Test the rest It’s finally about time to say something about my new job. As I already mentioned it is a project based job, and slow but steady we are about to reach the end of our project. The company in which I am working does so-called linguistic video game testing as briefly mentioned in …
Aug 22 2011
The twelfth week
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 …
Aug 14 2011
the eleventh week
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 …
Aug 09 2011
the tenth week
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 …
Aug 07 2011
The ninth week
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 …
Aug 02 2011
The eighth week
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 …
Jul 24 2011
the seventh week
Well, all right. I was asked by some readers to make use of my tripod and to present some footage. I’m presenting some of the challenges facing every English teacher in Japan. The biggest seems obviously to be to convey the Japanese people the difference between ‘L’ and ‘R’. Even more difficult is it to …
Jul 21 2011
the sixth week
That’s like taking candy from a baby For everybody who does not know it: I’m a sugar addict. I need my sugar no matter if in liquid form like soft drinks or in solid form. Mostly those products then originate from companies like Haribo, Trolli, Milka, Ritter Sport or Ferrero. As much as I have …
Jul 20 2011
the fifth week
Cumbersome companies Only the cell phone contract is missing. But there seems to be a problem when trying to get a SIM card. There are five mobile networks in Japan (virtual networks not taken into account). Marketleader NTT docomo with its 58 million customers. As a comparison Verizon Wireless 101 million subscribers. T-Mobile/Orange in the …
Jul 20 2011
the fourth week
The country that sends/drives you mad There are days that begin relaxed, accompanied by beautiful weather. But beauty is only skin deep. It seems I have to weather a crisis today because several times I tried to open a bank account with the form which was given to me as a substitute for my registration …
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