Snow in winter, hammer bans in summer: How to go bush in Japan
How hard can it be to build your dream mountain home to escape Tokyo’s summer heat? Long-time expat Melanie Brock got a little more than she bargained for when she set out to do just that.
It has been a while since my last Postcard from Tokyo. Forgive me for being such a lazy correspondent.
So much has happened and the borders are finally open. We have been inundated with visitors and tourists are back enjoying all that Japan has to offer – the weak yen providing even better reasons to do a spot of shopping in Ginza. COVID-19 numbers go up and down, masks stay on and, once again, the Samurai Blues have us under their spell – even when they lose.
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Melanie Brock is a consultant living and working in Japan.
