Everyday Life
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Asahi is one of the ferries for Naoshima. A few weeks ago, it got a new paint job (not sure if it’s been remodeled inside or not). This is what it looks like now: Now to tell you the truth, I’m a bit confused. Until recently there […]
Winter is finally coming to an end! It’s great news for many reasons. One of them is that it means that it’s strawberry season! And there is a place in Takamatsu that only grows strawberries, but where you can also pick them yourself and eat them on site! This […]
Today, I’m going to tell you about what is my favorite udon restaurant in Takamatsu and just one of my favorite restaurants in town overall. It’s called Oshima-ya and their specialty is wakame udon! And by wakame udon, I do not mean regular udon with some wakame in the soup. […]
This is what my first day on Ogiima of 2018 looked like: Toyotamahime Shrine. Whoops, I arrived to late for Hatsumode celebrations… Believe it or not, I had never been into that street before. Now, I think I’ve been into all the streets of the village… […]
If you’ve wondered how to catch octopus, it’s pretty simple actually. See, they love to hide in narrow holes in the rocks underwater. So fishermen, lay those traps on the sea floor, they wait for a little while, and then after you pull the ropes and the pots […]
The other day (OK, it really was one and half years ago, when I just started working there, though the pictures are a bit more recent) I found something interesting on Kagawa University’s main campus. Check it out: Those long (5 story-high) tubes are full of rocks […]
You may have already seen this picture if you follow my Instagram account (and if you don’t may I advise that you do 😉 ), but I’m posting it again here, because it’s worth it. You may know that it’s currently phosphorescent plancton season. So, the other day I […]
Last week-end I moved, and left Matsunawa, the neighborhood that I called home for the past five and a half years. Worry not, I didn’t leave Takamatsu and I don’t see that happening in the foreseeable future. I just changed neighborhoods and left my apartment that had become way […]
About a month ago, hours before I broke my toe, as it was sunny and not too hot, we decided to go for a stroll in Ritsurin Garden. The goal was to spend time together as a family, so I didn’t bring my camera with me. However, it’s simply […]