

Went for Gassho style houses, ended up obsessing over Persimmon trees – My trip to Shirakawa.
Shirakawa Village in Gifu Prefecture is a UNESCO Heritage site and hence, pretty famous amongst the tourists. That was one reason that I was delaying my trip to Shirakawa. It is definitely not a place I would explore on my own. Unless a close friend was to push me to visit it with them, it…

Back Again?!
Hello Kartika here. It has been a long time. My last post was about HAPPY NEW YEAR where I had burnt my fears and all that.. ‘leave behind 2020- start afresh’ was the main idea. I thought I would be writing more, which I did, but only in my diary. Writing here feels very formal,…
Happy New Year!
“2020”, when written or typed, looks aesthetically good with nice symmetry and its simplicity. In 2019, I had hoped 2020 would be MY year. I was born on a 20, so naturally, ‘2020’ HAD to be my year. In a way, it was. I gave up the most depressing (but well paying) job as an…