• Cartoon Crazy
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    Cartoon Crazy

    I was aware that Japan produced a huge amount of anime, Japanese animation, but I had not realised, until coming here, how important cartoon characters […]

  • Goodbye Tokyo
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    Goodbye Tokyo

    さようなら東京 I not sure that I fell in love with Tokyo, but I did fall in love with the Japanese people. I don’t think that […]

  • Wow…amazing!
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    Wow…amazing!

    teamLab Planets Tokyo is an arts museum awarded a Guiness Book of Records for most visited museum in the world for 2023. Two and half […]

  • “When they go low we go high”
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    “When they go low we go high”

    Michelle Obama, 2016. How high should we go? I want to put my head in the clouds, and did exactly that yesterday. The Skytree in […]

  • First Impressions.
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    First Impressions.

    22 hours travelling including 4 hours sleep in a claustrophobic, hard, upright seat in an overhot plane is really not easy. But then I was […]

  • Country File : Japan
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    Country File : Japan

    Japan is one of those countries we all know something about. Is it because we know it’s location ,the name of its capital, that is […]

  • Why Japan?
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    Why Japan?

    When did I first become aware of Japan? A tricky question for someone who can’t remember what I ate for breakfast! I think the answer […]

  • Where have I been?
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    Where have I been?

    This is a question I asked myself today, after opening my blog for the first time in 11 months. I would love to report that […]

  • A week in Extremadura
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    A week in Extremadura

    I am pleased to have been asked by my sister, Kate, to be the first guest writer on her blog to reflect on a week […]

  • UN13 : Climate Action : Chile
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    UN13 : Climate Action : Chile

    It’s a long flight from Turkey to Chile. Routing through Sao Paulo you are a minimum 20 hours travelling or if you get it wrong […]