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 – 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, […]

Elly Lakes Sings! My Relationship With Music and Singing

Dear all, as you already know, on September 4 I released “my” very first song! I lent my voice to DJ BK (Producer) and Aiden Official (Coproducer) to create “Dream Night”: A track about a love story that unfortunately never happened, but which in my opinion is so energetic to give the listener the power […]

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 […]

Inside Japan – Why JLPT and BJT Tests Are Important in Japan

Hi everyone, how is life going? For me everything is fine, but I would like to travel again. In Japan, things seem to be slowed down until May 31, and then, starting from June, something may change. We will see. In the meantime, I joined some Facebook groups about Japan to share experiences with others. […]

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 – 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 […]

Living Tokyo – Updates from a Travelling Soul

Hi everyone, this is the longest “silence” on my blog so far, and I ask you sorry for that. But there is a reason. Since I came back to Japan last summer, I have had health problems. Now I am writing this article while being in Europe, where I am doing checks and treatments. I […]

Living Tokyo – Between Paradise and Hell

Hey guys, how are you doing? For me, this last month has been beautiful and horrible at the same time, because I did a lot of interesting things with my friends, but I suffered from diseases and stress of many kinds. And unfortunately, I am still recovering! Amazing Tokyo Let’s start with the good pieces […]

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 […]