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Babouin: introduction

Starting from October, we have new Super Supporter bloggers to introduce, with lots of interesting things to say and things to show us. First, we’d like to introduce Babouin from France!

Hello!

I’m Monkey D. Babouin but you can just call me Babouin. ^ ^

I come from France, specifically from the Paris region. I arrived in Japan about two months ago. This is the first time I’ve come here!

The purpose of my visit is to discover this beautiful country. I like Japan as much for its eccentricity as for its traditional appearance.

I am currently in the guest-house at Minowa. It is 2 stops from Ueno station with its big park. And it’s also 4 stations from Akihabara.

What I love in my guest-house is that there are people from many different countries: France, Germany, Italy, Australia, United States, Russia, Spain, Hong Kong, Czech and also Japanese. Wow, so many people!

Our guest house is very clean. I am a little maniac and I really appreciate it! Thanks to Giovanni who cleans the house, we maintain a respect for life in the community. By following the rules, we can live in a healthy and pleasant way. That is really important to me.

Here the atmosphere is excellent! We make friends, we help each other and we trust each other. We go into the living room to talk about many things: about our own countries, our personal experiences, anecdotes about our trip to Japan … Here there are some really crazy people! Also we can we go out together.

Our favorite spot is the Sensoji shrine! 15 minutes walk or 20 minutes for the idle. The day is filled with people but at night it is very quiet and there are very few people.

We can sit on a bench and enjoy a beer while watching the sanctuary. It’s quiet and peaceful. There is this indescribable Zen ambience… Me, I can stay there for hours! ^ ^

Near the guest house there are many shops. This is really convenient! For example, downstairs there is an arcade with merchants of fresh vegetables, a butcher and even a bakery! Also there is the store Shimadaya, a 4 minute walk away.

Going to Minowa station in 8 minutes, there are still plenty of other stores.

You can also walk to Asakusa and find 100 yen stores, Sanpei Store or Seiyu which is open 24hrs! Very practical with very interesting price!

My adventure has just begun!

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Devon: Introduction, “Cooking Secrets”

Starting from October, we have new Super Supporter bloggers to introduce, with lots of interesting things to say and things to show us. Here’s Devon from America, and her first entry for us! There’s a biography at the end to get to know her more.

I have to admit, my biggest pet peeve about sharing a kitchen with many people is NOT that I can’t control the level of cleanliness or the fact that people may not put dishes back where I believe they should go.  I’m okay with that.  I’m pretty adaptable in that respect.  But when it comes to the day after day question of “What are you cooking tonight?”, my skin just crawls.  I find it sort of intrusive.   Can’t they just look? Must they know? Maybe it’s because I’m ashamed by the fact that yakisoba has become a frequent addition in my cooking rotation? Maybe it’s because when on a budget, there are days when I may be dining on a hot, steamy… cup of noodles.  Maybe it’s a language barrier thing like we have nothing else to talk about? Umm… Let’s just chat about the weather, okay?

But I digress. After all, “Devon’s yakisoba” has become quite renowned.

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Devon Bartlett grew up in beautiful Denver, Colorado, spending her whole childhood in the same neighborhood, on the same street, and in the same house and for this, she is thankful. However, her curiosity about other places and other people has inspired her to live in a number of cities (including Portland, Oregon; Boston; Washington, D.C.; Chicago; and Osaka, Japan), studying everything from music therapy, piano, and jazz promotion to Japanese. She loves and misses the natural beauty of her hometown but can’t shake the excitement and sense of adventure she feels in big cities. She now calls Tokyo home and spends her days as a preschool teacher.