Honest stories, cultural deep-dives, and unfiltered truths from an American woman raising a family in the Japanese countryside.
I started studying Japanese in 2017 and spent years falling in love with the language before I ever set foot in the country. After reaching fluency, I came to Japan through the JET Program.
Three years later, I'm raising my daughter in a tiny countryside town in ลita Prefecture, speaking Japanese daily, and sharing the stories that don't fit in a highlight reel.