Tag Archive: tradition

Feb 19 2012

34th week

V-Day I decided to change this week’s topic, it will not be about Japanese cuisine or about snowboarding. Actually I’ve been kind of surprised by Valentines day. Why? It’s completely different in Japan! Here the man is not supposed to give a present, but to receive one; either by an admirer, girlfriend, wife, or a …

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Aug 07 2011

The ninth week

Kawagoe Obon Festival

A light dawned on me I am sticking to my rule about not talking about my work after the first week. The 1.000.000 lantern festival is being celebrated in Kawagoe. How Kawagoe looks like during the day I have already shown you. Yet this festival provides the opportunity to take some pictures of the place …

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