Juliann of KintsugiStyle

Lock up your gachapon, I’m headed back in 2.5 weeks. I’ll be there just short of two months this year. Not enough but I didn’t think I’d be able to go at all in 2025.

Often I was but if my mom walked into the room with no context she just assumed I was being an unwanted pest as her first instinct.

I’m 50 years old and I just woke up from that nightmare. I just wanted to answer the question and share with another human but shut down & shamed in public instead.

Our neurodivergent kids are always listening.

I guess my subconscious worries I’m still not worthy of talking with the grownups.

Scenario: You’re a child in a room with adults. One of the adults is talking about a subject and notices you’re very interested. They ask you a question and you’re excited to answer. But before you open your mouth your mom tells at you to stop bothering the adults. Your soul dies a little more.

Shinkansen rushing above the JR Yurakucho station in Tokyo, Japan

Good morning ☀️

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Anyone in #ATX interested in #Japan? I’m hosting two free #JapanTravel seminars soon!

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Join us on May 3 2:30-4pm at APL Will Hampton Branch in Oak Hill (5125 Convict Hill Road) or May 10 2:30-4 pm at APL University Hills Branch (4721 Loyola Lane).

Trump wanting a birthday parade shows he wants to be Queen Elizabeth II, Vance making crass “peasant” comments reveals he wants to be Prince Phillip.

That’s what the long haired mice are, allegedly

I’m predicting we’ll have “no tariff Tuesdays”. Never mind what day it is now.

A poster in Kyoto about manners.
It is interesting to see which manner points have had Chinese translations added to them (things like speaking noisily in public and littering).

A Transformer-like robot has body parts made of colourful local mascots.

Ororon 8, a giant robot made from 8 local mascots joined together like Voltron. promotes the Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway in Hokkaido, Japan.

A Lawson store in Edo-period style, photographed from the front.

A Lawson store in Edo-period style, photographed from the side.

This could be a Lawson store from the Edo period. 😀
It's located in Minaka Odawara, a commercial complex in Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

I’m sure I’ve seen this at the 18+ section at Donki

#waitingforbrutus

I don’t think I’ve seen flights to Japan this cheap in well over a decade. $840 for JAL economy RT flights to Oita in October. It’s criminal to not go this autumn!

(That’s for my husband’s flights, only $50 more than my Sept-Nov Tokyo tickets 😮 and NOT using the free domestic flight scheme.)

Ok I think it’s never going to stop surprising me that for a 4/5 week stay, Tokyo continues to be one of the cheapest options. Other places just don’t have the short stay rental opportunities (or at least in English). So looks like Tokyo, again, in between work in Osaka & Oita.

It was so good that I made it at home or community events for years. But it was basically a giant bowl of ice cream float so of course it was tasty. It had been adapted to be non-alcoholic but I’ve never made the original. I should someday, but I no longer need punch for 20+ people at once!

So I have things to do in Japan in mid September and late October. My colleague is going twice to hit those but personally I’d prefer to stay in Japan in between. But to make that feasible I’d need *cheap* accommodation in between as budget is tight this year. Anyone have recommendations?

Oh wait it wasn’t NHS it was Interact. Same people 🤷🏻‍♀️

Every year! Same punch.

My brain loves to just randomly remind me of useless facts from the past. The punch recipe from our high school’s national honor society inductions is the current one floating rent free in my head.

Gotta love the time of year where it’s $600/month for my essential medications until I meet my $3000 deductible. Used to be certain medications were excluded from that but no more. 😓

A Positive View of Japan Travel - talking with Ally Hongo of Shiitake Creative | Japan Travel Awards YouTube video by Seek Sustainable Japan | JJWalsh

Great chat this morning with the fabulous Ally Hongo who's originally from Bulgaria but has lived, worked & studied here in Japan since high school Ally is director of the annual #japantravelawards doing great work to create sustainable tourism industry across Japan www.youtube.com/live/VoZJJXf...

Yes. Mid to late 17th Century.

I did have work and class but yes. I was worse about Paris as I’d hunt down every single remnant of my favorite time period (window, door frame, whatever) and spend a weekend photographing them. London stuff I’d just fit in around my schedule. Lots of weird alleys at lunchtime!

Ah yeah I was living there at the time & studying the history of London. I had too many other options I liked better than Ackroyd’s style. I think I got 2/3 through it but it wasn’t for me. Kudos on finishing!

維新・増山県議「立花氏に音声データを渡した」　非公開の百条委尋問：朝日新聞 兵庫県の斎藤元彦知事らが内部告発された問題で、県議会調査特別委員会（百条委員会）の委員を務める増山誠県議（維新の会）は19日のインターネット番組で、昨年10月に非公開で行われた百条委の証人尋問の音声…

Hyogo pref. assemblyman Masayama admits he gave classified materials from the committee investigating wrongdoing of governor Saito to troller-YouTuber Tachibana.

Masayama says he won’t step down as politician but will leave his post at committee.

www.asahi.com/articles/AST...

It's done! Just sent the manuscript of Fairies: A History to my publisher - hitting in 2026! 🧚‍♀️🪄📚