Postcards from Kagoshima

December 14, 2025 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: Summer 2025

September 30, 2025 by joostay

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Postcards from Ireland

August 1, 2025 by joostay

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Sanja Matsuri 2025

July 16, 2025 by joostay

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From Tokyo With Love: January – April 2025

May 8, 2025 by joostay

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Postcards from America

March 10, 2025 by joostay

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Goodbye 2024. Hello 2025.

January 2, 2025 by joostay

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Postcards from Chichibu

November 11, 2024 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: Summer 2024

September 16, 2024 by joostay

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Postcards from Ho Chi Minh City

August 25, 2024 by joostay

With real-feel temperatures of over 40 degrees in Tokyo this summer, it sometimes felt like we were prisoners in our own house – looking out the window at the beautiful sunshine, yet acknowledging that it really wasn’t feasible to walk about in it all day in case of heatstroke. And so, one afternoon, we went online and booked flights leaving the very next morning to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam where the temperatures were at least a little cooler […]

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Postcards from Fukuoka

July 18, 2024 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: May & June 2024

June 24, 2024 by joostay

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Undressing Tradition: The Yakuza at Sanja Matsuri 2024

May 27, 2024 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: March & April 2024

May 5, 2024 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: Sakura 2024

April 13, 2024 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: January & February 2024

March 24, 2024 by joostay

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Goodbye 2023. Hello 2024.

January 7, 2024 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: Summer 2023

October 27, 2023 by joostay

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Postcards from Bali

September 18, 2023 by joostay

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Postcards from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

September 11, 2023 by joostay

There was a time, about ten years ago, that I was seriously considering a move to Kuala Lumpur. It came at a period of my life when I was doing a lot of travelling, and indeed writing about travel, and so I thought what better place to be based than the heart and headquarters of Air Asia who were often looking contributors to their in-flight magazine. At the time, Air Asia were running daily flights at midnight from Haneda to […]

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Postcards from Miyagi

September 2, 2023 by joostay

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IKIMASHO Luxury Stays: Viceroy Bali

August 5, 2023 by joostay

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IKIMASHO Luxury Stays: The Ruma Hotel And Residences, Kuala Lumpur

August 3, 2023 by joostay

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IKIMASHO Luxury Stays: The Pavilions Bali

July 22, 2023 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: May & June 2023

June 25, 2023 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: March & April 2023

May 7, 2023 by joostay

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IKIMASHO Luxury Stays: Pearl Star Hotel Atami

April 30, 2023 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: January & February 2023

March 6, 2023 by joostay

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IKIMASHO Luxury Stays: Kimpton Shinjuku Tokyo

March 5, 2023 by joostay

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IKIMASHO Luxury Stays: mesm Tokyo, Autograph Collection

January 22, 2023 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: December 2022

December 30, 2022 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: October & November 2022

November 23, 2022 by joostay

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Postcards from Hanoi

October 23, 2022 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: Summer 2022

September 5, 2022 by joostay

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Japan > N. Ireland / July 2022

August 2, 2022 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: May 2022

June 15, 2022 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: April 2022

May 11, 2022 by joostay

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IKIMASHO Luxury Stays: Hoshino Resorts KAI Matsumoto

April 28, 2022 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: March 2022

April 15, 2022 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: January & February 2022

March 12, 2022 by joostay

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Fine Dining in Tokyo: Simplicité (1 Michelin Star)

February 22, 2022 by joostay

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Reflections on getting my Permanent Residency

February 11, 2022 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: December 2021

December 31, 2021 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: October & November 2021

December 8, 2021 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: September 2021

October 18, 2021 by joostay

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IKIMASHO Luxury Stays: Hotel Indigo Hakone Gora

October 14, 2021 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: Summer 2021

August 29, 2021 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: June 2021

July 23, 2021 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: May 2021

June 20, 2021 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: April 2021

May 16, 2021 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: March 2021

April 18, 2021 by joostay

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IKIMASHO Luxury Stays: Iizuka-tei, Tochigi

April 8, 2021 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: February 2021

March 14, 2021 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: January 2021

February 8, 2021 by joostay

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Goodbye 2020. Hello 2021. / さよなら2020、こんにちは2021

January 5, 2021 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: December 2020

December 29, 2020 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: November 2020

December 20, 2020 by joostay

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Postcards from Yamagata

December 11, 2020 by joostay

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From Tokyo with Love: October 2020

November 19, 2020 by joostay

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Fine Dining in Tokyo: The Rooftop Bar at Andaz Tokyo

October 25, 2020 by joostay

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