Jack and Elly – Love Beyond Borders

Hello my amazing followers! February is the month of love with Valentine’s Day, so I decided to dedicate this article to Jack and Elly. In Year 2023: Discovering the Concept of Digital Nomadism I promised you I was going to tell you more about Jack and Mr. Fuzzy, and here I am. Why am I […]

Amazing Stories – From Tokyo to Krakow in a Van

As promised, here comes the adventure we had at the end of 2021! The “Amazing Stories” series started with Colin; do you remember? He travelled 14 days on a boat to reach Japan from Vladivostok. Our adventure has something similarly epic. Of course, the title is a bit “romanticised” since doing Tokyo-Krakow in a van […]

Inside Japan – Coming Back to Tokyo: Important Documents and Quarantine Hotel Experience

Hello my dear readers, and welcome again to 2022! Hopefully it will start better than my 2021, as I narrated in my last, very personal, post. We spent our New Year’s Eve “on the road” (I will tell you this story later, stay tuned!) and then we took an airplane to Japan on January 3. […]

Japan Virtual Tours – Ibaraki Prefecture Part II: Sea, Relax, and Autumn Vibes

Hey everyone, how are you? I am already back with a second chapter about Ibaraki! Do you remember my latest article about this beautiful prefecture? Well, we recently went back there to experience something new. Let’s go! Saturday: Oarai Beach Library, Hoshino Coffee, and Mito Art Tower On Saturday, we departed by car from Tokyo […]

Inside Japan – Exit and Return to Japan as a Resident During COVID-19

Hi everybody! How are you? My first week of quarantine is almost over, I got used to the jet lag, I am fine. Not so much changed from before, since with my current job I have always been working from home. The weekends will be tough though, but I will take the time to write […]

Inside Japan – Searching for a Job in Tokyo and Japan as a Foreigner

Hello my beloved followers! I hope you are doing fine. Here Sakura are already a distant memory, the rainy season is approaching, and we are still in state of emergency. As the title of the article suggests, this time I would like to talk about searching for a job in Tokyo and Japan as a […]

Inside Japan – Setting Up Your Japanese Life as a Student or Employee

Hello everybody! How are you? I am still in quarantine with Jack in our cute Japanese apartment. It is going well, with its normal ups and downs. I put away the luggage, set my “home workstation”, then remotely managed to talk to my company, the city office, and opened a bank account by mail. So, […]

Inside Japan – Back to Tokyo: PCR Tests, Flights, and Quarantine

Hello everybody! Hope everything is fine. As I wished in my last article, I am writing from my Tokyo apartment, where I am currently in quarantine with Jack. If you are in Europe, please stay safe and wear a mask, getting Covid should not be a pleasant experience. I luckily tested negative, so I was […]

Inside Japan – Back to Tokyo: Working Visa and Other Procedures

Hi everyone! Hope you are fine and staying safe. Covid numbers out there do not seem great, and many European countries are taking more precautions again. I need to depart as soon as possible! At the beginning of my last article I told you I got my job confirmed and I started my visa’s procedures. […]

Inside Japan – Historic Places Closing for Good, Not Only in Tokyo

Hi everyone, hope you are fine! On my side, as per my last post, I potentially can go back to Japan upon exchanging my CoE (Certificate of Eligibility) for a Working Visa. There is still a long way to go, a lot of paperwork to prepare, I need to be patient. In the meantime, I […]