Archive for the 'Japan' Category

Riviera

Riviera Zushi Marina is the name of this coastal residential properties , south of Tokyo, beautifully situated, with large palm trees, marina, cafe, and sometimes with a view on the Fuji-san.

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All about kitchen and cooking

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This chef promotes a department store and many small shops around Kappabashi-dori in Tokyo, which offer cooking utensils, china, etc., and also provide food dummies you can see in front of many restaurants in Japan.

The frost on the beer cans certainly looks like the real thing. Customer complaints are also modelled. And finally, you really can nail “jelly to a wall.”

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Silent – Mobiles in Japan

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During my time as student in Berlin, I went every day with the subway across Berlin to the Free University in Dahlem. People sat with their backs to the window side, i.e. all were facing each other, face to face. No, almost all the faces were covered with a newspaper, up to 95% with the infamous BILD, and with the equally notorious BZ. Now and then you could see the TAGESSPIEGEL. The oversized letters of the red tops enabled effortless reading.
Here in Tokyo in the urban trains you sit face to face as well. But you almost never see a newspaper, but most people have a cell phone (Mobile) before their faces: to read, play, watch movies, smile, do hairdressing in the mirror image of the device … but they do not phone or receice calls with loud ringing. These rules are really observed.
With focussing on their mobile phone, people leave the train, go upstairs, and move fast from or to the large tower buildings.

(Deutsch) Von Japan lernen …

Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.

Cherry Blossoms – Hanami

Almost simultaneously with the launch of the film “Cherry Blossom – Hanami” by Doris Dörrie starts the forecast season of cherry blossoms by the Japanese weather service. This first forecast chart (5-march-2008) will be updated weekly. Now you can schedule your trip to Japan.[lang_ja]気象庁の今年第一回目の桜開花予報とほぼ同時に、ドイツで今話題になっている「桜-花見」(ドーリス ドーリー監督)の上映が始まった。

さくらの開花予想の等期日線図は今年の3月5日のもので、この後、毎週更新される。これをもとにしたら、素晴らしい「日本への旅」を計画 できるだろう。[/lang_ja]