I feel like I’m never going to catch up with all of these exchange semester posts. Ahhhhh. I arrived in Germany on the fifth (Sunday), and I have been kind of busy since then. Had Monday to unpack and relax a bit before having to head to the Netherlands for university. I didn’t find an […]
One of the reasons why every travel website out there will tell you that November is one of the best months to be in Kyoto is that, throughout that month, a lot of temples in Kyoto organize beautiful, otherworldly (lol, that word choice) fall night illuminations, where they extend their opening hours until after sunset […]
Contrary to my expectations, Halloween turned out to be an actual thing in Japan. Kind of. When I arrived in Kyoto at the beginning of September, supermarkets and department stores were already selling halloween-themed candy, halloween costumes, and even halloween-themed toilet paper. My new friends were also already pretty excited about the upcoming halloween celebrations from […]
