My Blog Posts

  • Gate to Success – Visiting Xishan Dragon Gate in Yunnan Province.

    I would like to write about our visit to Xishan Dragon Gate (西山龍門) last October. Xishan Dragon Gate is registered as the UNESCO’s world heritage site in Kunming, Yunnan province. It is a stone gate built during the Qing Dynasty on a moutain cliff that’s up to 2000m in elevation. We took a shuttle from Read more

  • Memories of Warm Potatoes at Yunnan’s Red Land

    Last October, we went to Yunnan province for a family trip. It was about 4.5 hours by plane from Shenyang. There are 55 minorities in China but 25 of them are still living in Yunnan province. This is my previous post about the Largest Flower Market and Mushroom Hotpot in Yunnan Province. If you are interested Read more

  • Largest Flower Market and Mushroom Hotpot in Yunnan Province

    We went to Kunming city in Yunnan province for a family trip last year. It took us about 4.5 hours by plane from Shenyang to Kunming. Here is a list of places we went to. ・Dounan flower market（斗南花市場）, the largest flower market in Asia. ・Lunch at Mushroom Hotpot Restrant, Hǎo jūn dào（好菌道） ・Kunming Stone Forest Read more

  • At Long Last, Trying the Wagashi in Melbourne.

    Last December, I visited Tasmania, Australia to meet my friend Minako-san. If you haven’t read my previous blog about the visit to Tasmania, please check it here. On our Australia trip, we also visited Melbourne. I would like to write about it today! It was always blue skies with warm sunshine in Melbourne while we Read more

  • Our Tasmanian Adventure to Meet Minako-san

    Hi everyone! Today I would like to write about going to Tasmania last December with my family. The reason that I wanted to go was to meet my friend, Minako-san. I happened to know her from a business coaching group that we both attended. Pic.1: This is a picture I took from my flight as Read more

  • Interviewed by a student from Japan

    Hi everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year! Today I would like to write about a very unexpected thing that happened last month! I got a direct message on social media from a middle school student from Japan, asking for an interview on the theme of Nerikri Read more