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Follow along for Nya’s adventures and updates around the world!

Los Angeles 2023 –> Tokyo 2024 –> Washington D.C. 2025

  • Weekend Getaway

    江ノ島と鎌倉 This weekend, Sam, Sienna and I took a weekend trip to Enoshima Island. We had planned this trip for a few weeks now after Sienna had visited with her mom and wanted to take us. She booked a hotel for us to stay at so that we wouldn’t have to rush back to the…


  • 4th of July in Japan

    7月4日をお祝いしている Today is the 4th of July. I know it is only an American holiday, but since there are several American military bases, it was likely there would be some sort of event going on. At Yokota, they had a little festival, but in all honesty, it was giving State Fair lol. Sienna sponsored me…


  • Juneteenth Gala

    夜遊びに行きます! So, right after the festival I had to run and do a quick wardrobe change because I was going to a gala ( ^ω^ ). Today was a very busy day lol. I’ve literally been all over Tokyo. The African American Heritage Association at the Yokota Airbase was hosting a gala in honor of…


  • Africa Heritage Festival

    アフリカの味 We went to another festival! ( ^ω^ ) It was actually a dual festival. The Reggae & Cuisine Jamaican Festival and the African Heritage Festival held in Yoyogi Park. Aicha was the one who found it and asked if me and Sam wanted to go. Umm? Absolutely! I didn’t know that there was such…


  • Lock Down

    不審者がいます！ Disclaimer before anyone reads this, so that I do not cause any widespread panic, first and foremost I am safe. My friends and I are okay. Today….was a day, to say the least. Around 5 PM, it was reported that two suspicious men entered the campus. This afternoon, Sam and I were hanging out…


  • Kodaira Festival

    ヲタ芸を頑張りましょう！ Today was the Kodaira Festival! Time to put all our hard work and practice to show! I’m so exhausted after today, because I’ve been up so early to help get ready to prepare for the performance. I was up around 6 am this morning. The club president asked if a few of us would…