Posted on January 17, 2013 2 Comments
Per my blogging tradition, below is a collection of 12 photos representing my 2012. In general, it was a good year, but also a challenging and emotional one, where I said many goodbyes, changed jobs and moved to a different part of Japan. I wish everyone a very prosperous and healthy 2013. あけましておめでとうございます！ JANUARY Toyama is […]
Posted on December 19, 2012 Leave a Comment
The Girl Who Looked Up With a challenging new job and new city in Japan to establish myself in, it’s been a tough few months. I like many things about Matsuyama City and Shikoku, but some days, I find myself thinking about Toyama and all that I left behind ( friends, people who I genuinely […]
Posted on June 1, 2012 4 Comments
“I am a rock. I am an island.” -Simon & Garfunkel Everything about him was blue — from the frame of his glasses to the sad, doe-eyed look in his eyes. When riding a local train recently from Naoetsu to Namerikawa — about a two-hour journey —a boy dressed in nearly all blue sat in the seat […]
Posted on January 19, 2012 2 Comments
Train Stories #5 – On most days, with wild, unkept hair and pants that don’t always fit me properly, I generally think I look like a hot mess – or a life-sized fuzzball walking down the street. But because I am white, slender and have greenish eyes, a lot of teenage Japanese girls seem to […]
Posted on November 5, 2011 Leave a Comment
One of the best parts of exploring a new culture and country is seeing things you never thought imaginable. I encountered this feeling of awe when I took the train to Fukuoka, Toyama in September to see the Tsukurimon festival, an event devoted to creating art out of produce. Here are some memorable pictures from the […]
