This is actually not my first time knitting a scarf. On my first try i did surprisingly very well and the product had a very steady pattern. This was back in 2016 and besides my friends complaining about that “weird glowing orange color” it also did served its time already and looked a bit worn …
The Tohoku region is located north from the Kanto region. There is a very unique week called the Sandai Matsuri where you have the chance to participate or watch the three greatest festivals in this region in 3 different prefectures. I want to briefly introduce those festivals and the prefectures in this post, since for …
If you wander around Japan for a while you will realize that there are a lot of smaller shrines which portrait a fox statue with a red cape. These are Inari shrines and there are around 30000 of them with the Fushimi Inari as the head shrine (inari.jp, accessed: 14.10.2019). My Trip: The nearest station …
The Manekin Neko – beckoning cat – has many different stories of origin. The most popular story takes place at the Gotokoji Temple. Here again there are differen versions but the story which the Gotokoji Temple itself tells goes like this: A long time ago when the temple faced some financial problems, the monk told …
This compilation lists some places which promise to provide a nice city view. The ratings are my personal opinion and were adjusted to give an order on which places i felt were better than others. Bunkyo City Hall – Sky deck ( free ) Bunkyo-ku, Kasuga 1-16-21, Bunkyo Civic Center Bldg 25F. closes at 20:30 …
Today is a special and exceptional day. Today i didn’t go to university although i was supposed to. I just realized that i had to hand in an assignment yesterday! Initially I thought the deadline would be today, so still one day left. In the end i worked on it till 5 am and next …
