[Fun For Solo Adults] How to Enjoy Your Time at Home

plant dyeing

Vegetable dyeing

How about giving a fresh look to shirts you’ve grown a little tired of, or handkerchiefs that have gotten stained, by dyeing them with natural plant dyes? Dyeing fabric can feel intimidating, but you can do it with simple steps: use natural plants, simmer them to extract the dye, soak the item you want to dye, then soak it in a solution made with alum as a mordant.

There are many plants you can use, and you can even extract color from familiar things like onion skins or eggplants.

Once you get into it, you’ll start wondering, “What color would this make?” and your curiosity will keep growing.

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Cooking and baking

Even though it’s a yummy sweet, it ended up being viewer discretion advised💕💦 #homemadeSweets #easyRecipe #easyDessert #sweets #milkPudding #HalloweenTreats

Breakfast on work or school days can be a bit hectic, right? It’s often just a fried egg and toast, and on days when there’s no time, there are plenty of times when it’s “just a glass of milk.” So why not take advantage of your solo time at home to try your hand at dishes you don’t usually make? Braised dishes like chashu pork or pork belly stew are hard to tackle unless you’ve got time to spare.

You could also get into baking cakes and sweets for Valentine’s Day or a birthday party.

Home time is perfect for cooking—build your skills and enjoy the delicious results! Of course, it’s recommended for men too!

Home izakaya

[Solo Drinking at Home] Recreating that urge to go to an izakaya, but at home. How once you hit your late 20s/early 30s, your snacks naturally become health-conscious. [Just drinking and eating nonstop]

Given the times, if you can’t drink outside, how about opening a “home izakaya” and having fun at home? If you just buy some deli items from the supermarket and plate them up, you can enjoy a very affordable home izakaya experience.

And every now and then, it might be okay to splurge a little by ordering regional specialties you wouldn’t usually buy, and enjoy a more luxurious drink at home! Recently, remote drinking has also become common.

Drinking alone is nice, but it’s also great to connect via your smartphone or computer and have a lively time with friends who share your vibe.

online travel

I tried joining HIS’s online round-the-world tour (3,500 yen)!

I heard that major travel agency HIS released an online round-the-world tour and it was very well received.

Everyone seems to be enjoying their time at home since they can’t go out.

If you’re a bit skeptical and thinking, “Is traveling online really fun…?” seeing is believing—why not try joining once and enjoy your time at home! If you look, you’ll find more options than you’d expect, like trips that stay at local guesthouses or tours of World Heritage sites within Japan.

Online camping and online scuba diving—there’s no limit to what future travel can be.

Making LINE stickers

How to Make LINE Stickers! Create Your Own Originals with a Free Smartphone App!

If you did well in art back in school, why not try creating LINE stickers? If you pass LINE’s review, you can even sell them widely.

That buzzworthy story—“Elementary schooler’s LINE stickers make millions of yen!”—might not be just a dream! The review is strict about violence, sexual content, plagiarism, and portrait rights, so be sure to aim for a truly one-of-a-kind original.

A LINE sticker project you start during your time at home could turn into an unexpected Japanese dream—the bigger the dream, the more fun it sounds!

balcony glamping

[Morning Routine × Veranda Glamping] Trying a balcony camp from early morning was absolutely amazing

With the recent outdoor boom and increase in time spent at home, “veranping” (balcony camping) has become popular too.

Veranping means camping on your balcony.

You often see people enjoying it on TV and online.

Still, many people probably think, “Our balcony isn’t that big…” There’s no need for lots of space to veranp! Even if you don’t have camping gear, just cooking indoors and eating on the balcony counts as proper veranping—it lifts your mood and even makes the food taste better! However, if you live in an apartment building, please be mindful of noise and smells.

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haiku

[Even Beginners Can Do It!?] Let's Make Haiku from Your Diary!

Many people probably look forward to watching the variety show “Pre-Battle!!” hosted by Downtown’s Hamada.

I especially like the haiku segment.

The exchanges between haiku poet Ms.

Natsui and the guests—especially her banter with Tomio Umezawa—are as funny as a manzai comedy duo, and I end up laughing out loud every time.

Haiku may seem difficult, but basically, as long as you include a seasonal word (kigo) and stick to the 5-7-5 syllable pattern, you’re good! There are also free-verse haiku like those by Santoka Taneda, so you don’t necessarily have to follow the 5-7-5 form.

Many municipalities hold haiku gatherings at community centers, so once you’ve written some haiku, it can be fun to head to a place like that and put your skills to the test!