(Takeshita Street, Harajuku. Photo free from Pexels.) During my stay in Tokyo, I wasn't completely sure I wanted to visit Harajuku. On th...

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(This is a piece I wrote when I was part the way through my course.) I have had experiences working with Chinese students in the past in...

( Cover image taken from a video by Lively Kyoto. Please see their wonderful Youtube channel! youtu.be/e4l7ZCAd52k )

(Me with a Chinese Deity selling massage chairs in Box Hill Central, 2018.) Imagine a Chinese New Year Festival full of Lion Dances, cost...

Ryoma Sakamoto was probably the greatest man in Japanese history. So, naturally his grave is a point of great significance. I described v...

When you enter Universal Studios Japan, one of the first places of eating you will find is the Beverly Hills Boulangerie. While I didn't ...

In preparing to go overseas, one must always prepare thoughtfully, but since the study tour in Guangzhou and Yangzhou will be, just that, a

I have two names, and within those two names, I have seven names in total. Soon after I was born to my parents, a mixed race couple, a ...

(Free image from Wix.) (I originally wrote most of this piece as I was preparing to go on a study tour in China. Since then, my mindset h...

(This post originally appeared on my other blog, Shona McCarthy Travels. But I have decided to shut that down and develop this blog. Than...