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. […]

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 – 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 – Moving to a New Apartment in Tokyo, Part II

Hello! How are you? Hope everything is fine. In Tokyo the state of emergency was extended until March 7, so I will continue working from home for quite a long time. This article follows the one of last week about moving to a new apartment in Tokyo. While last time we talked about how to […]

Inside Japan – Moving to a New Apartment in Tokyo, Part I

Hello everyone! How are you? Probably in some sort of quarantine like me, because this 2021’s looks a lot like the past year! I started working from home on some days, and with Jack we stopped going out unless we need food or essential furniture for our new apartment. Yes, we finally moved to Shinjuku-ku! […]

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 – 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 […]

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 Switzerland – Ticino Secret Paths (Part Two)

Hello everybody! How are you? I am fine and Japan seems to be doing good as well, since amusement parks are slowly reopening. Let’s hope it will welcome travellers from abroad soon! Here in Europe, summer has finally come, it is warm, the sun is shining bright, so it is time to talk about the […]