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Lessa Chung

Lessa Chung

#LCTokyoagogo: A Starter Guide to Visiting Tokyo

While many arrive in search of Jiro’s dreams, the bright lights of Shinjuku, Harajuku dolls, Tokyo drifters — there is SO much more.

Apr 23, 2019

#LCTokyoagogo: A Starter Guide to Visiting Tokyo

Apr 23, 2019

Lessa Chung

What’s in a name?

When my parents named me, I doubt they anticipated the unusual spelling would play a crucial role in my life.

Apr 21, 2019

What’s in a name?

Apr 21, 2019

Lessa Chung

Travel: Crossing the Language Barrier

For most of my childhood, “Taiwan” was merely the answer to a questions that my rounded mushroom haircut inevitably solicited from…

Apr 18, 2019

Travel: Crossing the Language Barrier

Apr 18, 2019

Lessa Chung

Moving to Tokyo

It’s happening.

Apr 15, 2019

Moving to Tokyo

Apr 15, 2019

Lessa Chung

Student Life

I arrive to class—late—and find myself in a partially-filled drawing studio. At the front of the room, a fit older gentleman is posing…

Apr 15, 2019

Student Life

Apr 15, 2019

Lessa Chung

Tourist in Residence

Despite holding a government-issued card identifying me as a “resident” of Japan, I see myself more like a long-term visitor.

Jul 14, 2017

Tourist in Residence

Jul 14, 2017

Lessa Chung

So, I’m going to grad school

はじめまして、リサと申します。五ケ月前にニューヨークから東京に来ました。九月から慶應大学の大学院生になるつもりです。そして、日本語を勉強しています。上手になりたいです。どうぞよろしくお願いします。

Mar 12, 2017

Mar 12, 2017

Lessa Chung

I actually moved to Tokyo

Secondary title: I almost didn’t leave New York.

Dec 7, 2016

I actually moved to Tokyo

Dec 7, 2016

Lessa Chung

Bad Haikus for Good Partners

Art & copy. The classic creative couple.

Nov 10, 2016

Bad Haikus for Good Partners

Nov 10, 2016

Lessa Chung

NY I love you… but ugh.

I’m drafting this as I sit in a park in the middle of the city. I’m on my lunch break. Absentmindedly scrolling through my phone after…

Nov 2, 2016

NY I love you… but ugh.

Nov 2, 2016

Lessa Chung

Lessa Chung

freelance art director living in perpetual tourist mode. currently exploring tokyo while sorting out my feelings about leaving nyc.

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