WHY I MOVED TO JAPAN | My Story 

let me know if anyone has any questions! ❤

I hope you are so proud of yourself. I wish I would have done something like that when I was young but I was a chicken - and there were fewer opportunities when I was young too. My daughter is getting ready to do a semester abroad in Japan and I am so excited for her - and proud she is far braver than I was at her age.

Love your content @wanderlustalley - moving to the US was the best thing I personally ever did, and it’s fun to look back so many years later and realize how big a leap it is to drop everything and just do it

What a lovely and fantastic experience you lived 🥰 I’ve been to Japan 3 times just for tourism hehe I can imagine how nice it must have been to live there! Thank for sharing a bit of this with us ❤️

Really happy to see somebody loving my country like you! 😍 and hope you'll be back in Japan soon ;))

We have so much in common! I love hearing your story I can just relate on so many levels. And if I ever get to go back to Japan, I'm gonna need that list of travel locations!!! ❤️

Growing up in SoCal, spent all last year cruising on Royal Caribbean, Magic Key/AP holder, headed to Tokyo next week (will be going to Sea and Disneyland ofc), and had my first backpacking trip in Thailand (sorry to hear the group trip might be cancelled). It seems like I've always been on the customer side of your journey!! Proud of you taking such awesome leaps of faith, building your passions into a career, being a role model for Americans traveling abroad, and having such a knack for taking up new skills - I see those photography and editing skills 🙌. You got another subscriber, keep it up!

I hope you inspire others to be bold and see the world. Your story reminds me of what it felt like to leave home in San Francisco and head off to a three year army posting in Germany in 1983.

your adventure sounds amazing! hope you do more video about your journey, like the day to day thing to think of, place to visit, place you lived :)

Such an interesting story. I never really had the travel lust either. Then one day in my late 20s I traveled with a friend to Nepal and it stirred something inside of me. Now 15 years later I am a seasoned traveler. I have been to over 50 countries. btw even for me the first night I arrived in Tokyo I was completely blown away!!

Great informative video and answering all those questions. Hopefully you will be back in Tokyo to continue your contract and take on new adventures!

Your channel is really good. I don't know why it came up on my youtube. Maybe because I'm interested in ships. I watched your recent one on how you've monetized. Really exciting. Good for you - and good for the rest of us to see hard work paying off.

Beautiful smile!! You bring happiness to this world.

Enjoying your Japan explanations!

I didn’t know Teppanyaki is familiar to you 😂I’m so happy Japan got an important place!! Waiting for you coming back soon:)) nice video💓 love you!

❤ You are such a happy positive person. Beautiful smile. You are definitely live in your life

Wow!! This sounds like an awesome experience!! Thanks for sharing!! New subscriber!!! 😎👏👏👏👏💯

lol your dad's face when you told them the news. 😂

Awww. You were in Soundsational Parade! Nice! I miss it.

Greetings! Long story short, my occupation allows me to work just about anywhere & I've always wanted to experience Japan while I'm young & able. I just don't know how to go about it and began getting realistic about my move as of early May. I've narrowed it down to Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto but I'm open to other cities. I'm a young professional in my 20s & I'm just trying to gather as much information so I can take the appropriate steps to make this move possible by the end of the year God willing. Also, what's the current state in the country? As far as C-19 goes. Any feedback would be highly appreciated! Tysm for reading up to here! Hope to hear from somebody out there.

I’m 🇯🇵 and living in 🇺🇸 since I was 17. I can see your great personality and totally understand everyone loves you in Japan. お疲れ様です❣️

Awww. So cute. 😊

I am moving to Japan in 2022 if you wouldn't mind can I get in touch with you for some advice/ pointers or just a friend. Kay xx

おうえんしてます!!!

I've lived in Japan for more than 30 years. I worked in a Japanese restaurant in the U.S. for two years during university. I've never eaten teppanyaki (鉄板焼き) in Japan. It just is not common nor popular. You are much more likely to find teppanyaki in a "Japanese" restaurant in the United States than you are in Japan, to be honest. In that way, it is Japanese pretty much in name only, despite supposedly being first created in Japan by Shigeji Fujioka of the Japanese restaurant chain Misono. Off the top of my head, the only restaurant that comes to mind that serves teppanyaki here in Japan is Benihana (紅花), the Japanese-influenced American restaurant chain based in Florida, at their Roppongi branch in Tokyo.

Are Japanese people open-minded when it comes to interacting and speaking with foreigners in public places/bar/restaurant or did you have the feeling of being left out a bit?

Your eyes are blue on your 19th pic but now they are brown?

日本のサルがあなたがまた日本に来るのを待ってますよ～。

誰か日本語字幕つけて欲しい、、、🥺

So you are a college dropout who thinks she is an entertainer.

As a native New Yorker from New England and of Japanese heritage, a few key notes; Since you’re from the West coast, especially SoCal. Just don’t bring your western, left leaning politics to Japan. You can kinda get away with it in Eastern Japan since Tokyo is pretty liberal but, western Japan is pretty traditional. You’ll get a pass for being a young foreigner w/ a pretty face. But I hope you’re continuing to improve your Japanese if you plan on coming back and staying longer than your previous contracts. Anyway, best of luck.