Wise Woman Travel

Exploring the world from a female perspective

Seeing cherry blossoms – or sakura  as they’re called in Japanese – is one of the main reasons tourists visit Japan in late March. And, of course, it’s not just tourists who anxiously await the iconic clouds of white and pink to drift into view. All over Japan, cherry blossom watches and forecasts, some of …

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I met my friend Kazue in 2017 when she visited the University of Alberta as part of a delegation from Wakayama University. We  initially bonded over a mutual passion for engaging teaching, and she invited me twice to Wakayama to work with their professors on enhancing their teaching methods. Since then, we’ve discovered we share …

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