Hi, I'm Yuki — a Japanese local living in Tokyo. Yuki means "snow" in Japanese, and the name fits: I once spent two months living and working in Happo, the village at the base of Hakuba's biggest ski resort.
This site is not a diary of everywhere I've been, and I won't pretend it is. Here is exactly how I work:
When I've done something myself, I say so. Hakuba's slopes, Tokyo's neighbourhoods, the shops and food I actually use — those come from my own life, with my own photos.
Everything else comes from reading Japanese sources travellers can't. Tabelog reviews, Jalan, Rakuten Travel, Japanese magazines and forums. I don't just translate the words — I translate the decision process: how Japanese people actually choose a hotel, a restaurant, a ski resort, and what we quietly avoid.
Every article lists its sources at the bottom. If I can't verify something, I don't write it.