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BFI Anime Season
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Big Night! (Jun Robles Lana, 2021)
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After a few days in Shizuoka Prefecture, I returned to Kanagawa with a vast stretch of summer holiday ahead of me.
Japan Diary: July 2021
I started this month with the mindset that I would treat myself more.
Japan Diary: September 2021
While the first of September saw the kids go back to school, it wasn’t exactly the return we’d imagined.
Japan Diary: May 2021
May, as per usual, started with Golden Week. This would be my fourth, but like last year, I was pretty much stuck where I was. With State of…
Japan Diary: April 2021
The start of April saw me back on the road again, taking the opportunity to have a spontaneous, yet cautious trip further south.
Japan Diary: March 2021
Well, another month has passed of mainly staying at home, going to work and restarting the same cycle the next morning. I can’t pretend that I haven’t been…
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