- Mar 10, 2023
- 3 min
The Rest of the World かいがい
2023 年 3 月 10 日 I was very nearly not writing a post this week, having just driven with the car to the UK and back for a major family...
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- Mar 3, 2023
- 5 min
In search of colour 色を求めて
2023 年 3 月 3 日 Last week I was bemoaning the lack of colour in modern architecture. There is a lot of white around these days in Germany....
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- Feb 24, 2023
- 3 min
🕊 Wings and things 翼
2023 年 2 月 24 日 Before I start my blog this week I would like to share this photo with you. It is simply good. 良い. Photo: Svitlana...
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- Feb 17, 2023
- 7 min
There is a Film 映画がある
2023 年 2 月 17 日 ".....When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me - Speaking words of wisdom, let it be...." sang...
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- Feb 10, 2023
- 8 min
LVIV
2023 年 2 月 10 日 (published February 2023) This week I am hosting a blog from Svitlana Borzenko, living in exile in Frankfurt, Germany...
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- Feb 3, 2023
- 3 min
Good Morning おはよう👋
2023 年 2 月 3 日 Last Monday, I got a desperate call from a local school. A water pipe had burst, flooding the instrument storeroom. Now...
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- Jan 27, 2023
- 4 min
How I survived January １月もなんとか乗り切りました
2023 年 1 月 27 日 As I write this post, January is drawing to a close, and my writing is catching up with the current date: January 27th,...
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- Jan 20, 2023
- 5 min
Tokyo 東京
2023 年 1 月 20 日 I am acutely aware that I only have a few days left in Japan. 日本にいるのはあと数日しかない. So it's time for some art. Every Autumn...
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- Jan 13, 2023
- 7 min
🛳 Yokohama 横浜!
2023 年 1 月 13 日 Just over 4 years ago, in April 2018, I landed in Tokyo Haneda Airport. It was the first time I had ever been to any...
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- Jan 6, 2023
- 6 min
Google Maps can't cope....これは訳せません 🤨
2023 年 1 月 6 日 Japan 日本 Google maps is not great for everything. I discover this when trying to find the Prefectural Art Museum in...
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- Dec 30, 2022
- 8 min
The End of the Line 終点
2022 年 12 月 30 日 Japan 日本 I have to see the sea. 海を見なくてはならない This is the cry of a land-locked ex-pat living in the middle of the...
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- Dec 23, 2022
- 8 min
Toast and butter - Tōsuto to batā
2022 年 12 月 23 日 Japan 日本 The contrast could not have been greater. コントラストはこれ以上大きくなることはありませんでした. In the rural farming community where I...
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- Dec 16, 2022
- 6 min
Just Nuts......ぎんなん銀杏
2022 年 12 月 16 日 Germany: 🥶 I was brave enough to join a hike through the Wiesbaden forest last weekend....先週末、ヴィースバーデン近くでハイキング............
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- Dec 9, 2022
- 7 min
Firemen and Udon Noodles 消防士とうどん
Germany: 🌧 Japan 日本 : "So who is on the team then?" (昼ご飯の間、家族がイベント について話していた日) This was one of the few sentences I managed to extract...
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- Dec 2, 2022
- 8 min
Dilemma きゅうち窮地
2022 年 12 月 2 日 There is so much to write about! So: I've decided to try writing my blog in two sections. The first will reflect the...
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- Nov 25, 2022
- 6 min
Crows and things....からす座
2022年11月25日 (2th Nov. 2022) My bedroom is still dark when I wake up. 目が覚めたら部屋がまだ暗い. Something is wrong. It is too quiet. It is indeed...
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- Oct 29, 2022
- 2 min
🔔 Bells across the Meadows 10月末
2022年10月29日 "When I was a child....."....so starts a much - used grammatical device in my Japanese textbook. It encourages the student to...
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- Oct 18, 2022
- 4 min
A Strange Profession 奇妙な職業
2022 年 10 月 18 日 🎻 We violinmakers are a strange lot. We don't compromise on quality - which puts us at odds with the must-have-now...
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- Oct 11, 2022
- 4 min
What can I say? 何と言えばいい？
2022 年 10 月 11 日 I give English conversation lessons to Svitlana, who should be living in her home town of Lviv. We meet in cafés in...
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- Oct 3, 2022
- 5 min
Random......かんそう感想
🍂 Autumn 秋 Have you ever owned a sailing boat? No, neither have I...... 帆船 (はんせん) ,を所有したことがありますか。いいえ、私も持っていません....😀, but this is what...
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