If you want to keep friends and family up to date on your new life abroad, start a blog.
After spending her post-college life bouncing from country to country before moving to Shikoku in 2020, Canada-born Kana Lauren Chan knew this routine well.
¡°I had blogs in the past ... they close with every new iteration and move in my life,¡± she tells The Japan Times from her home in Kamikatsu, Tokushima Prefecture. Though the sentiment remains, Chan admits the medium has changed. ¡°I thought a newsletter would be a little easier to access, going to your email directly.¡±
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