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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Back to Tokyo: Working Visa and Other Procedures

Hi everyone! Hope you are fine and staying safe. Covid numbers out there do not seem great, and many European countries are taking more precautions again. I need to depart as soon as possible! At the beginning of my last article I told you I got my job confirmed and I started my visa’s procedures. […]

Amazing Stories – From Vladivostok to Fukuoka on a Boat

Hi my dear readers! How is life going? There are a few updates from my side: In one of my latest posts I talked about the possibility to go back to Japan, and now it is confirmed! I am in the middle of visa’s procedures, and I may be able to be back by November! […]

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 […]