On the weekend, my husband and I finally had some time to just randomly walk about town. We had Lunch at Sushiro*, walked over the Dokkyo Daigaku campus, talked about the olden days when we went there together, and then made a stop at the local recycling shop (which I talked about here). The recycling…
While I didn’t want to admit it to myself, I think it is pretty obvious that I will not be able to chronologically post all the things we did/do in a timely manner. Since our Taiwan adventures (that still have a few blog posts left) we went to Shanghai, my friends came to visit me…
Next week on October 15th the new book from author Ray Hecht will be published by Blacksmith Books and I was lucky enough to get an early copy. Ray Hecht has been living in Shenzen, China, since 2008 and has written several books about life in China – including “Pearl River Drama: Dating in China…
For our wedding anniversary we did not go for a fancy dinner or make a short trip to the beach, we went to the Ghibli Museum! I have never been to the Ghibli Museum, but heard a lot about it. Who doesn’t know the great works from Hayao Miyazaki? I think everyone who has an…
Because it was pretty late when we came back the from Jiufen the day before, we got a late start and made a quick stop at the Taipei 101. But because we weren’t in the mood for a long wait at the lines, or to pay the hefty amount to get to the top, we…
Summer in Japan means cooled watermelon, Yukatas and summer festivals with gigantiv fireworks. When I came to Japan for my year abroad, we arrived after the last natsumatsuri were held and then I flew back just two days before the first one in the next year. So I never had the chance to experience a…
You might be wondering what happened to our Taiwan adventures (after all we’ve been back quite some time) but this time I have at least a (somewhat) good reason. The last weeks I was busy making my first steps as a freelancer. Even before coming to Japan, working as a freelancer here seemed to be…
I don’t know if you have them in your country as well (I certainly don’t know any in Germany), but here in Japan some of the yogurts have motivational messages and quotes on their underside. So when you eat your yogurt in the morning you might get an motivational “Today will be a great day!”…
We didn’t last long under the scorching sun at the Drago Boat Festival and we were happy to be in the air-conditioned bus back. Right across the street from the shuttle bus stop we lined up for the next bus, which was supposed to get us to Jiufen. It is said, that Hayao Miyazaki was…
Originally posted on Ampers & Ampers:
1. You can’t stop using useful Japanese words. 2. Everything is natsukashii. 3. You forget what words aren’t English. 4. You simply forget English words. 5. You use Japanese particles in your sentences. 6. You use Japanese English. 7. You talk to yourself in Japanese. 8. Your answers become more vague. 9. You make lame bilingual puns. 10.…
I lost my heart in Japan 