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Tokyo, Japan That last day in Tokyo, that one that included cute cafes in Harajuku, Bob Dylan bars in Yoyogi, subway beers, and 100 yen fireworks. I’m not a tourist, but I…

Tokyo, Japan I’ve only been back in Osaka for 12 hours and I miss Tokyo already.

Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, Japan I am off to Tokyo again tomorrow. I had a sneaky plan for J and I that involved a restaurant with hammocks instead of seats, a beer picnic…

Tokyo, Japan: A Day in Shimo-Kitazawa and Shibuya In Tokyo you can eat Vietnamese food or American cheeseburgers or Hokkaido ramen, you can eat at more Michelin Guide restaurants than in Paris…

OK, so many of you already know this – the title shouldn’t be a shock to anyone who regularly reads this blog or follows me on social media. But I realised that I haven’t explicitly written about it on the blog yet, even though it’s been such a major shift in my life, one that – the more I thought about it – I realised did indeed deserve a post. I wrote about moving to London back in 2013, and then about staying in London after two years, and then again in 2017, when I decided to apply for the Graduate Entrepreneur visa and stay another year. But moving home to Canada? I wasn’t sure if it required any fanfare.

And now, more than six months on, I say fuck that: it deserves ALL the fanfare.

One of the most beautiful seasons in Japan is autumn, and some of the best scenery can be found in Central Japan. Here’s where to go to see it for yourself.