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Tag: Japan

Close-up of a bowl of ramen in Tokyo, Japan
  • Japan

What We Miss About Japan… And What We Don’t

  • by Brianna Shade
  • Posted on November 3, 2016August 7, 2020
  • Japan

The Crazy Shops in Akihabara

  • by Brianna Shade
  • Posted on October 27, 2016September 20, 2019
A curry bowl at a maid cafe in Tokyo, made to look like a bear in a bath
  • Food

Maid Cafes

  • by Brianna Shade
  • Posted on October 20, 2016September 20, 2019

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Spring is a time of renewal with fresh leaves on trees and beautiful flowers blooming. We have found many tulip and rose gardens, as well as lavender farms around our home city. These are fun places to visit on those first sunny days we get in the spring. Where do you go to see spring flowers?
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