It’s June which means the month of 梅雨 tsuyu (rainy season) in Japan. Although the rainy season can be quite depressing, with weeks of endless rain and rarely a sunny day, one thing to look forward to is the 紫陽花 ajisai (hydrangea) season. I used to have white hydrangeas in my garden back home but…
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Română/日本語 After Tokyo Tower, the next place I visited in Tokyo was Asakusa, and I was so impressed by it that it remained my favorite place in Tokyo. Stories and movies about geishas were one of my first encounters with Japanese culture, so that atmosphere of a traditional Japan that Asakusa, the oldest geisha district…
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Română/日本語 There are hundreds of festivals in Japan, each Shinto shrine holding its own festival once a year. Major ones usually take place in summer, but I was lucky to attend a Japanese festival for the first time in September when I arrived in Japan. It was a small festival and I got there by…
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Română/日本語 As I said before, I love traveling. People around me probably got sick of stories that start with “When I was in…”. Exactly 5 years ago I set a goal (or a challenge, if you want), to see at least a different foreign country every year. It might seem little for some of you…
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Română/日本語 Anaroundtheworld represents a new project for me. I have always wished to have my own little space on the internet and now I finally managed to get one. I have been writing on a blog since 2009, but it was a private blog so I was writing mostly for myself but from now on…
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