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Taylor Bond

Taylor Bond is a writer and photographer who spent a year living in Tokyo, Japan, as a travel writer and student at Waseda University. She can be reached via Instagram at @james.blonde8 or @0.5ratsphoto.

Life in Japan6 years ago

Hakone Open-Air Museum Offers Unique Experience of the Region

Taylor Bond Hakone is a region of mountainous scenery whose beauty remains constant in every season of the year. It is perhaps...
Life in Japan6 years ago

Experience Japan Within Tokyo's Limits

Taylor Bond For those based in Tokyo, travel expenses can be a make-or-break factor when considering whether to take a trip to regions...
Life in Japan6 years ago

Back in Swing: The Secret Subculture of Jazz Cafes

Read any Haruki Murakami novel and it is easy to tell the inescapable grip jazz once had on Japan. Following World War II, when...
Life in Japan6 years ago

Nakano Broadway: A Rare Gem Outside the Tourist Track

I saw a monkey in there roaming around once and it didn’t seem out of place. That’s the only way I can effectively introduce the...
Life in Japan6 years ago

My Life As A Foreign Woman in Japan

Tampons came packaged in totally opaque, black plastic bags, which the attendants at the register put in your hands quickly and carefully. There was no...
Life in Japan6 years ago

Japan is Not An Anime Wonderland—Or Maybe It Is

Oddly enough, I had almost no expectations when I boarded the late-night plane out of New York’s JFK Airport and took the 17-hour journey to...

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