Tag: travel
portugal 2025
recent trip to Portugal a jar of fresh lavender a type of aloe light through a bottle a giant century plant (~7-8 ft tall) in Lisbon sunrise with cranes over Lisbon a cat in Porto a field of yellow wild flowers seating for locals evening sunlight in Monsanto an orange moon Copyright © 2025 Lisi-Tana.com…
this ‘daily practice’ thing (ep.2)
Packing for vacation is always a headache, isn’t it? I don’t know anyone who enjoys it but maybe there are a few of you out there. My sister stuffs four, sometimes five pairs of shoes into her suitcase and tries to convince me (herself) she needs them all. Fortunately, she has small feet so it’s…
three art stores (tokyo)
There are very few things in life I enjoy more than going to an art store. And Tokyo is *the* place for amazing art stores — each one distinct with its own personality. Not gonna lie. I want to visit all of them but it would take days so before arriving in Japan, I whittled…
encounter at a bus station (kumamoto)
There’s a lot to see and do in Kumamoto. But almost all of it requires having a car or using public transportation which is no hardship because public transportation in Japan is a dream. Everything is clean and runs on time. On the first day in Kumamoto, a visit to Unganzenji Reigando Cave, an hour…
encounter on ikuchi island
I’ve never been one to do things in a rush. I need time to figure things out, then to experience them. So visiting a city in a day or two will always leave me feeling discombobulated. For the past four weeks, I’ve been travelling around Japan. Although we’ve been staying in each place for more…