With this weblog I hope to show you a little bit of my life in Japan. The main texts are in Dutch, but all the text in the "photo updates" is in English, so I hope there is something for everyone.
for everyone who wants to know more about this fascinating country, people who plan a trip and hopefully it is also usefull for people living in Japan!
| Update 44: | Over de aardbeving |
| Update 43: | Japanese words originating from Dutch |
| Photo Update 42: | Graduation |
| Flight to Ōshima |
| Hiking Kumotoriyama |
| Visiting Pieter in Korea |
| Berlin 1 |
| Berlin 2 |
| Berlin 3 |
| Tamagawa fireworks festival |
| Hiking Mt. Hotaka |
| Hitachinaka fireworks festival |
| Photo Update 41: | Kyōto 1: Gion & Fushimi-Inari |
| Kyōto 2: Arashiyama |
| Ise 1: Ise Shrine & Futami |
| Ise 2: Pearl cultivation |
| Mie & Wakayama |
| Naruto |
| Shikoku |
| Hattōji |
| Okayama & Himeji |
| Odaiba (Tōkyō) |
| Photo Update 40: | Climbing Mt. Kitadake |
| Wedding cake preparations |
| Tōkyō |
| Fuji lakes & Kamakura |
| Kiso valley & walking the Nakasendō |
| Kagamigahara Aerospace museum & Inuyama |
| Autumn colors & X-Mas lightup |
| Photo Update 39: | Misaki peninsula (Miura, Arasaki, Jōgashima) |
| Site of reversible destiny |
| Kyōto (Nijō Castle & brewery) |
| Temples of Tōfukuji |
| Hikone castle |
| Edogawa & Tamagawa fireworks |
| Photo Update 38: | Chūbu Tour - 1: Kiso Valley |
| Chūbu Tour - 2: Tsumago-juku & Magome-juku post towns |
| Chūbu Tour - 3: Gujō-Hachiman & ShirakawagD; |
| Chūbu Tour - 4: Kanazawa |
| Chūbu Tour - 5: Tōjimbō (Basalt lava coast) |
| Chūbu Tour - 6: Last 2 days (Coast, Obuse, Nagano, Matsumoto) |
| Photo Update 37: | Tohoku Tour - 1: Hiraizumi & Kakunodate |
| Tohoku Tour - 2: Hirosaki |
| Tohoku Tour - 3: Oirase & Morioka |
| Tohoku Tour - 4: Sanrikukaigan (Tohoku's east coast) |
| Photo Update 36: | Haneda Airport |
| Strandbeest & Cherry Blossoms in Tokyo |
| Kamakura |
| Photo Update 35: | Melbourne |
| Avalon Airshow (Part 1) |
| Avalon Airshow (Part 2) |
| Sydney |
| Photo Update 34: | Dezomeshiki (New Year's Fire Review) |
| Flight to Ooshima |
| Photo Update 33: | Christmas |
| Jeju (Korea) |
| Jeju (Korea) 2 |
| Autumn Hiking |
| Kyuushuu tour part 1: Nagasaki |
| Kyuushuu tour part 2: Nagasaki |
| Kyuushuu tour part 3: Unzen |
| Kyuushuu tour part 4: Kumamoto |
| Kyuushuu tour part 5: Around Aso |
| Kyuushuu tour part 6: AroundAso |
| Other |
| Photo Update 32: | Alaska Part 1 |
| Alaska (& Seattle) Part 2 |
| Hiking from Oze to Kaniyu onsen |
| Hanabi (Fireworks) |
| Hiking Shiroumadake (Hakuba) |
| JAXA excursion and Cycling tour |
| Nagatoro walk and river cruise |
| Making stuff with ume (japanese plums) |
| Photo Update 31: | Other things (in Tokyo) |
| Washington |
| London |
| Munich |
| Paris |
| Photo Update 30: | Other things |
| Onsen tour part 1 |
| Onsen tour part 2 |
| Korea part 1 |
| Korea part 2 |
| Photo Update 29: | 2 Day trip to Hokkaido (snow festival) |
| Wedding of Tobi & Mae Rose (and preparations) |
| Takayama & Shirakawago (UNESCO) |
| Christmas 2007 |
| Photo Update 28: | Autumn colours |
| Trip to Okinawa |
| Miyako Island |
| Shimoji Island |
| Other pictures |
| Photo Update 27: | Nokogiriyama (Chiba) |
| Photo Update 26: | Conference trip to Ostrava (Czech) |
| Zdar & Pernstjen castle |
| Prague |
| The Netherlands |
| Photo Update 25: | Climbing Mt. Yari, Day 1 |
| Climbing Mt. Yari, Days 2 & 3 |
| Mt.Takao, Odaiba, Flight Demonstration |
| Photo Update 24: | Climbing Mt. Fuji, the way UP |
| Climbing Mt. Fuji, the way DOWN |
| Photo Update 23: | Coastline and Fireflies in Izu |
| Yokohama trip with language class |
| Laboratory Party |
| Hiking Ooyama & Takamizu-sanyama |
| Rose garden & Nikko trip |
| Photo Update 22: | Tour around Mt Fuji |
| Japanese Folk house museum |
| My house |
| Photo Update 21: | Signs - Watch your fingers! |
| No Smoking signs |
| Signs to promote good manners |
| Funny pictures from manuals |
| Roadwork / Construction work signs |
| Other funny signs |
| Update 18: | Onderzoek, Festiviteiten & losse flodders |
| Photo Update 20: | Hanami (cherry blossom viewing) |
| Easter |
| Other |
| Update 17: | Over het verleden en de toekomst |
| Photo Update 19: | Searching for a new house |
| Snow Monkeys |
| Nagano |
| Ice skating & lab party |
| Photo Update 18: | New year celebration at Meiji Jingu |
| New year ornaments |
| Christmas illuminations |
| Update 16: | Over Onderzoek, een testvlucht & de gluhwein party |
| Photo Update 17: | Autumn at the university campus |
| Flighttest |
| Tokyo Daibutsu |
| Gluhwein party preparations & presentations |
| Yokohama |
| Update 15: | Japanese words originating from Dutch |
| Photo Update 16: | English texts |
| Update 14: | On the weird english language (in English!)
