While the cherry blossom trees were in full bloom I returned to Tokyo and the Kansai area where I met some familiar faces. Also I visited the southern island of Okinawa for the first time.
How is it like to do research in Asia? Together with my coworker we have a dialogue about our research experience in Japan and South Korea.
Read about my second Japan Trip in Summer 2014. I traveled three weeks all around Japan – from Sapporo all the way to Kagoshima and back to Tokyo with many stops in between.
A simple guide to build a heated blanket table with parts you can find here for comfy vibes like in Japan.
In 2017 I spent half a year in Northern California as an exchange student. Many things were different at first but I enjoyed my time very much. How was it? And what did I do in my spare time?
It’s decided! In two months from now I am heading to Japan again. In the following article series I will describe the whole trip as I have planned it. Once over there, I will keep updating the blog with my experiences daily, like I did in previous years.
Three films from or about Japan are coming in Swiss cinemas at the beginning of the new year. I have seen two of them already and would like to briefly introduce all of them.
Gleich drei neue Filme aus oder über Japan kommen Anfang des Jahres in die Schweiz. Zwei davon habe ich mir bereits angesehen und möchte euch alle kurz vorstellen.
This week I had the opportunity to join the annual TEDxZurich conference, one of many TED events occurring all over the world. Many of you might have at least listened to one such talk on the web. TED talks stand for ideas worth spreading, conveyed in form of inspirational speeches which focus on aspects of psychology, social and natural sciences and technology. Every speaker has 18 minutes to deliver his ideas, ideals or pitch to the diverse audience.
Der Sommer neigt sich dem Ende zu, alle Prüfungen sind abgelegt und es winken die verdienten zwei Wochen Ferien vor Beginn des nächsten Semesters. Ich entschied mich nochmal das schöne Mailand im Norden Italiens zu besuchen, da es gut aus der Schweiz zu erreichen und wegen der Expo besonders besuchenswert ist.
From one Expo to the next. Just two weeks ago I visited the Japan Expo in Paris for the third time. Now, me and friends went to Italy to take a peek at the World Expo in Milan.
Visiting the Expo was vaguely planned for quite some time now, but just recently a concrete day came into sight when a friend of mine suggested that we should go and see the Japan day in mid July. In fact, every participating country has one day for presenting itself on the whole venue area. This would include special events and guests. So we decided, to visit the Expo on that specific Saturday.
Wo eine Veranstaltung mit Bezug auf Japan in Zürich stattfindet, bin ich meist nicht weit. Diesmal erfuhr ich von einem japanischen Bazar, der in Altstetten stattgefunden hat. Organisiert wurde er vom Japan Care Team.
Tabimonogatari is now officially bilingual! As you can see, the whole page is displayed in English and only articles written in English are displayed on the front page now. In case you speak both languages or want to see the other not-translated ones just head to the language selector at the top of the page.
Tabimonogatari ist jetzt offiziell zweisprachig! Wie Du sehen kannst wird die komplette Seite nun auf Deutsch angezeigt und nur auf Deutsch verfasste Artikel werden auf der Hauptseite angezeigt. Falls Du beide Sprachen sprichst oder nicht übersetzte Beiträge sehen möchtest, welchel einfach die Sprache in der oberen rechten Ecke der Seite.
In the first June weekend I visited the 15th Nippon Connection in Frankfurt. It is a Japanese film festival with very diverse films and a lot of supporting program. In total, I watched three movies, of which was one an anime. Find the trailer and synopsis as well as my impressions below.