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 […]

Between Japan and Europe – What Four Years Abroad and Almost Losing my Mum Taught Me

Hello my beautiful people! How are you doing? I hope everything is fine. As you may have seen from my social media channels, I had to suddenly fly back to Europe because of my mum. She got kind of a stroke and had to undergo brain surgery. Given the fact that she is young, and […]

Inside Japan – 2021: The Year I Settled in Tokyo

Hello my beautiful people, I hope you are all fine and I wish you the best for your 2022! For me, it is that time of the year where I would like to share with you my personal experience. Feel free to continue reading at your own risk, I warned you! 2021 in a nutshellAs […]

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 – Elly Can Go Back! All You Need to Know About the Japan Travel Ban

Hello everyone! How are you doing? Me, after a couple of super depressive weeks, I started to see the light at the end of the tunnel. First, I almost managed to send or give every participant of the Japan Contest their prize (dedicated photo album here, updating in process) and second, I will be able […]

Japan Contest: Winners and Prizes | Concorso Giappone: vincitori e premi

Dear all, I hope you are doing fine. I am here to talk about the Japan Contest! It started on July 15 and finished on August 30, with a total of 10 partners and 28 participants. There is a good piece of news: Everybody is a winner! You can read more about the contest’s history […]

Inside Japan – Certificates of Eligibility, Visas, and Current Situation

Hi everybody, hope everything is fine. My last article talked about my holidays, which now are just a memory. I miss Jack so much! I cannot wait to go back to Japan and restart my life. Recently I received many questions about how difficult it is to get a visa for Japan, while me and […]

Escape to Europe – Road Trip Among Italy, France, and Switzerland

Hello guys! I am back to work on Elly Lakes! On August 11, I said goodbye to Jack who went back to Tokyo after spending a couple of weeks in Europe, where we had our amazing Road Trip among Italy, France, and Switzerland. You can read later about our story to understand why this short […]