"The Chaos" poem and other texts that show english pronuncation is weird |
| Photo Update 15: | Voting & Fuji lakes |
| Photo Update 14: | Tokyo (part 1) |
| Kamakura |
| Hakone |
| Around Kyoto |
| Kyoto |
| Koyasan |
| Autumn colours at Koyasan |
| Tokyo (part 2) |
| Photo Update 13: | Hiking Bou-no-mine |
| Lab - Komaba - Shimbashi |
| Photo Update 12: | Hiking Kuroyama santaki (1) |
| Hiking Kuroyama santaki (2) |
| Rikugi-en garden (Tokyo) |
| Koma flowers and Kawagoe |
| Update 13: | Vakantie komt eraan! Taal, onderzoek en tochten |
| Photo Update 11: | Shinagawa & Fireworks with Van Ginkel |
| Hiking Mt. Jimba |
| Asakusa Samba Carnival Parade |
| Yoyogi koen/harajuku Genki matsuri (energy festival) |
| Update 12: | Over mijn bezigheden... |
| Photo Gallery: | Nihongo (japanese language) course completion ceremony & party |
| Photo Update 10: | Going to Hanabi festival (Fireworks) |
| Hanabi (Fireworks) |
| Hiking at Miyagase Dam area |
| Other |
| Photo Update 9: | Nokogiri yama |
| Hota beach |
| Photo Update 8: | Mt. Takao 1 |
| Mt. Takao 2 |
| Tanabata festival |
| Electric home appliances |
| Comics in manuals |
| Update 11: | Over het hiken op Mt. Takao, mijn oven, en verder... |
| Photo Update 7: | Tokyo Green Tour |
| Irisses in the Emperial East Garden |
| Ikebana at Yasukuni Shrine |
| Update 10: | Over de taalcursus, het Lab, tradities en groen in de stad |
| Photo Gallery: | Lab: April 2006 Welcoming party |
| Lab: June 2006 BBQ in Tachikawa |
| Lab: June 2006 Rest of Tachikawa park |
| Update 9: | Taal verhaal |
| Photo Update 6: | Alps |
| Birthday (Garden) |
| Birthday (Jazz) |
| Update 8: | Verjaardag & de Japanse Alpen |
| Photo Update 5: | Asakusa |
| Fuji |
| Photo Update 4: | Ueno |
| With Max |
| St. Mary's Cathedral |
| Photo Update 3: | Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens |
| Photo Update 2b: | Kamakura & Tokyo (By Jorg) |
| Update 7: | Losse Flodders |
| Photo Update 2: | Kamakura (Part 1) |
| Kamakura (Part 2) |
| Kamakura (Part 3) |
| Sightseeing Tokyo Day 1 (Part 1) |
| Sightseeing Tokyo Day 1 (Part 2) |
| Sightseeing Tokyo Day 2 (Part 1) |
| Sightseeing Tokyo Day 2 (Part 2) |
| Sightseeing Tokyo Day 2 (Part 3) |
| Update 6: | Over de taalcursus en de Golden week |
| Update 5: | WLAN op het balkon |
| Update 4: | Over de laptop, vakgroepen & onderzoek,
de taalcursus en het eten |
| Photo Update 1: | General photos |
| Komaba Lodge (My appartment) |
| Welcome Party |
| Meiji Jingu Shrine & park |
| Weird Japanese at Harajuku |
| Update 3: | Over het eten, reizen, computers en samurai |
| Update 2: | Over de inkopen en de mensen |
| Update 1: | Over de vlucht, de prof, de pasfotos en mijn kamer |
[Dutch] Zoals ik al gemeld had in update 8 heb ik een opname van de "happy birthday improvisatie" die de jazz band speelde in het cafe waar we op mijn verjaardag naartoe zijn geweest. Je kan de mp3
. De geluidskwaliteit is niet super, ten eerste omdat het natuurlijk een heel simpel microfoontje was en te tweede omdat ie (veel) te dicht bij de drums zat. Met nabewerking heb ik het nog enigszins om aan te horen kunnen maken, het idee zal in ieder geval duidelijk zijn. Op het eind hoor je de pianist etoo (euh)... tanzyoobi (verjaardag) ... zeggen en hij krijgt van mijn collegas "Jorg" als antwoord waarop hij "Jorg-san tanjoobi omedetoo gozaimasu" (Jorg verjaardag gefeliciteerd van harte). Op het eind wordt nog "OMEDETOO" geschreeuwd waarop ik "doomo arigatoo gozaimashita" antwoord (heel er bedankt).
Down here you find a picture of Fuji-san like it could look when seen from an airplane... It is a picture I found here, taken in January 2006 with the laboratory camera.
