Idle Hands Brunch and Pumpkins in trees

I love watching a programme called Four in a Bed which is about four B&B owners going to each other’s B&Bs and rating them. A big part of it is of course, the breakfast which then when I’m watching it, makes me want a breakfast. So, I dragged my mum to Idle Hands. I think this was one of the most creative breakfasts I’ve had and I loved the greens, seeds and all the veg. It’s definitely my kind of food.

After brunch, we did some shopping. I struggle in Japan because I’m tall and have long monkey-esque arms. ...

golden week 2023

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I cleaned and did homework today. I have a Japanese lesson each week where (at the moment) I review N1 vocab and then read a couple of newspaper articles with my teacher. Then for homework, I review and Anki words I don’t know. Last week we read about exchange students and difficulties getting jobs with regards to Japanese language ability and then about ChatGPT and concerns unis have about it.

憲法記念日 030523

A beautiful spring day in Tokyo reaching 22ºC. We stayed local this year and today was really local. We enjoyed the new greenery that’s sprouted up ...

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土曜日

I met my husband at Akihabara this weekend after he’d been out and about in the morning. I wanted to eat at Komaki Shokudo, so that’s what we did. We’ve eaten there before but it was a bit different this time. We both opted for the こまき定食 and it was really good. It’s just under ¥2,000, so a bit pricey but it’s a quiet spot, you feel like you’re doing your body some good and it’s vegan.

There’s a really nice shop called Chabara in the same bit and it has goods from all over Japan with very ...

2022 golden week trip to hagi, yamaguchi: part 2

myojin pond

We’re back and straight into day three where we found ourselves getting the bus to Myojin Pond and Kasayama.

Itsukushima Shrine at myojin pond
view from kasayama

We walked to the top which is very doable – it’s just a road and this was the view. There was a coffee shop at the top which we went to, but I’d pass if we were to go again. We sat on beanbag seats which I struggled to get up from and staggered about whilst being watched by a group who were pretend staring out the window, pretending not to watch, but they were watching! I could feel their side ...

natsume soseki memorial museum tokyo, waseda, tokyo

I love Natsume Soseki and there is a museum dedicated to him in Waseda, Natsume Soseki Memorial Museum, Tokyo. It’s built on the site where he used to live and it is a beautiful building inside.

Soseki museum entrance

Here’s a link to the walking map.

Soseki cafe with two coffees

There is also a cafe inside and I did like the coffee. We didn’t get any of the sweets because they were sold out of the 空也もなか but I don’t think we missed much.

veggie cafe, taco rice

For lunch we went to Cafe VG which is a veggie place and was lovely.

I was glad to visit the Soseki ...