Time off for gathering data

Tonight I am setting off for this massive, crowded monster-that-never-sleeps usually called the capital of Japan, Tokyo. So expect a break here, while I’m off having adventures, exploring the strangest of strange and generally enjoy this time off right until my return on the evening of the 30th of December. Afterwards I’ll do my best to bombard you with posts about all these strangest of strange, adventures etc. Meanwhile: いってきま～す！ ...

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Regarding cars

We all know – and, judging from the numbers of ones seen on the street, somewhat appreciate – Japanese cars. They are thought of as reliable and quite good, not necessarily one’s to scream about, like the supercars in Top Gear, but for the average Joe Japanese cars seem to be just right. When not considering subjective opinions or personal tastes, that is. However, I think that...

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五箇山、富山県 (Gokayama, Toyama-ken)

As a sort of way of congratulating us for surviving our mid-term exams, on Thursday we went on a trip to Gokayama, area of the city of Nanto (南砺市) in Toyama prefecture. It was a brief trip, we spent more time in total on the bus than in Gokayama itself, but if it meant: a) having no classes; b) spending some time with our Japanese foster families; and c) seeing something interesting,...

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