I remember when my husband and I were still dating, we would drive to the north to his hometown on school breaks (we met while in university), we would pass this long, winding river from Nagano Prefecture to Niigata Prefecture from Kanagawa. This is Japan's longest and largest river and …
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Summer in Japan is a vibrant season. I love how everything is so green and the weather is warmer. My father in-law's rice paddies come to life. Obviously, not all of the places in Japan are chaotic, teeming with people and having the rush that the big city of Tokyo has. This rice paddy is right …
Summer in Japan means a lot of outdoor celebrations or "matsuri". The matsuris are usually held in temples, "jinja" and the whole place is lit up with these paper lanterns. When we went to Japan for vacation last year, my in-laws invited my brother and his wife, who just got married in summer of …
We had our fill of rural, laid back life in my husband's hometown in Japan last summer. Life there was simple: people tend their farms, grow vegetables and shops close before 9pm. My image of Japan as a place with lightning speed technology and ultra busy lifestyle changed when I first visited …
A colleague here in my new workplace looked at the picture of the snow-capped mountains I posted previously and asked me with a blank face: why did you choose to live in a rural place like that? At the mention of Japan, you could imagine the bustling Tokyo area, or the ever alive Osaka, full of …
