Since I am here in Okinawa I will try the local beer brand, i.e. Orion beer tonight. German beer brewing tradition has spread centuries ago to Japan and made the alcoholic drink quite popular across the country. However, when Orion…
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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Orion beer
Tagged with: Beer, Brewing, Food and drink, Japan, Okinawan cuisine, Orion Breweries
Posted in Drink, Japanese, travel
Posted in Drink, Japanese, travel
Bless my car
In Austria it is possible that some one can get blessings from the roman-catholic church not only for himself, but also for his job, his house and even his car. By watching TV yesterday night I learnt that something similar…
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Spicy recommendation XVI
Today (Jan. 22nd) is Curry-day in Japan so it was obvious that I check another Indian curry restaurant for spicy food. This time my choice fell on a nearby restaurant named インド料理 ピアーズ (Indian Restaurant Piers). The restaurant does not…
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Tagged with: Curry, Indian cuisine, spicy food
Posted in Drink, Food, Japanese, Spicy recommendation
Posted in Drink, Food, Japanese, Spicy recommendation
Let it snow
Almost every year the same scenario happens in Tokyo: weather forecast announces snow for the next day, people start talking about the “rare event”, TV stations place cameras next to crowded places to take shots of people walking through dense…
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Therme Ogawa
This Sunday we visited Therme Ogawa which is located within walking distance from the place we are living. Like many other Onsen(hot spring) places in Tokyo area, this “Therme” has added a few more hot tubs and other facilities which…
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Spicy recommendation XV
This time I am writing about an Indian/Nepalese restaurant which should not be on your list of places you want to visit in Kokubunji area. The name of the place is PANAS and it is located a few hundred meters…
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July 9, 2012 and what it brings for foreigners in Japan
This year many new changes in Japan’s foreigner registration system will become effective on July 9th. A resident card will be issued. The document itself will replace the current foreigner registration card, but more important is that foreigners are now…
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Tagged with: Alien registration in Japan, Immigration law, Japan, Jūminhyō, Law, Visa
Posted in Japanese
Posted in Japanese
Mt. Fuji as seen from Tokyo
This evening I was installing and testing some antenna equipment on the roof of our research building. Just when the sun started to go down towards the horizon I saw how beautiful Mt. Fuji looks during this time of the…
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Mini-Mikan
This week we found some fruit that was sold under the name 御正月みかん(O-shougatsu-Mikan). Thereby Mikan or Citrus unushio is a fruit that is sold in Europe as seedless Mandarin and the term O-Shougatsu refers to the end-of-the-year holidays around Jan.…
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Tagged with: Agriculture, Citrus unshiu, Food and drink, Mandarin orange, Mikan, Orange
Posted in Food, Japanese
Posted in Food, Japanese
New Year’s Concert lottery
The Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert is an even that is broadcasted all over the world and which attracts several million of music fans in front of their TVs. A few people are lucky to get tickets (mostly those from…
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