The most beautiful manhole I’ve ever seen Something that will surely catch peoples attention within their first travelling days through Japan are the wonderfully designed manholes here. Below you’ll find a small selection. On my coming up bicycle trip through Japan this gallery will surely get extended. Here some links for further photos: http://www.damncoolpictures.com/2006/12/japanese-manhole-cover-art.html http://www.kuriositas.com/2012/01/art-of-japanese-manhole.html …
Category Archive: weird things
Feb 04 2012
31st week
Karaokaydokay My colleagues are so kind and this time treat me to a Karaoke evening. Instead of arranging this in an unspectacular way in our hotel we hit the road to a branch of a company chain specialized in Karaoke-entertainment. Comparable with multiplex cinemas one finds several rooms which are only thought for Karaoke. Every …
Sep 08 2011
the 14th week
Super Couch potatos Not the main reason but surely a crucial one as to why I came to Japan is my strong interest in one of Japan’s most important exported cultural goods: mangas and video games. And this is why it will get technical once again this week. I’m making my way to the Mecca …
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 …
Jul 13 2011
third week
Here comes the mouse! Friday. My host Celine has no internet access at home which is why she is taking me to her university, Dokkyo university. There she hands me her wireless password and heads off for her lectures. It’s simply great. This is how I even get to know Japanese student live. Even …
Jun 29 2011
second week
Woho, I’m an alien. I’m a legal alien I’m a German man in Japan… To be honest I didn’t find a way to get my foreigner’s registration card without having a permanent address here in Japan. However Jim and Heath were nice enough to use their address to get myself registered. It is once again …
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