Cuddly Cocoa

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Studio Ghibli Museum

I wish the museum could be my house. Really. With the glass dome roof and the sprial staircases and the huge, open central hall and the brightly painted theatre and the character-themed stained glass windows and the rooftop garden and all the surrounding greenery. Visitors aren’t allowed to take photos of the inside, but the [...]

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Nekorobi

Since Tristan is no longer on a boat, but rather, in Tokyo, we got to hang out and cross off another important item on my list of things that really must be done before leaving: we went to a cat cafe! We were at first led astray by my silly assumption that, of course, if [...]

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Ageha & Alice

Ageha This weekend I stayed over at Lauren’s, after being politely evicted from my host family’s apartment to make room for their other guests. Friday night after grilled cheese sandwiches (which absolutely merits mention—do you know how long it’s been since I had a grilled cheese sandwich?) and Hairspray, we prepared to go out clubbing [...]

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The Monkeys Have Their Eyes on Your FACE

If your idea of a dream vacation involves having your fingers gnawed off by sacred deer and your eyes scratched out by monkeys, then Miyajima might be the tourist destination for you! Seriously, though. This past weekend, I went with half the CIEE group to Miyajima, an island near Hiroshima (we went to Hiroshima first, [...]

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Oh, Tokyo. So Much Strange, All the Time

This city. MAN. Sometimes I think I’ll be perfectly happy to leave it come the end of July, but other times, I just can’t imagine any other place in the world that can manage to be so utterly baffling and completely delightful all at once. Yesterday morning I watched a woman practice ballet on the [...]

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Silly English

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Cake Is Wonderful. Vegetables Are Wonderful. Vegetable Cake Is…

The story of my Saturday—like any good story of a Saturday, I’m sure—begins on a Tuesday. Lunchtime Tuesday of last week, despite having sworn to never ever have anything to do with the International Students Club again after being disappointed on one too many occasions by their disorganization and poor communication, I nevertheless found myself [...]

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Just Some Guy Out Walking His Turtle

One of my favorite things to do in Tokyo when I don’t have anything else going on is take long walks. I’ll pick a direction and see how far I can get in some allotment of time, stopping anywhere along the way that looks worth exploring. I’m always hoping to find something interesting, and the [...]

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