Nagoya (名古屋)

Tuesday, 17 June 2014 0 comments

This weekend I had a little trip down to Nagoya. Well, I say “went”, but that’s a wee bit of an exaggeration: I arrived Friday evening and left 4pm the following day. But if all you want to see is Nagoya-only things and/or have no interest in the car industry (Toyota, Honda and Mitsubishi, Nagoya is home to all three of those), then that’s just perfect. Right after...

百万石まつり (Hyakumangoku Matsuri)

Sunday, 8 June 2014 0 comments

Although all kinds of festivals, big and small, take place in Japan throughout the year, the majority of them (and some of the biggest ones) take place in summer. And this weekend Kanazawa was alive with the energy of Hyakumangoku Matsuri (百万石まつり). Let me explain. “Hyakumangoku” means „million koku” – and koku is a unit of volume, rice in particular. One koku is enough rice to...

 
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