Earthquakes and catastrophes Earthquakes do happen a lot – at least in Tokyo. (I did asked a friend who lived in Kyoto and he never actually experienced an earthquake throughout his exchange semester). Unlike how i expected it though, they were mostly smaller one and i got used to it very fast. Several times i […]
Monthly review #4.5 – end of uni | 30.07.2019 Read More »
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Prices of various articles in Japanese stores summer 2019 Read More »
Although right in the raining season we decided to take a chance on Nokogiriyama since the weather won’t stabilize anytime soon anyway. 09:30 starting from Ueno we needed around 2h and 2000 yen to get to Hota station. The train ride was very convenient without many transfers. 12:00 arrived at Hota and the first concern
Diary: Nokogiriyama and Nihonji Temple | 22.06.2019 Read More »
As already shortly mentioned food here in Tokyo (Japan?) is quite expensive in comparison to good old Dresden. Bentos are a cool invention but i do eat a lot and they just won’t do it for me. Furthermore they are mostly the same, don’t include much vegetables and are pricey on the long run. So
Monthly review #3 – homemade food | 23.06.2019 Read More »
The Sengokuji temple is famous within the Buddhismn culture. For layman who are not too interested in Buddhismn though, it is still famous for a very unique story about the “47 Ronin”. Summary from Wikipedia: In 1701 there was a feudal lord named Asano who had to undergo etiquette training by Kira a high ranking
Japanese are super determined I do attend some sports circles. It seems that in Japan spots circles are not too competition focused and organized by students themselves. Still i met people who train 5 times a week besides studying and having a part-time job. Not all but the graduate students i met are really into
Monthly review #2 | 23.05.2019 Read More »
Today is a special and exceptional day. Not because it’s my birthday but because i didn’t go to university although i was supposed to. It’s because yesterday i just realized that i had to hand in an assignment. Initially i thought the deadline would be today, but in the end i worked on it till
Day in my life 15.05.2019 Read More »
Actually i didn’t want to write about this trip but Mt. Takao needs to have a honorable mention. It is located east from Tokyo and is probably the nearest mountain around. Starting from Shinjuku Station it takes only around 1 hour and 3 € to Takaosanguchi Station where we started our trip. There are several
Mt.Takao 12.05.2019 Read More »
This was organized by Oakhouse, the company which offers the sharehouses, for a small fee. The event took place in Takumachi – a small town in the Chiba prefecture. It took me around 1 h from Ueno station to Keisei Narito station from where we would meet the staff. After additional 30 min by car
Takomachi – Rice Planting and Bamboo Hunting 05.05.2019 Read More »
Only after this trip i realized, that the Wisteria plant is besides the cherry tree, a big thing in Japan. In don’t want to pretend i know much about this plant so i just refer to this short article. It took us around 1.5h from Ueno station to Ashikaga Flower Park station. Since we were
Ashikaga Flowerpark 04.05.2019 Read More »