Tag: Japan

march + april memories and may wish list 2023

march + april memories

Cherry blossom season was a bit up and down this year weather-wise. One day it would be lovely, bright, warm sunshine and the next it would be cold and rainy.

Each year, I try to go to one new place to see sakura and this year I managed a couple – locally, Tsukishima and Monzennakacho. We went on a night river cruise from Monzennakacho which was special.

My husband’s friend was in Tokyo during March/April and we went for monjayaki at Tsukishima. I’d never had it before and I didn’t think I’d care for it – ...

A treat after japanese immigration

My husband took a day off to do some life admin. We thought, why not combine that with my admin – going to immigration to apply for ‘application for permission to engage in an activity other than those permitted by the status of residence previously granted’ or 「格外資格外活動許可申請書」?

‘It won’t take long. Just nip in and out, then free for the rest of the day.’ Oh, how we laughed! We were there for 4 and a half hours! And my folder was taken! It was a nice green, Sumikko Gurashi one with sections. They said it’ll take between one and ...

jan + feb memories and march wish list 2023

Another 2 months, nothing productive done as usual. I start the same way every year – full of great ambitions and hopes for the year ahead and then waste my time like I have an infinite amount of it. Is that just me?

jan + feb memories

I went to see Scott Murphy + special guest who turned out to be Rivers Cuomo. This didn’t happen in either Jan or Feb, but I’ve not written about it and I wanted to. It was Nov last year. Actually, it was on the day I was due to fly to Manchester but ...

massive kakigōri and Indian curry in kasai

sign in a coffee shop displaying kakigori and iced coffees

Lately it’s been cool enough to go for walks again, so we headed over to Komeda Coffee in Kasai which opens until 23:00.

a strawberry kakigori with ice cream on the side
ice cream in a cone on its side in a dish with a glacé cherry on the side and a strawberry kakigori with ice cream on the side in the background

My husband had a HUGE strawberry kakigōri which he added condensed milk to and to which they added ice cream as well. They put the ice cream on by mistake, so gave it to him free of charge. It was a very chemically tasting kakigōri made too sweet by the condensed milk if you ask me – I didn’t get asked but I did give my opinion :) I had the ice cream cone in a bowl ...

weekend catch up bits and bobs

tray with morisoba

I went for my hair cut on Friday and got back to my station around 11:30, so my husband and I decided to go for soba. There are two soba places we really like – one is cheaper than the other and that’s the one we tend to go for. I had もりそば・morisoba which doesn’t have nori on the top (I don’t like it that much).

cardboard box on the floor
box opened with sheet of paper inside listing vegetable contents
box opened showing plastic bag with veg inside
garlic and onions
an array of vegetables

We subscribe to a weekly organic vegetable box from Shiga Kajiwara Farm・四賀梶原農園 and have done for the past 4/5 years. It comes every Tuesday and I think it’s really good value at ¥3,000 including ...