What a Halloween Sweets Buffet in Japan Looks Like (At Nankai Swissotel)
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I won a Sweets Buffet coupon from Nankai Swissotel during the summer, and I decided to use it for Halloween. It's not a review of the...
Kansai & Beyond
- Oct 28, 2021
- 5 min
Buffets in Japan
Many travel blogs & website like to advertise specialty restaurants. Ramen restaurants. Sushi restaurants. Curry restaurants. Afterall,...
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Kansai & Beyond
- Oct 24, 2021
- 5 min
Honest Review of LCCs - Skymark Airlines
Last time I started this Low Cost Carrier review series with Peach Airlines, so I will now continue with the next one - Skymark Airlines!...
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Kansai & Beyond
- Oct 21, 2021
- 6 min
Where to Find Mixed-Gender Hot Springs in Japan
Onsens! We absolutely love them here, and we try to stay in a ryokan with onsen every time we travel. There are many types of unique hot...
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Kansai & Beyond
- Oct 17, 2021
- 4 min
On Massages, and a Massage for Cat Lovers!
Japan’s got cat cafes, cat train masters, cat capsule hotels, cat feudal lords… cat everything. So of course there’s are going to be...
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Kansai & Beyond
- Oct 2, 2021
- 5 min
Places I Want to Stay At: Japan-tastic Hotels!
Last #Blogtober we talked about hotels and places to stay, I told you about some COOL places (and creepy-ish) places I've stayed at...
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Kansai & Beyond
- Oct 1, 2021
- 4 min
Show Interest, Don't Fangirl.
If you hang out in the Japan foreigner social media sphere, then you know that there's usually a VERY bad rep to being an anime fan and...
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Kansai & Beyond
- Sep 23, 2021
- 6 min
Things That Don’t Make Sense at Japanese Schools
I know the title reads... somewhat negatively, in a bashing sort of way, but let me explain. I really don't mean it in a bad way to put...
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Kansai & Beyond
- Sep 10, 2021
- 4 min
Traveling for Unique Ice Cream in Japan
I promise you, I absolutely do not travel solely for ice cream... but it would be silly to say that it isn't one of my goals for...
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Kansai & Beyond
- Aug 31, 2021
- 1 min
[#1] The Kansai Tidbits (August 2021)
I've been mulling over how to best use this blog for myself. I haven't been traveling much anymore for obvious reasons, but there are...
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Kansai & Beyond
- Aug 26, 2021
- 2 min
Flight-Watching at Osaka International Airport (ITM)
Having lived in Kansai for more than 7 years now, you'd think I've at least been to the airport at Itami at least once. Actually, it...
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Kansai & Beyond
- Aug 24, 2021
- 4 min
Experiencing a Public Mixed-Gender Onsen
My Experience with public mixed-gender hot spring (onsen) in Japan.
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Kansai & Beyond
- Aug 10, 2021
- 4 min
Cat-Themed Cafe in Osaka (Nakazakicho)
Ah, cats. If you can’t tell how much I’ve written about them on this blog already, then let me tell you that this girl loves them. (They...
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Kansai & Beyond
- Jul 28, 2021
- 2 min
Hong Kong Style Cafe Food in Osaka (港式茶餐廳 - 大阪)
If you know me, then you know that I am Cantonese and I am always hunting for a taste of home in the land of the rising sun. I’ve done...
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Kansai & Beyond
- May 21, 2021
- 4 min
Being a Direct Hire ALT with other Dispatch ALTs
I don't think many people are in this situation at all, but I happen to be an ALT that is directly hired at my school working with some...
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Kansai & Beyond
- May 9, 2021
- 4 min
COVID19 in 2021, and Working in Japan
It's been a year since I wrote a piece about how schools in Japan have been dealing with COVID19, and I want to do a bit of an update of...
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Kansai & Beyond
- Mar 28, 2021
- 3 min
Horyuji 法隆寺 in Ikaruga, Nara
This is part 2 of the Ikaruga Town photo blog. Last time, I showed you in detail how to find the Pokemon Manholes that were recently...
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Kansai & Beyond
- Mar 20, 2021
- 1 min
Kimetsu no Yaiba Katanas on Display
Any fans of the anime here? My students are absolutely obsessed with this anime, so when I saw these katanas on display at HEP5 in Umeda,...
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Kansai & Beyond
- Mar 16, 2021
- 2 min
Remembering Nara Dreamland
Facebook does this thing where they creepily show you memories from X years ago today... some should just outright disappear forever...
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Kansai & Beyond
- Mar 11, 2021
- 6 min
Pokemon Manholes in Ikaruga, Nara
As you can tell from this title, we’re talking about Pokemon manholes today. Specifically, the ones that were installed very recently in...
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