Hello everyone! How is your life going? Mine is pretty busy, among school and events. And I am currently writing this article on a train, heading to Nikko. But this will may be the subject of another article. Let’s see the highlights of February and March! Elly in the newsOn March 3, exactly one year […]
Read More Living Tokyo – Busy Japanese LifeHello everyone! How is your life going? Mine is pretty busy, between school and events. Let’s see the highlights of this February! Setsubun: The beginning of SpringIn Japan, February 3 is the day of Setsubun (節分), which says goodbye to Winter and greets the oncoming Spring. During Setsubun, kids are invited to throw beans to […]
Read More Living Tokyo – From Sapporo Snow Festival to Hell Valley and BearsHi everybody! I started writing this article on my flight and ended it in my little home in Tokyo! A longer trip This time I came back home with a connecting flight Milan – Hong Kong, then Hong Kong – Tokyo for a total of 16 hours trip. I have watched a lot of movies, […]
Read More Living Tokyo – Comeback on a FujiQ RollercoasterHello everyone! Long time no see, right? I wish you a great fresh start for this 2019! Today is my Japanese anniversary! But I am currently in Switzerland, and yesterday I was invited to speak in a radio program by the Swiss Radio Television (RSI), you can listen to it again under the title “Martedì […]
Read More Living Tokyo – Among Exams and Christmas LightsHere we go! I did it again! There was a long weekend holiday in Japan so I took the chance to explore new places 🙂 This time I have been to Hong Kong, where my friend Andrea lives.First, I would like to thank my friend Sara, who came from Switzerland to visit me last week. […]
Read More Escape to Asia’s World City – My Hong Kong2018 was without any doubt the year where I decided to change my life completely. You can read some related considerations in one of my previous articles here. Trying to put all the pieces together again was not an easy task. Also, I stopped listening to music daily, because I couldn’t help but remembering my […]
Read More Between Japan and Korea: My Year With BTSWell, well, well, the title of this article is pretty promising right? Actually the best still has to come (and I will tell you later why), but the last two weeks were pretty much special for different reasons. Events, events, and events “Events” is the word that better describes my current life. They fall into […]
Read More Living Tokyo – Shibuya Halloween and Other Amazing StoriesHi everybody! Hope you are fine. I have just started school and work again after almost two weeks of holidays, where I have been to Korea (read the article about Seoul here), but also Sendai, enjoyed the Oktoberfest in Yokohama, and the Tokyo Digital Art Museum. But let’s proceed in order. In just a week, […]
Read More Living Tokyo – Foxes, Onsen, and Digital ArtApart from the article where I described my brief homecoming in Switzerland and Italy, this is the first time I talk about another country other than Japan on ellylakes.com! During my exams period (dedicated article here) I programmed a week circa in one of my dream destinations: Seoul. At the last second, a friend of mine […]
Read More Escape to Korea – My SeoulEhy everyone, have you already seen the dance cover me and my friends made for a KPOP contest (above)? You probably should, and do not forget to like it because it is important to win! Thank you for your support! In my last article (Living Tokyo – Work, Dance, and Snakes) I was going to […]
Read More Living Tokyo – Endings and Beginnings
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