The other day I was asked by a user; “how did you find the workload at Waseda”. This is of course a question that I can only answer very subjectively to. But there are a few guidelines and common things to use for reference. The work load at Waseda depends on several things. If you are there (like I was) to do the...

I love sake ! okay, that may sound a bit wrong, but I do… and so do the Japanese, although sake really referrers to “alcohol” and sake as we know it in the west is normally referred to in Japan as “nihonshu”. While browsing the net for nice places in Kyoto to visit, I kinda tripped over this one (okay okay, so I...

(sashimi) (raw chicken…no its not a joke (=_=’) ”if you cant see salmonella, then it is NOT REAL!” (Basashi, raw horse… better than it looks or sounds, but not something you would want to ”eat your fill” of.) (Fried sweet eggs with onions and horseradish.) So… The other day a user emails me and...

This time I had been in japan for a couple of days before heading to my dear friend who lives close to Nara (its actually Gakuenmae but its 9min by train to Nara from there.) Here I stayed for 2 weeks before returning to Tokyo. Apart from visiting my friend, I also wanted to go and see the ”light up show” (瑠璃絵) in...

Spending 2 days form feb 14 to 16 in the Ishikawa prefecture (Kaga) at the Yamanaka onsen (“in the mountains hot spring”) was one of my best experiences in Japan to date. ☺ I mean, I always sorta fantasized about sitting in an outdoor hot spring in the mountains drinking sake while the snow gently falls. *cue...