Monthly Archive: August 2011

Aug 22 2011

The twelfth week

Fuji San

Here comes the San… It’s time for a countryside trip again! This time to Japan’s highest mountain, Fuji San. And I already found the perfect partner for this hike. Andreas, my school friend whom I introduced last week. He has already climbed the 3776 m high Fuji San three times from the very bottom to …

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Aug 14 2011

the eleventh week

Station Omiya

I know I promised to write about climbing Fuji San. But I underwent something else which I simply need to write about… It is the weekend and I’m meeting with Andreas, one of my school friends who studied Japanese studies and has lived for some years here in Saitama, one of Tokyo’s neighbouring prefectures. As …

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Aug 09 2011

the tenth week

Buddhist heart

They lost their hearts in India Obon Festival part two. In week nine I showed you some photos of the Obon atmosphere. What I missed to catch so far were the dances linked to this tradition, and of course the kimonos. It’s time to present you some footage from the festival. One of Tokyo’s biggest …

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Aug 07 2011

The ninth week

Kawagoe Obon Festival

A light dawned on me I am sticking to my rule about not talking about my work after the first week. The 1.000.000 lantern festival is being celebrated in Kawagoe. How Kawagoe looks like during the day I have already shown you. Yet this festival provides the opportunity to take some pictures of the place …

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Aug 02 2011

The eighth week

you traitor. You promised us to stay until March!

Sometimes it is astonishing how things change when setting forth on a journey in a far away country. So I’ve been here for two months now and already withstood the biggest culture shocks. So slowly the daily routine begins for me. My ass! As I only have a part time job in a daycare I’m …

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