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Welcome to Elly’s World! (Guide to ellylakes.com)

Welcome to my world. I suggest you to have a look to this short guide before scrolling or exploring around! Benvenuti nel mio mondo. Vi consiglio di dare un’occhiata a questa breve guida prima di scorrere oltre o esplorare! English & Italian Before starting, you need to know that every article in this website will […]

Living Tokyo – Plot Twist and Big Question Mark

Hi everyone, how is life going? Are you ready to leave behind this 2019 and enter the brand new 2020? I am currently trying to enjoy these holidays after stressing up with school’s exams (I passed!), the Business Japanese Test, and the end of my Internship with my former company. A huge chapter of my […]

Living Tokyo – Updates from a Travelling Soul

Hi everyone, this is the longest “silence” on my blog so far, and I ask you sorry for that. But there is a reason. Since I came back to Japan last summer, I have had health problems. Now I am writing this article while being in Europe, where I am doing checks and treatments. I […]

Escape to Taiwan – My Taipei

Hi my dear readers! I finally managed to write this article, which many of you were waiting for! As the title says, it will be about my short (but intense) trip to Taiwan. Like my first trip to Seoul (here), I thought I was going to be alone, but my friend Yuki decided to come […]

Living Tokyo – Between Paradise and Hell

Hey guys, how are you doing? For me, this last month has been beautiful and horrible at the same time, because I did a lot of interesting things with my friends, but I suffered from diseases and stress of many kinds. And unfortunately, I am still recovering! Amazing Tokyo Let’s start with the good pieces […]

Living Tokyo – From Swiss Chocolate to Japanese Sashimi

Hello everyone! How is your life going? I am writing from my home in Tokyo, I almost spent two weeks already here in Japan, after a couple of weeks in Europe, among my relatives and friends. Once back, so many things happened that summer holidays memories have almost faded away. Italian holidaysLet’s start from these […]

Living Tokyo – From Hakone Lake to the Top of Mount Fuji

Hi everyone! How are you doing? Here comes late June / July’s update! I remember I left you with a very sad announcement (here) and to be honest I have another one to do, but luckily everything went right. Let’s start! Hakone LakeAs the title says, I want to start with my rainy but beautiful […]

Living Tokyo – 久しぶりだね！

Dear all, “long time no see!” as said in Japanese (久しぶりだね！hisashiburidane!) Did you miss me? I just finished Level 6 at school, I passed all the exams! Let’s go to Level 7 and beyond! But before starting my business Japanese classes, I have to concentrate on the incoming super scary JLPT N2! Wish me good […]

Escape to China – From North to South

Hi everybody! How is life going? I just came back from a trip, taking advantage of our 10 days of Golden Week because Japan changed emperor last week! Akihito left his place to Naruhito on April 30. You can find many pieces of news online about this event. So, where did I go? The title […]

Escape to Korea – My Adventure from Busan to Seoul

Hello everyone! How are you? I have started level 6 at school, it is the passage from intermediate to advanced Japanese. There is a lot of work to do, and I hope to survive! Well, today I am not here to talk about Japan, but Korea! I organized and experienced a 12 days trip from […]