Robyn is a South African from Cape Town who has lived in the countryside of Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, since 2022, on her husband’s family farm in the mountains. She is a yoga teacher, a DJ, a keen reader, and still learning Japanese (and Kansai-ben) one funny mistake at a time.
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Four years on a spouse visa on a mountain farm in Ikeda, Osaka: the visa steps, what things cost, safety, language, and how to find community in rural Japan.
And just like her, more than 150 other women have shared their stories!
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