My Blog Posts

  • Renting a dress in China

    I would like to share a place where you can rent formal dresses in Shenyang, China. Look at these dresses, they are so beautiful! When you are overseas, there may be times that you have opportunities to attend fancy events and parties while wearing a nice dress. At first, I had mixed feelings towards attending Read more

  • A very useful translation app

    Today, I would like to share a very useful app that you should download if you visit China. Before I moved to China, I was a bit confident that I would be able to read Chinese because Japanese also uses similar Chinese characters. But actually I was wrong. Simplified Chinese is widely used in Mainland Read more

  • Must pack when you go outside in China

    Hi everyone! I am starting to get used to my new life in Shenyang so far. Today, I would like to share what you should pack in your backpack when you go outside in China. Can you guess some of the items? The first thing to take is toilet paper. Often times you cannot find Read more

  • Trip to Guilin – Sightseeing and learning about Yao people.

    Today, I would like to share some pictures from my family trip to Guilin. By the way, my friend in the US messaged me that Guilin and Kumamoto, my hometown, have been friendship cities for over 40 years. I didn’t know until she told me. Here are the places that we visited during our vacation. Read more

  • Family Trip to Guilin

    Due to the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day of the Republic of China, we had a 8 day long holiday. Our time in China will be only for 2 years, so we want to see different parts of China as much as we can. During the holiday, we traveled to Guilin, which is located Read more

  • China’s Mid-Autumn Festival and the Moon Cake

    This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival is on September 29th. This festival is one of Chinese traditional events. For Japan’s moon viewing festival also follows on the same day as Chinese one. Traditionally, we offer Otsukimi Dango which is Japanese glutinous rice dumplings to celebrate for the festival. You can click here to watch my IG reel Read more