

Feb 7, 20245 min read
👋 Winter ade! Fuyu yo Sayonara ! 冬よ さようなら!
2024 年 2 月 7 日 We were standing in the entrance of the Wiesbaden opera house. "What's "Wiederaufnahme" in English? Dörte asks. Yes,...
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Jan 31, 20244 min read
Music 音楽
2024 年 1 月 31 日 Many of you may know the "Four Last Songs" (Vier letzte Lieder) by Richard Strauss, (not the Strauss of The Blue Danube...
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Jan 23, 20245 min read
Sunrise, Sunset 日の出、日の入り
2024 年 1 月 23 日 Published earlier than usual for notice of Benefizkonzert/Japan Earthquake (see end of post) The Italians get around...
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Jan 16, 20243 min read
Short post 短い投稿
2024 年 1 月 16 日 I lent out a `Cello over the New Year and in return received a very interesting "Thank You" : A day-by-day Japanese...
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Jan 9, 20244 min read
💥 Colliding worlds 2つの世界が衝突する
January 2024 1月 New Years Eve/Morning The sun rises over Langen on December 31st 2023. Little by little, the days are getting...
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Dec 30, 20237 min read
🥳 Alle Jahre wieder....また毎年.....Every year....
2023 年 12 月 30 日 Palmengarten Frankfurt: Winterlichter/Winter lights A friend of mine asked me if I would like to sing in his choir this...
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Dec 23, 20233 min read
🧠 My Brain 私の脳
2023 年 12 月 23 日 ".................エクスプレス チェックアウトのソフトウェアは非常に重いです..........." ".....The software at your express check-out is very...
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Dec 16, 20235 min read
🟠
2023 年 12 月 16 日 There is a word 言葉があります There's this word which I keep on hearing in Germany. And it isn't really a German word at...
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Dec 7, 20237 min read
🚸 When I was a child 子供の頃
2023 年 12 月 13 日 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put...
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Nov 29, 20237 min read
😬 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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Nov 25, 20235 min read
🌲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, 20235 min read
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, 20237 min read
⚓ 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, 20234 min read
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, 20234 min read
🪽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, 20234 min read
🟨 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, 20235 min read
🦀 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, 20235 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20235 min read
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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