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Ningle Terrace & Other Peculiar Findings

Ningle Terrace Welcome to Ningle Terrace, shopping huts in the middle of a forest. It is a place where you can be at one with nature and shop for creative tidbits simultaneously. There is a hotel and ski resort nearby. I can see it being a quaint, festive place in the wintertime. Is it worth a stop

Games: Having Aisukurimu in Furano

If you know me, you know I like to play games. Let’s play a game or 2 today! Game #1: Aisukurīmu What does Aisukurīmu mean?(Hint: it’s actually English. Scroll down to reveal.) Game #2: The Price is Right How much do these two melons/cantaloupes cost? Answer #2: Answer #1: Aisukurīmu = Ice Cream! How to Write

Furano, post-lavender season

Furano, post-lavender season

Yesterday, I boasted about Hokkaido’s awesome autumn landscape. (For those of you who subscribed via email, it didn’t go through but you can read it here. I wrote a haiku too!) Today, I will tell you that in the summer, Biei / Furano is famous for lavender! Regretfully, that occurs sometime between June and August, and

Biei - Rice Fields

Biei, Hokkaido

90 more photos to go — of Biei, Furano and Sounkyo! And I’ve saved the best for the last. Here’s a question for you: Do you think it’s better to work on something a little bit every day or to do things in bulk? I hear that multi-tasking is actually not very beneficial and that

How to travel the Great Ocean Road, like a Boss

Travel with style, like a boss How? On a red convertible, of course. (Or open car, as some of you know it.) The cover photo says it all– me in the back seat just soaking in the sun, carefree and laughing at everyone with their hoods on. Thank you, Haruka, for making this fantasy come true! And thank you,

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