Today I have some unfortunate news to share: the website that I have been writing for as a freelancer since April 2016, www.izanau.com, has been suspended. Luckily the site will still be up, just not receiving any updates from now on, so you can still check out all of my articles (
I've Been Writing Up a Storm! Check Out my Articles!,
Even More Articles, and
Special Announcement on Update of Freelance Articles). I've listed my final six articles below! It was fun while it lasted, and it was basically my dream job combining my love of writing with Japan. The plus side is there will be a bunch of new blogs coming soon that didn't make it all the way to publication with izanau! Thanks for reading!
Big in Japan: Who and What is Moomin?
Moomin, a hippopotamus-like character created by Finnish author Tove Jansson, has been wildly popular throughout the years in Japan. Lake Miyazawa will be home to the first Moomin theme park outside of Finland and is set to open in 2017.
