Osaka

I am still alive or rather I am still working. This time I had not free in the actual sense, but because of a conference at the Kansai University I had the opportunity to go to Osaka and could hang a day and a half to have a look around. Therefore this time 3 entries come consecutively, because I could make a few photos. As one could also hear from the news in Germany, on my day of arrival Typhoon Jebi came across Japan directly in the region around Osaka.

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Food 5

Well, if you don’t have a topic to talk about, you talk about the weather or food. In my case it’s about food again. Nothing new in the East so far. Lately I haven’t done anything I could mention in this blog or I don’t have enough for one entry alone. Many little things, yes, but they cannot be brought together thematically. Hence again a collection of food in Japan. Some commented, some not. There are also repetitions, albeit as variants.

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Happy New Year!

Or in Japanese:Akemashite omedetō (gozaimasu)!Please do not say this until the new year. This time I do not have much to write about. Although the New Year is probably the most important festival in Japan, but it is celebrated the New Year, different from us where we celebrate more Sylvester. It’s more like a family party, so it’s pretty quiet. There are no fireworks either. Furthermore, I know too little safely to write about it, although I know e.g. there are certain types of home decorations or meals, some of them religious, but before I write anything wrong I prefer not to do so. I simply recommend a google search, there is already a lot. Continue Reading