Odori Park and Flying Home to Tokyo

This is the final installment in the Hokkaido vlog series, thank you for watching my antics for the past week, and I hope you enjoy the final two vlogs!
If you're interested in going to Hokkaido:
I definitely recommend going to Hokkaido in February which is when the Snow Festival is in session…

Exploring Otaru

Today Amanda and I explored a city nearby Sapporo: Otaru! Otaru is known for the amazing glassworks they produce, and we got to witness that in some of the local shops.
It was quite cold, about -8 degrees Celsius, so a lot of these photos will have us covered in snow and trying to brace the winter…

Spending Christmas in Hokkaido

Merry Christmas! I am in Hokkaido with my good friend Amanda, staying for about a week while we explore Sapporo and celebrate Christmas together. We didn't plan our trip as neatly as we did for Nikko, so we kind of go with the flow of every day.

I've recorded some vlogs, one of us flying t…

VLOG: Hair Extensions Fail & A Day at Waseda University!

A few days ago I realized that I'm long overdue for posting a vlog! I haven't had any vlog ideas recently but the other day I decided I was going to get hair extensions, so I thought it was a perfect time whip out my camera.



Unfortunately I didn't end up getting hair extensions because …

What Study Abroad Has Taught Me

When I arrived in Japan back in September, I knew within the first week that something was missing. Sitting in my new apartment, bags still unpacked, I felt incomplete and alone. Only two months later and I would be sitting outside my apartment, on the phone with my parents in tears. I begged them…