Japan Virtual Tours – From Tokyo Disneyland to Osaka USJ: The Four Best Amusement Parks

Hello everyone! How is your quarantine going? I have stopped talking about coronavirus since my last reflections on Japanese actions, but I am of course keeping myself informed. Unfortunately, Japan had to declare nationwide state of emergency, and I hope things will not get too difficult for them. In the meantime, why don’t we prepare […]

Between Japan and Europe: Life During Coronavirus Outbreak

Hi everybody! I do not ask how you are, because in this period everybody is concerned, right? Since some people asked me how the situation in Japan is, and since I have family and friends also in Northern Italy and Spain, I wanted to shed some light about the situation from different points of view. […]

Inside Japan – Tiny Japanese Apartments!

Hi my dear readers! How are you? I am doing fine, working on an important (and secret) project for Elly Lakes, about which I will talk in the future. Today I am happy to announce that this is the first “Inside Japan” article of the blog! It is linked to a video (above) I published […]

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 – Comeback on a FujiQ Rollercoaster

Hi 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, […]

Living Tokyo – Among Exams and Christmas Lights

Hello 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 […]

Escape to Asia’s World City – My Hong Kong

Here 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. […]

Living Tokyo – Foxes, Onsen, and Digital Art

Hi 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, […]

Escape to Korea – My Seoul

Apart 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 […]

Living Tokyo – Endings and Beginnings

Ehy 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 […]