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Author Archives: admin
the sixth week
That’s like taking candy from a baby For everybody who does not know it: I’m a sugar addict. I need my sugar no matter if in liquid form like soft drinks or in solid form. Mostly those products then originate … Continue reading
the fifth week
Cumbersome companies Only the cell phone contract is missing. But there seems to be a problem when trying to get a SIM card. There are five mobile networks in Japan (virtual networks not taken into account). Marketleader NTT docomo with … Continue reading
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Tagged contract, EMOBILE, environment, mobile, NTT docomo, Optus, Orange, phone, SIM Card, Softbank Mobile, T-Mobile, Telstra, Virgin Mobile, Vodafone, waste
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third week
Here comes the mouse! Friday. My host Celine has no internet access at home which is why she is taking me to her university, Dokkyo university. There she hands me her wireless password and heads off for her lectures. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol, american, architecture, briton, Buddhism, buildings, canteen, cemetery, churchyard, custom, day care, Die Maus, Dokkyo University, earthquake, economy, energy, English teacher, family, food, grave, hospitality, host, internet, job, journalist, Kitaurawa, life, mountains, mouse, Omiya, part time, phone, price, Saitama Shintoshin, school, technology, temple, tomstone, turtle, values, warning system, wife, work
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second week
Woho, I’m an alien. I’m a legal alien I’m a German man in Japan… To be honest I didn’t find a way to get my foreigner’s registration card without having a permanent address here in Japan. However Jim and Heath … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 Yen Shop, address, alien, american, couchsurfing, culture, custom, electric, English teacher, friday, Fukushima, German, guide, Hiro, host, hotel, industry, Japan, job, job interview, Kawagoe, limousine, line, majolica, metro, old town, Onsen, Pan Tau, penis, public bath, queue, raccoon dog, Saitama, Shibuya, station, suit, tanuki, temple, terrakotta, weekend, work and travel, Yakuza
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the first week
Moving moments Since the flight from London to Japan takes you over the north pole and the sun does not set there in late May, the trip was literally is the longest day of my life. And an astonishing … Continue reading
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Tagged 11 hours flight, address, airport, alien registration card, american, architecture, arrival, australian, backpack, Baden Baden, bank, Bento, Buddhism, catch 22, cemetery, change, Chiba, climbing, construction, couchsurfing, disabled, dish, earthquake, first impression, flat, Flight, fruit, Germany, grave, host, house, humidity, Japan, Jim and Heath, Kaiser's, Kanji, kindness, laptop, lines, manhole, money, movie, park, politeness, post office, sleep, sugoi, sunny, teacher, temple, The Kings Speech, The way Back, ticket, Tokyo-Narita, train, train station, tripod, turtle, vegetables, vending machine, warm, way, wheelchair, Wi-Fi, wireless, work and travel, Yen
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