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A Spring Studio in Kagurazaka, Tokyo :D

Japanese Language School

Twice a week. Better not to think about the amount of time and money spent on learning Japanese as it gets pretty depressing ;-)

Japanese Dinner

After one week of crappy food in Madrid, it’s good to be back home :) Could not resist going to one excellent restaurant a few steps away from home in Kagurazaka, Tokyo.

Kyoto in Red

そうだ京都、行こう

Japanese Menu

Help needed to decipher ;-)

Japanese Prints

One would think that having to deal with so many different characters would have lead to the replacement of chinese characters (kanji) by something a bit more practical to deal with.

Marimokkori

Marimokkori (まりもっこり) is a character popularized in Hokkaidō, Japan. Much like the Tamagochi, Marimokkori’s name is a bit of word-play, as marimo is the word for the green algae clusters that grow in some of Hokkaidō’s lakes and "mokkori" is a Japanese slang term for… well I let you guess ;-) wikipedia

Lanterns

@ Kagurazaka Matsuri in Tokyo

Shin Nihonkai

Queueing to register the car in order to board the ferry.

Nori Cutter

Or how to easily cut seaweed to make a cute bento!

Snake Warning

Cute Signs

From Yokosuka MOA – south of Tokyo.

Cute Signs

From Yokosuka MOA – south of Tokyo.

Starfleet 1316

Taxi sign in Tokyo.

Restaurant

From Kagurazaka – Tokyo.

Flu Medecine

This time of the year when you need some…

Kagurazaka Shita

Winter : Blue Sky in Tokyo :-)

JLPT

Coming back home after taking (successfully?) my JLPT. I definitely have less energy than when I was a student… Or maybe it’s exam practise that I lack?

JLPT

Coffee break time before the listening part of the test.

Discharge

Static electricity and gasoline: an explosive combination!

G8 Summit in Hokkaido

Extra security measures in Tokyo during the G8 summit in Hokkaido. BTW, the summit took place in the very same hotel I went on holiday a few years ago! I’m sure they all had a chance to enjoy the three Michelin-stars Michel Bras restaurant over there…