During my travels I have made friends with lots of different people in many fairly predictable ways. When I was teaching English, I made friends amongst my fellow teachers; a number of my students became lifelong friends too (and of course, one of them became my husband!). I've also got to know …
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Visiting Japan again – I don’t need to be convinced!
I get quite a few invitations to various tourism-related events and I'm busy enough that I ignore nearly all of them. But when a friend passed on an invite to a Japan National Tourist Organisation (JNTO) evening here in Perth, I put it straight into my diary. I knew that it would be different: not …
No qualms about nudity in Japan
Here in Australia, we might be a bit on the prudish side ... so when I got to Japan and heard about onsens, the public baths that are a popular place to visit to relax, I got a bit nervous. Taking my clothes off in front of a bunch of other women was not something I was looking forward to.Yes, I …