Japan Virtual Tours – Kansai Mon Amour! A Different Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto

Hello everyone! How are you? In my last article I wrote about starting to work and my first trip near beautiful Mount Fuji. Many things happened after that: I went live on the Swiss radio, spent one great month working in my company, and found a new apartment where Jack and I will move next […]

Japan Virtual Tours – Beautiful Gems around Mount Fuji

Hi everyone! How are you? I almost finished my second working week in Tokyo after a three days holiday (Monday was Labor Thanksgiving Day). The short trip will be the topic of this article. You can read all day-by-day updates I dedicated to my first week from the posts on my social media. Enjoy before […]

Inside Japan – Setting Up Your Japanese Life as a Student or Employee

Hello everybody! How are you? I am still in quarantine with Jack in our cute Japanese apartment. It is going well, with its normal ups and downs. I put away the luggage, set my “home workstation”, then remotely managed to talk to my company, the city office, and opened a bank account by mail. So, […]

Inside Japan – Back to Tokyo: PCR Tests, Flights, and Quarantine

Hello everybody! Hope everything is fine. As I wished in my last article, I am writing from my Tokyo apartment, where I am currently in quarantine with Jack. If you are in Europe, please stay safe and wear a mask, getting Covid should not be a pleasant experience. I luckily tested negative, so I was […]

Inside Japan – Back to Tokyo: Working Visa and Other Procedures

Hi everyone! Hope you are fine and staying safe. Covid numbers out there do not seem great, and many European countries are taking more precautions again. I need to depart as soon as possible! At the beginning of my last article I told you I got my job confirmed and I started my visa’s procedures. […]

Amazing Stories: From Vladivostok to Fukuoka on a Boat

Hi my dear readers! How is life going? There are a few updates from my side: In one of my latest posts I talked about the possibility to go back to Japan, and now it is confirmed! I am in the middle of visa’s procedures, and I may be able to be back by November! […]

Inside Japan – Historic Places Closing for Good, Not Only in Tokyo

Hi everyone, hope you are fine! On my side, as per my last post, I potentially can go back to Japan upon exchanging my CoE (Certificate of Eligibility) for a Working Visa. There is still a long way to go, a lot of paperwork to prepare, I need to be patient. In the meantime, I […]

Inside Japan – Elly Can Go Back! All You Need to Know About the Japan Travel Ban

Hello everyone! How are you doing? Me, after a couple of super depressive weeks, I started to see the light at the end of the tunnel. First, I almost managed to send or give every participant of the Japan Contest their prize (dedicated photo album here, updating in process) and second, I will be able […]

Elly Lakes Sings! My Relationship With Music and Singing

Dear all, as you already know, on September 4 I released “my” very first song! I lent my voice to DJ BK (Producer) and Aiden Official (Coproducer) to create “Dream Night”: A track about a love story that unfortunately never happened, but which in my opinion is so energetic to give the listener the power […]

Japan Contest: Winners and Prizes | Concorso Giappone: vincitori e premi

Dear all, I hope you are doing fine. I am here to talk about the Japan Contest! It started on July 15 and finished on August 30, with a total of 10 partners and 28 participants. There is a good piece of news: Everybody is a winner! You can read more about the contest’s history […]