on my path…
on my path…
Traveling through Asia offers even in each country different aspects and habits. But Singapore itself shows a completely different face than all other Asian countries I have been so far. It is kind of travelling or being in Switzerland – they know well that they have huge economic power and have the independence to make …
Indian Holi color Festival in Singapore which was pretty small but perfect for the first experience with that kind of festival. Located at the beach the sun, the colors, the sand, the water perfectly matched and combined with the indian sounds the feeling was just great… if you ever have the chance to visit one …
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可愛い (kawaii) is the expression in Japan if you talk about something „cute“. And because really, really a lot in Japan is cute, crazy, colorful, sweet, fluffy or any kind of “girlish”, kawaii is really used often. The difference to western countries is just, that these things are bought in Japan between the age of …
Almost forgotten things I did during my study at and with the Hiroshima University of Economics. Everything started with a traditional Tea Ceremony in an old Tea house. Turn the tea left and right, drink in once, put down, bow, use only right hand…a lot of things to take care of. Even more for the …
For some still the capital of Japan. Travel to Kyoto means a travel to the past time of Japan, where no high-technology and industrialization took his part of the daily life. The possibilities of sightseeing spots are uncountable and offer a big a variety of historical monuments. What I liked the most were the millions …
Japan – Although I am used from Germany that smoking is not allowed everywhere, just to protect the non-smoker from this unhealthy stuff, Japan has his own view of it. Nearly everywhere they have their designated smoking areas. Which is pretty fine, cause so you won’t find any stubs on the street and as well …
The first look on Mount Fuji was amazing. Everywhere around green and brown mountains and in the middle the white covered Mount Fuji spikes out. Arrival from Tokyo is pretty easy and fast by train. With the special Hakone-Pass you can also use every local train, cable car, ships and get some reduction on entrance …
Landing in Tokyo by night showed illuminated buildings till horizon. Luckily we arrived at the Haneda Airport next to the center of Tokyo, so the way to our hotel was not as far and expensive as it would have been from the Narita airport. First impression about Japan or especially the Japanese people: nice, quiet, …
at least during our trip to the volcano Aso. But lets start from the beginnin g. For our first own organized trip we were roughly stopped. To book the bus ticket seemed to be impossible. Luckily we have our international office at the university helping us in every situation. So bus ticket was booked and …
…were my thoughts about China before I went there the first time – and at all I would never expected to be their one day. Bad luck for me that I gave it chance. It was so fascinating and totally not the expected and totally worth it to go there a second time. Shanghai was …