Tag: sakura

Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art in Chiba in summer

As it was the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this summer, Marine Day and Sports Day were put together to form ‘Mega Weekend’. This was not its official title but it meant that in Japan we got Thurs 22nd, Fri 23rd, Sat 24th and Sun 25th off (unless you work in one of the many places that didn’t).

We decided to go to Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art in Sakura, Chiba. It was a reservation system and they were quite strict on only allowing people in at their stated times. They have a free shuttle bus from both Keisei Sakura and ...

days of nothingness

How is everyone?

I’m still here, I hope you are too.

I hope you’re all keeping safe in these weird times. I’m happiest when I’m at home and I always thought everyone else must be too, but the more I speak with people, the more I realise that’s not the case.

Take care and stay safe, whichever kind you are.

Emily ...

april memories and may wish list

april memories

It’s sakura, isn’t it?

april wishlist in review

  • start running again (this must make it onto the list every month) nope
  • mediation – aim for 20 minutes every day nope
  • stop watching so much tv (even when it’s in Japanese and I try to convince myself, ‘but it’s studying!’)
  • take more photos of life
  • get on with my sewing list
  • don’t buy any fabric nope
  • get a haircut

Just a very phallic looking dessert we had at 雪の窯珈琲.

may wishlist

  • start running again (this must make it onto the list every month)
  • mediation – aim for 20
...

funabori days

We had lovely weather this weekend and we spent Sunday walking around Funabori in Edogawa-ku.

Hard to see on the above photo but they do boat trips down the canal during sakura season.

If you turn off the canal you get to a bit called 健康の道 (health road?). There are lots of these dotted about and they are ever so pretty, you can hear the birds singing and encounter lots of nature. It feels like you’ve left the city when you’re walking along them.

We stopped off for lunch at 雪の窯珈琲 (yuki no kama coffee) and had pizza and coffee. ...

march memories and april wish list

march memories

I don’t really have any pictures from march, so your guess is as good as mine when it comes to what I actually did.

The above photo was taken around the Kiba/Kiyosumi-shirkawa area. Lots of nice coffee places and cafes around that area too, if you’re into that kind of thing. We tried Allpress Espresso and looking at their website, they have a shop in the UK as well (amongst other places). It was nice and the staff were very friendly.

Some ‘prison sakura’ for you to enjoy.

april wishlist

  • start running again (this must make it onto
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