- 2 days ago
- 7 min
😬 Culture Shock カルチャーショック
2023 年 11 月 29 日 "....Hello this is your captain speaking. Welcome to Frankfurt Airport. The weather this Monday evening is cold, 5°c,...
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- 7 days ago
- 5 min
🌲Wild Wakayama 和歌山県
2023 年 11 月 25 日 I had arrived at the small town of Kii-Tanabe on the west coast of Wakayama Prefecture. This is south of the metropolis...
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- Nov 22
- 5 min
Osaka and beyond 大阪
2023 年 11 月 22 日 It seemed strange to me. But it was cheaper to fly to my next destination than to take the train. It only took about an...
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- Nov 19
- 7 min
⚓ Yokohama, Tokyo 横浜, 東京
2023 年 11 月 19 日 I wake up in my "business hotel" (that's what they call them here). The lift doors open and I descend to the breakfast...
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- Nov 16
- 4 min
The Michinoku Coastal Trail みちのく潮風トレイル
2023 年 11 月 16 日 This post comes hot on the heels of the last one 💨 The Michinoku coastal trail is a long distance footpath stretching...
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- Nov 14
- 4 min
🪽Miyako, Iwate 宮古
2023 年 11 月 14 日 I had come to this town for a clear reason : To hike along the The Michinoku Coastal Trail. A long distance footpath...
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- Nov 11
- 4 min
🟨 Metropolitan Morioka 盛岡
2023 年 11 月 11 日 Do you know that thing about planning a holiday? You go to all those websites and check out what there is to do in...
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- Nov 7
- 5 min
🦀 Crabs and Konjac カニとこんにゃく
2023 年 11 月 7 日 Going on past experience, November is an ideal month to visit Japan. The weather is dry, mild and sunny. But what have we...
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- Nov 2
- 5 min
Dive in 飛び込んで
2023 年 11 月 3 日 I used to meet up regularly at a coffee shop in Frankfurt with my "tandem" partner. I would correct her English; she...
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- Oct 30
- 4 min
All roads すべての道はローマに通ず
2023 年 10 月 31 日 Langen: We are now at the end of October and the winter wheat has already been planted..... ふゆさく冬作 A curious violin...
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- Oct 20
- 5 min
Extremes 極端な温度
2023 年 10 月 20 日 Hello and welcome !....... to a view of the Towers...a mural on an electricity board building showing famous sights in...
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- Oct 13
- 5 min
🎼Musikzimmer 音楽室
2023 年 10 月 13 日 Musikzimmer - literally "Music Room". The name for a concert series in an old Frankfurt villa. But any "old Frankfurt...
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- Oct 6
- 3 min
Earthy 土の匂い
2023 年 10 月 6 日 There are some things that the internet cannot do. I cycle out beyond the houses of my little town and something hits my...
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- Sep 29
- 2 min
💧 Dew 露
2023 年 9 月 29 日 Coming back from my morning walk I notice that my shoes are wet. Not surprising. The grass is heavy with dew. 地上は つゆでくつ が...
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- Sep 22
- 6 min
Please stay calm 落ち着いてください
2023 年 11 月 22 日 Do NOT freak out. I have not joined the arms production industry. Years ago, the Frankfurt Theatre group Etzetera were...
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- Sep 13
- 5 min
💦 Hot Hike....暑いハイキング
2023 年 9 月 13 日 Summer ⛱️ .....the fresh green of the ocean breaking onto gleaming sand. But I didn't take this photo. Indeed, I have...
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- Sep 8
- 3 min
Party Time パーティーの時間
2023 年 9 月 8 日 🫵 It doesn't matter if you left school years ago, or that you have no school-age children, or indeed if your life has...
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- Aug 31
- 5 min
In the Sticks III. Brandenburg. 田舎で Ⅱ. ブランデンブルク
2023 年 9 月 1 日 Hello, I am a grasshopper. As Nigel has been leaving all his windows open of late I thought I would investigate. But I...
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- Aug 25
- 11 min
In the Sticks II : Borderline 田舎で Ⅱ． 国境
2023 年 8 月 25 日 All my customers seem to coming back from holiday now. Some come bearing gifts...... 顧客は日本から贈り物を持ってきます Especially...
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- Aug 18
- 5 min
In the sticks 田舎で
2023 年 8 月 18 日 Let's see..... It was an innocent enough hike. Vladimir, Phe and myself alighted at Rückersbacher Schlucht railway halt...
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