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06/02/2024

2023 memories

I’m late to the party but here’s the year.

january
I was in Manchester

february
Trip to Hagi – Izumo – Matsue – Sakaiminato – Kurashiki – Takamatsu.

march
Cherry blossoms and a nighttime cruise.

april
Nezu and azaleas and uni friends.

may
Yokohama to see Scott Murphy.

june
Some family were in Tokyo and a trip to Chichibu

july
Hiroshima to see…Rivers Cuomo and Scott Murphy – I think the highlight of my year.

august
=W=eezer in Odaiba and fireworks

september
Back to Manchester.

october
Friend’s wedding and chomping my way around Manchester.

november
More food, this time ...

03/08/2023

Weezer: Zepp DiverCity Tokyo, Odaiba 2nd August 2023 JAPAN

Weezer have been in Japan! They played three shows: Fuji Rock, Osaka and Tokyo. I went to the Tokyo show but also saw Rivers in Hiroshima. I wish I had gone to the Osaka show too, but I didn’t want to do Tokyo to Hiroshima to Tokyo to Osaka to Tokyo.

They played Tokyo last night (02.08.23) in Odaiba. We were very close to the front and we weren’t allowed to take photos whilst they were playing so not much variety unfortunately and most of the pictures I’ve screen shotted from my husband’s video.

They played some amazing songs! ...

01/07/2022

june memories and july wishlist 2022

two peonies in a vase, one is blooming, the other isn't. A daruma is sat next to the vase.

Normal temperatures are a distant memory. In Tokyo, rainy season ended 22 days early this year and we have had record-beating temperatures of 34/35 daily. Add the humidity into that and it’s felt like 39/40/41. It’s so hot – I really wasn’t made for these temperatures.

june wish list

Study hard for N1
Start studying Italian every day
tidy the back room
finish up sewing my skirt
finish up sewing my dress
keep on top of vegetables from the veg box

june memories

I got a couple of peonies this month. I don’t normally buy flowers (I had quite severe ...

17/10/2017

botanical garden and pumpkins

It’s nearly Halloween and I love Halloween. That makes it the perfect time of year for me. Although, this year I must say, I haven’t been really feeling so excited for it. I’ve actually been feeling more excited for Christmas. Nevertheless, we went to Yumenoshima Tropical Greenhouse Dome or 夢の島熱帯植物館 in Japanese, last weekend. I wanted to go last year but kept thinking it would always be packed with people wanting to photograph the pumpkins. I couldn’t have been more wrong, it was practically empty.

It was ￥500 to get in for a couple which I was ecstatic about.

Inside ...

31/07/2016

july memories and august wish list

july memories

Some things I did in July which I didn’t mention previously

(The trees are nearby. They look like they are in a very tranquil spot in this picture, but in fact quite a busy road runs alongside them and if you look close enough, you can see Tokyo Tower just peeping through.)

Lanterns at the Tanabata Festival at Zojoji (Temple).