How to Become a Solopreneur in Japan and France: My Experience with Elly Lakes

Dear all, we are now entering the second half of the year. How is it going for you so far? For me, this year started off great by no longer getting sick! Since then, I have taken on new collaborations and helped both old and new clients travel and find apartments in Japan and Nice. […]

Year 2024: Between Japan and Europe (2025 Spoiler Ahead!)

Hi everyone, I hope you had the best Christmas and New Year celebrations! We spent them with our families, who came visit us in the beautiful French Riviera. It was the first time in a while that somebody came visit us and not the opposite, so we appreciated it a lot. We also had a […]

From Japan to France: Renting an Apartment in Nice Compared to Tokyo

My dear followers, I hope you are all doing great. Christmas Day is near, there is a festive atmosphere everywhere, and with Elly Lakes you also have the chance to gift an amazing trip organization to somebody you love (you are still on time!). This is the month were many people gather with their families […]

From Japan to France: My Move from Tokyo to Nice

Hi everyone! I hope you are all doing fine. It has been a while, and as usual so much has happened in the meantime. The highlight is that I moved to the fourth country of my life: After Italy, Switzerland, and Japan, it is time for France! I chose the city of Nice, in the […]

The Seven Steps to Happiness by Elly Lakes

Hello everyone, it has been a while since my last article! I came back to Japan from Europe, then I took a break from social media to focus on working remotely from different locations in Japan, and Hawaii! You can already see some pictures on my channels. But let’s dive into today’s topic: Happiness, since […]

Inside Japan – The Silence That Kills, The Danger From Within

Hi my dear readers, how are you? I am doing ok, this summer I will spend some time in Switzerland working remotely and helping my mum, leaving Jack and Mr. Fuzzy in Tokyo, I hope everything will be fine. But let’s dive in today’s topic. As you may already know, last Friday here in Japan […]

Inside Japan – From an Outlander to a Mini, Our Odyssey With Buying Cars in Tokyo

Hello everyone, how are you? I am already back! This article follows the one about renting cars in Japan, because we will keep talking about cars. But this time, the focus is on buying them, and especially in Tokyo, the place where we gained our unbelievable experience. Do you remember the recent post on my […]

Inside Japan – Our (Dis)adventures With Renting Cars, Not Only in Tokyo

Hi everyone, how are you doing? We are fine, my mum is still doing rehabilitation, and I see her through videocalls almost every day. Unfortunately, we will need to change our summer plans! In my last article, I promised you that we could go visit the Japanese exhibitions together, and I hope we will still […]

Escape to Europe – My Japan in Lugano, Monza, Milan, and London

Hi everyone, how are you? As you may know from my latest article, I have been to Europe for one month, due to my mum’s brain accident, from which she luckily survived. Now she is doing better, improving day by day at the rehabilitation clinic, a thing that allowed me to return to Japan. But […]

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 […]