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🔵 The Lake lay Blue 青い湖
9th February 2025 年2月9日 (".....today.........in .....Germany .......very ......cold.......it is !....") Oh dear, this is far too slow....
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Feb 25 min read
🎵 The Piano waits patiently ピアノはしんぼうづよく待つ
2nd February 2025年2月2日 Hope is in the air.... きたい Hello, look who's landed .......like Hedwig, Harry Potter's owl. Though in this case I...
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Jan 225 min read
🪜 Stairway to Heaven 天国への梯子 Tengoku e no hashigo
22nd January 2025 年1月25日 I recently dug out my wristwatch. Put a battery into it. Now I can just glance at it if I want to know the...
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Jan 116 min read
🏖️ Travel Highlights 旅行のハイライト
January 12th 2025 年1月12日 She must have heard me muttering over my shopping list...... "tomatoes, milk, apples....oh yes, tissues...."...
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Dec 31, 20249 min read
🐍 The New Year 正月 2025
Yes. It's true. On a cold January morning in 2022 I set up this blog - The View from the Towers..... .and started writing..... The Towers...
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Dec 15, 20245 min read
🕯️ Candle ろうそく
December 2024 年12月 There is something about bad taste that makes me stop and wonder....("...how could you possibly.....?"). Sometimes you...
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Dec 2, 20245 min read
🌭Goethe ate a sausage here ゲーテさんはここでソーセージを食べた
December 1st 2024年12月1日 I have been wondering about this sign ever since last year, when I literally walked over it in the town of Miyako...
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Nov 21, 20243 min read
🚚.....Harry
November 2024 年11月 Hot off the press from the exciting town of Langen....... I'm walking through the town and this lorry stops right in...
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Nov 8, 20245 min read
Weather Vane 風見鶏
November 8th 2024年11月8日 High up on one of my towers is a weather vane - a Kazamidori かざみどり - what a lovely word !......Once I saw a...
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Nov 1, 20242 min read
All Hallows
November 2024 11月 ハロウィン Yes, it's that time of year again - Hallowe'en - All Saints Eve, the evening before November 1st, when in the...
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Oct 21, 20244 min read
🍂 秋 Aki (Autumn)
October 2024 年10月 It's disgraceful. Nigel hasn't posted a picture of me for at least 3 or four posts. I am important. For I am a cat, and...
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Oct 12, 20247 min read
🐭 Micky Mouse ミッキーマウス
October 2024年10月 Many years ago we were on a family holiday in Yorkshire, that beautifully hilly county in the UK. We had decided to go...
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Aug 31, 20243 min read
🎻 Beethoven ベートーヴェン
End of August 2024 年8月末 Poor old violin. You've seen a lot haven't you? You were very likely knocking around in some orchestra when...
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Aug 23, 20245 min read
Festival 祭り
August 8月 We start this week with a dragonfly. Well, actually, the simple logo on a ball point pen. It was my prize for taking part in a...
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Aug 15, 20248 min read
🌞 England 英国
( n.b. Only countries with a historical significance to Japan have their own kanji character ) 2024年8月15日 "Expat blog for hiking, music;...
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Aug 7, 20246 min read
🕺Turn on the tap タップ
2024年8月7日 The conversation went something like this: Me: "....so when you were in Wiesbaden, did you visit the hot springs?....."...
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Jul 25, 20247 min read
💦 Hot days in Japan 暑い日
Late July - 7月 So what do you do when the midday temperature is hitting 35°c and going out the front door is like going into a huge...
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Jul 19, 20245 min read
🧭 East of Tokyo 東京東部
2024年7月19日 Now I don't mind admitting it: I'm pretty hopeless at Kanji - those Chinese characters used in Japanese. But there is one...
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Jul 14, 20245 min read
Bicycles, Bananas and a 'Cello 自転車、バナナ、そしてチェロ
2024年7月14日 I walked over the footbridge near Langen station the other day, and saw this: the latest stretch of the Darmstadt - Frankfurt...
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Jul 6, 20244 min read
🌍 Scattered...散り散り
2024年7月6日 Quick! Get out of the house before the game ends. Because when it does, the streets of Langen will be filled with the sounds of...
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