After a week of work, I already miss my new year's holiday... After sorting out some schedules, it looks like the first half of this year is going to be just as busy as last year...  Last year all the projects were concentrated in the first half of the year, but then I was kinda bumming around for the rest of the year without any deadlines set in ( Read more... )

Yes, another one! XD They sure are keeping fans busy while Shichi is airing... I finally watched episode 12 the other day by the way (I'd been holding off 'cause I don't want it to end). The thing about the travelling doll reminded me of the way fans always bring Nyanko-sensei plushies with them to Hitoyoshi, haha. I can't wait for the bonus ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went to Oyama to visit Afuri shrine for the new year!  I was too lazy to look up and plan around bus times, so I just cycled to the trailhead and walked from there at whatever time I was ready to go (which was about 9:30 AM... so late xD)


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It's already the end of January 1st because I spent most of it sleeping, but happy new year! I guess I'm doing a true 寝正月 ("sleeping new year's") like the touken danshi were suggesting in Kotobuki two years ago, haha.


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 On my last few days in the Netherlands I made a two-night, three-day trip across the country to see some more friends... Thankfully I could stay overnight at their places so I didn't have to travel quite as far. It was tiring, but fun! I didn't take that many pictures (the first day we just stayed in and watched anime... ^^;)  except at this ( Read more... )

Last Monday I asked my parents if we could go to the Seal Center, also known as the Seal Kindergarten, in Pieterburen, Groningen! I've been keeping an eye on their youtube livestream which has been really popular in Japan since this summer. It's funny that suddenly everybody in Japan knows where Groningen is. It makes it a lot easier to explain ( Read more... )

Since I won't be able to walk or run much when I go to the Netherlands (too cold, too dark, too rainy, too foggy, too busy, jetlag...) , I've been trying to finish my monthly Garmin challenges before I leave on the 19th... And I'm pretty close to finishing ( Read more... )

On Sunday I took it easy... which meant going on a 5km walk and back to Fujimi no Yu in the morning 8D I hadn't really been to Koboyama yet this autumn, so it was a nice chance to check them out. I also unintentially came back with a big hakusai cabbage 'cause they were selling them really cheap at the onsen and I couldn't resist... Only regretted ( Read more... )

On Saturday I went on a walk that I'd been planning for a while! The Numazu "alps" are some low mountains along the coast, only around 200~300 meters high, so I thought it might be similar to the Miura "alps" or Koboyama park, which would be perfect for December when it gets too cold to go to higher mountains. So I'd been saving it for this time of ( Read more... )

Last Sunday I went to meet chiisai_hime to go sightseeing in Sawara, Chiba! I went there once before, but that was in the middle of the pandemic in 2021, so back then everything was closed and it was completely deserted... But it's really close to Narita, so it seems to be really popular with foreign tourists now, especially from Asia =O  I had no idea there ( Read more... )