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 […]

Japan Virtual Tours – Anime Pilgrimage and “Your Name.” in Tokyo

Hi everybody, how are you? I am happy to announce that this is the first “Virtual Tours” article on my website! If later you want to read about other travelling destinations, you can have a look to the articles I wrote for “Your Japan” website, here you can find a list. Today I would like […]

Inside Japan – Facing Crises the Japanese Way

Hi everybody, how is your quarantine going? I am always in my home in Switzerland, writing and creating contents. You can enjoy the new video on my YouTube channel, with Jack’s quarantine lifestyle in Tokyo (where I should be right now). Anyway, even if I am not there physically, I am there mentally, through the […]

Between Japan and Europe: Pandemic, Avigan, and Love

Hello everyone! How are you doing? Things changed so fast from my latest post (here). The pandemic seems to be taken into consideration almost everywhere now, more and more of my social media contacts around the world are talking about quarantine. But apparently not the people in Japan. Why? I want to shed some light […]

Between Japan and Europe: What Coronavirus Does to Travelers

Hey everyone, hope you are doing fine. Just ten days have passed after my last article (here) and so many things happened in the meantime. Let’s see how life changed due to Coronavirus and what we should do in the next weeks for ourselves and others. My plansLet’s start with my plans. Who personally knows […]

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. […]

Escape to Spain – My Japan in Barcelona

Hello! How are you? I just came back from a special long weekend in Barcelona. Why I went there? And why am I referring to Japan in the title of the article? Because I decided to visit my friend Chiara, whom I met in Tokyo in 2018. We went to the same language school, and […]

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 […]

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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 […]