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June has officially hit the Kanto region, and if you live here, you know exactly what that means. The sky has settled into a permanent shade of gray, the humidity has casually spiked to eighty percent, and suddenly trying to get your laundry to dry indoors feels like an unwinnable extreme sport. Figuring out how to survive the sticky Japanese rainy season—tsuyu—witho...

There comes a day in every Japan expat’s life where you stare at a broken toaster oven, a worn-out rug, or that cheap folding chair you bought your first week here, and a deep sense of dread washes over you. You realize: I have absolutely no idea how to get rid of this.

You’ve already mastered the intricate dance of the color-coded

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Honestly, by mid February, I am completely done with the drafty house and the grey skies. I found the standard April sakura season is usually just a crowded mess where you can’t ...

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If you ask the internet when to visit Kamakura, you are going to get blasted with photos of Hydrangeas (Kanji: 紫陽花 / Hiragana: あじさい / Romaji: Ajisai) in June or red maples in Nov...