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5 janvier 2014

Nagasaki the Cosmopolitan

For ages, I have wanted to go South until Nagasaki, the western port-city of Kyushu island. I'm happy to announce that my first resolution for 2014 has been to fulfill this wish. Sadly famous world-wide for being the second and last city to date to have...

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Tags: japanese, japan, colors, yummy, light, south, winter, kyushu, trip, nagasaki

16 octobre 2013

Made in Taïwan

Made in Taiwan. This is written everywhere on your clothes, your shoes, your batteries, your toaster. Half of your world comes from the other side of Earth. But Taiwan is nothing like an open-sky workshop sending cheap stuff to the Western countries....

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Tags: colors, holidays, fun, friends, yummy, beauty, Asia, city, nature, trip, taipei, taiwan

28 septembre 2013

Binas-Tokyo

La voici la voilà, la recette de grand-mère, au sens littéral du terme ! Je vous présente les gobinettes de Binas, réalisées à Tokyo par la fille aînée de la fille aînée. Comme prévu, les gobinettes sont bien rustiques, pas extrêmement goutues et un peu...

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Tags: france, tokyo, yummy, cuisine, gobinettes, gouter, binas, famille, gateau, grand-mère, recette

23 septembre 2013

Akebi for Pic-nic

Let me introduce you this strange fruit coming from the mountains of Tohoku, the Northern part of Honshu island : Akebi. Akebi is amazingly purple, it really looks like and alien fruit. When you open it, the flesh is sweet and milky; you can eat it raw,...

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Tags: japan, friends, yummy, food, cooking, hiking, akebi, bento, cuisine

5 août 2013

Eastern Great Blue - Sky Tree

In Tokyo, I am a Western girl in two different ways : as a European, and as a Shinagawa-ku resident. Meguro, Ebisu, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Den-en-chofu, Ookayama, Futago-Tamagawa, Jiyugaoka, Asagaya, Ogikubo, Eifukucho are my usual playgrounds. Tokyo East...

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Tags: tokyo, yummy, sea, asakusa, summer, penfriend, peace, river, sky, weekend, blue, east, sky tree, unagi

22 mars 2013

春が来た - It's Spring, baby !

Spring day in Japan! No work! Sunshine! The first sakura are on the trees, strawberries are sparkling under their green leaves, and the author of this blog is insanely happy. Just to let you know. Last Wednesday, my roomates and I decided to have a one-day...

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Tags: colors, holidays, friends, yummy, spring, nature, happy, flowers, chiba-ken, strawberry

4 mars 2013

Des avantages incompressibles de la colocation

A Tokyo, à moins de débarquer dans des conditions d'expats, ce qui n'est pas le cas de tout le monde, se loger est une aventure intéressante. Pour ceux qui sont arrivés déjà allergiques à la banlieue, à ses temps de transport et au manque de flexibilité...

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Tags: party, fun, friends, yummy, food, dinner, roomies, share-house, life is beautiful

14 février 2013

One more Japanese Valentine Day

In Japan, you don't need to be in couple to celebrate the St Valentine Day. Actually, celebrating Love just the two of you, with your partner, would be way too... intimate. So for the Japanese, Love consists in offering chocolates to everybody... or more...

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Tags: friends, chocolat, Valentine, yummy, love, pink

20 janvier 2013

Gyoza Pawaaaa

It's always a shame for me to admit that one of my favorite meal in Japan is yaki-gyoza... because gyoza are not exactly from Japan. But this Chinese dumpling got insanely popular in Japan, and you can find them in any good ramen-shop. I like it so much...

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Tags: japanese, party, friends, yummy, cooking, cake, home, gyoza

16 décembre 2012

Kawagoe Pizza Party

Less than one hour from Ikebukuro station by Tobu Tojo line, a quiet city named Kawagoe welcomes the poor Tokyo girls looking for friendship and pizza on winter Saturdays ! A myriad of bakeries, cute little shops, and a real French community living around...

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Tags: friends, yummy, winter, saturday, kawagoe, pizza