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A southern speciality

A one day trip to Atlanta. Recommended by Jürgen as well as Francois, with the latter joining in on the trip, was a really nice idea. I have to admit, I was hoping for more opportunity to see some cultural sites, but was a bit out of luck in Atlanta. Anyway, we [...]

snow storm in Kusatsu (草津)

and yet another entry this month. Not a playmobil topic though. After detailed planning I finally “gave” Masumi her birthday present in the form of a weekend trip to Kusatsu. A famous onsen area in the middle of Gunma Prefecture (~100 km northwest of Tokyo).

I did not know that the merry message “snow” did not [...]

お正月 – The New Year

While last year I celebrated the New Year in European style, this year I did it the Japanese way. For the following it is important to note that this is Masumi’s family and their way of celebrating New Year. In various regions of Japan the ingredients, dishes, order etc. are completely different and I am not [...]

Weihnachtsmarkt in Gotanda

As there are quite a few Germans living in Tokyo, there is a reasonable presence of churches. So, albeit they are hidden and hard to find for the regular tourist, every year all of us poor, homesick Germans are informed by the German Society, the Embassy or other means of the christmas markets and their locations. [...]

A Japanese Style BBQ

Thanks to Masumi, her colleagues and friends, I could enjoy a fabulous Japanese BBQ in Nasu. yesterday afternoon. The whole day was quite normal for locals in terms of how the BBQ was planned. For my German readers, it will sound rather strange.

We go up at 6am, took the train at 7am, met up with [...]