centres, and skyscrapers. Maybe a shrine or two. But Tokyo is enormous, it has a lot to offer ( Read more... )

Easter is a big event at Tokyo Disneyland, something I find sort of funny, seeing as Japan doesn't actually celebrate Easter. This year's Easter event started March 25th and is on until June 15th. Though, as we painfully learnt this Thursday, they stop restocking Easter merchandise at a certain point. Christian wanted a set of cute bunny ears for ( Read more... )

It's been over a week since I had time for any LJ activity at all. Here's a fly-by. I'll catch up on unanswered messages soooon ( Read more... )

House planning stuff has calmed down, so it was time to enjoy my weekend! I decided to sleep in and then head on over to the ongoing Sailor Moon exhibit in Roppongi. The exhibit is up until June, but some of the exhibits will change throughout the run of the show ( Read more... )

Thank you to everyone who rightly pointed out that it is now possible to comfortably read and comment on the flist with the LJ app! They've made some major improvements since I used it last. This makes me so happy! LJ has always been a huge part of my life, and I feel like I'm missing out/abandoning people when I don't make time to actually comment ( Read more... )

It's a shame the LJ app is pretty much unusable, because I do most of my internet activities on the go these days. Those who follow me on twitter have probably noticed that I've been very active on there recently. For some reason, twitter makes more sense to me here than it did back home. Feel free to follow me if you don't already. I'd love to ( Read more... )

I should try and chronicle what's been going on, because life moves incredibly fast. Life in Japan is busy, you have plenty of fun, but I get this feeling that everyone is always on the move. Always doing things to get to do something else. So far, I still enjoy this new busy existence I find myself in. We'll see in a month or two how I feel ( Read more... )

It's been nearly a week since my last post? Time for a fly-by so I won't forget what I've been up to ( Read more... )

I guess I'm slowly working myself into some sort of daily routine here, but everything still feels a little up in the air in a way.

I'm currently looking for a more permanent housing situation as the Sakura House, while extremely conveniently placed for touristing purposes, is a little shabby and too expensive for the condition it's in. I am ( Read more... )