Originally posted on Etui Trove:
[I receive no payment or compensation for this review. All opinions are entirely mine.] http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/2352536 I came across this affordably priced Shinjuku apartment while scouring through Airbnb. So here’s a full review of the place where I stayed for 9 nights during my recent Tokyo trip. 1. Location Location and station proximity description as in Airbnb…
What an awesome idea (and really a great marketing event for m&m’s)! I love purikura and would definitely take some (^__^) I wonder if one had the chance to exchange numbers or anything to further the “friend maker” aspect of the event.
Yesterday morning I got a message from a friend, with whom I had studied japanese at university, informing me of the passing of one of our japanese teachers. I was shocked to say the least, with only 60 years his passing in the last week came as a surprise. The funeral service was held yesterday…
Not only in Japan is the job hunt excruciating at times but while in Germany the job hunt start only after you graduated (maybe one or two months earlier) in Japan the Naitei are given as early as a year before graduation which means you have to start searching about a year and a half…
Pictures taken at the Momotarô Matsuri 2007 in Okayama. What you see here are the Uraja Dancers who dress in selfmade costumes, paint their faces to look like ogres and dance in the city (ont only during the matsuri).
Originally posted on The Limping Philosopher:
Otaku seek value in fictionality of itself, but they are also extremely sensitive to different levels of fictionality. From within our increasingly mediatised environment, it is already difficult to draw a clear distinction between reality and fiction. It is longer a matter of deciding whether we are seeing one…
I just stumbled upon a post by David Rosenberg on Slate.com about Takehito Miyatakes breathtaking photography. His pictures are stunningly beautiful! Read the original post and have a look at the gorgeous pictures here.
Today it was once again time to throw ourselves into the masses and enjoy the annual Japan Day and this years we didn’t even need an umbrella (^_^) But first a little history about “Tokyo next to the Rhine” Düsseldorf and Japan have a long history. On January 24th 1861 Prussia and Japan signed a…
The last weeks have been unusually busy, not only at work and not only because my little sister is getting married next week (preparations, hen night, wedding-eve party, so much to do… so much to celebrate 🙂 ) I spent the last week trying to separate my two blogs from each other and assign my…
“For better or for worse, this is so typically Japanese.” –> exactly what I was thinking… On the other hand I am not only impressed (and am already considering if I need one for all the matcha recipes I want to try) but also was wondering why it took so long for a Matcha Maker…
I lost my heart in Japan 