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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Japan Virtual Tours – Four Amazing Hiking Trails in Kamakura With the Swiss Club Tokyo

Hello my amazing followers! 2022, as its predecessors, did not start in the best way, what a crazy world we live in. Luckily, spring is here, and at least we can start hiking again to release some stress. I share with you the four excursions we do with the Swiss Club Tokyo each year. Our […]

Inside Japan – Moving to a Detached House (戸建て) in Tokyo!

Hello everyone! How did 2022 start for you? We had to say goodbye to our beloved Spotty, our 15-year-old chihuahua that came all the way to Poland with us. Now Jack and I have Mr. Fuzzy, a Siberian cat that you can also follow on Instagram! I will prepare an article about pets in Japan, […]

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 – Searching for a Job in Tokyo and Japan as a Foreigner

Hello my beloved followers! I hope you are doing fine. Here Sakura are already a distant memory, the rainy season is approaching, and we are still in state of emergency. As the title of the article suggests, this time I would like to talk about searching for a job in Tokyo and Japan as a […]