Tagged: Japan
Tomokawa Kazuki – Runaway Lad (友川かずき・家出青年)
During the of Tomokawa Kazuki I attended last weekend, one of the songs caught my attention – it was the song Runaway lad (家出青年). He spoke a lot about (against) atomic reactors, and this...
First Kibagata Forum
(日本語版の為、「これ」と「これ」を見て下さい。) Last sunday the first Kibagata Forum was held. Aim of this meeting is the protection of the Kibagata and its surroundings during the construction of the Hokuriku-Shinkansen from Matto direction Fukui. As already...
Tomokawa Kazuki – Within the Country of Falling Cherry Blossoms (友川かずき・桜の国の散る中を)
Another one of the sad and powerful songs of Tomokawa Kazuki (Wikipedia). The song Within the Country of Falling Cherry Blossoms which also gave the title of the album. A strange interlude between sweet...
Yoko Ogawa – Revenge
One of the books I got from the recommendations at NPR’s Book Concierge for 2013 before leaving for the US was Yoko Ogawa‘s Revenge. Famous for her book The Housekeeper and the Professor, she...
Save Lake Kiba
Everyone knows that the Shinkansen is coming to Hokuriku. But do you know that the Shinkansen line as planned will destroy one of the last nature reserves on the coast line, the Lake Kiba...
Quatre frères – ヘーゼルナッツの洋菓子
オーストリアにクリスマスを今日１２月２４日の晩祝いする伝統だ。夜家族が集まって、一緒に歌を歌って、宴会して、プレセントをやり取りする。それと、１２月の「アドベント」という期間にずっといろなクッキーとお菓子を食べている。
Tomokawa Kazuki – Circus
I am sick of happy J-POP! I have have enough from girls in miniskirts jumping around to computer generated music! So I am starting a series on Japanese music which one will not hear...
Hakusan Superrindo and Shirakawago
It might look boring to outsiders to go every year the same Hakusan Superrindo and to Shirakawago, but during the Momiji season, when the leaves are getting these wonderful colors (even for a color-weak...
はじめの書道 My first calligraphy
先週の第34回TeX Users Group年次大会の遠足の時初めて書道触れた。その前筆を使う事がただ一度だった。今回自分で墨を作ってから、練習した。難しかった。思ったよりすごく難しかった！一回自分でやると、書道先生の天才を少しわかってきた。好きになったから、絶対に書道練習を続ける。
上高地・屏風岩・雲稜ルート
先週末の三連休の時５人で上高地へ行ってきた。紅葉の季節のためもちろん、本当の目的は屏風岩の雲稜ルートだ。もう３回計画したのに、いつも色な理由で無理になった。今回は違った。
Haruki Murakami – Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
During my trip to Georgia I had enough time to finish two books. One was Haruki Murakami‘s Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. A phantastic story jumping between two different worlds –...
Oshiramizutani and Hakusan 大白水谷と白山
Having a taifun or other bad weather coming in over the weekend is not the optimal condition for going for a long climb. So, instead of enjoying three days in Kamikochi, we decided to...
We won’t eat it ourselves, but we sell it – Fukushima, and Tokyo Olympics
The Olympics 2020 will come to Tokyo. During the application the Japanese government has repeatedly stated that food, water, everything is safe in Tokyo, Tohoku, Japan. Instead of writing responses, let us hear what...
Election in Austria – Voting from and in Japan
End of September we have national elections of the parliament in Austria. And although I consider many things in Austria quite incompetent and retro-style, I appreciate that I can cast my vote via letter,...
