Ramune is a japanese lemonade. It tastes more or less as you expect. Tze very special thing about this lemonade is the lock of the bottle: It is a small crystal ball. To open the bottle you need to press the ball into the bottle with a plastic piece. In the bottle neck is a [...]
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Ramune – Japanese lemonade
Posted in Drinking, Japan, tagged postaday2011 on 3. September 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Autumn haiku 2
Posted in Japan, tagged postaday2011 on 1. September 2011 | Leave a Comment »
And the second one: a big turkey in the center of the table . . . stuffing falling out written by Jordan Wilhot
Autumn Haiku 1
Posted in Japan, tagged postaday2011 on 31. August 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Found two nice autumn haikus. Here is the first one: colorful leaves cover the ground . . . slackers with leaf blowers written by Danny Power
Mango Marshmallow
Posted in Dessert, Japan, tagged postaday2011 on 27. August 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I found this tropical Hello Kitty Mango Marshmallow in a Japanese store. The marshmallow itself smack of Mango and they are filled with some kind of Mango jelly. I like them! There was also another package with pineapple jelly, but we did not buy them.
Japan earthquake
Posted in Japan, tagged postaday2011 on 12. March 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Now is really not a time where I wish to be in Japan. First the strong earthquake and tsunamis and now all the problems with the nuclear power plant (especially with Fukushima). I really hope that everything will be back to normal soon! And of course, that nothing more or even bad will happen in [...]
Postaday2011 Topic #55 – If you could have anything to eat right now, what would it be?
Posted in General Stuff, Japan, The Daily Post, tagged postaday2011 on 1. March 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If I could have anything to eat right now (okay, perhaps not now. I would prefer it as a next meal), it would be kobe beef. This is a special beef you can only get in Japan (also there exist cultures according to the original kobe beef, but this meat is called wagyu beef! The [...]
Japanese Haiku
Posted in Japan, The Daily Post, tagged postaday2011 on 24. January 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today I thought about giving writing haikus a try. A haiku is a form of Japanese poetry. It consists of three lines (first with 5, second with 7 and third with 5 syllables) and some kind of noticeable grammatical break (often replaced with commas or hyphens in English). One haiku of Matsuo Basho is some [...]
Tatami Schlafzimmer – Konstruktion
Posted in Geek Living, Japan on 24. January 2010 | 6 Comments »
Bereits in diesem Artikel habe ich kurz über die 270 cm x 270 cm Tatami-Matten Schlaffläche im Schlafzimmer berichtet. Hier folgen endlich Fotos und genauere Details zur Herstellung der Holzunterkonstruktion. Für eine größere Ansicht der Fotos einfach auf das Foto klicken. Bei Bedarf kann ich auch gerne noch größere Versionen der Fotos zur Verfügung stellen. [...]
Tatami Schlafzimmer
Posted in Geek Living, Japan on 9. January 2010 | 1 Comment »
Endlich ist das Tatami Schlafzimmer (so gut wie) fertig. Zwei Tage hat das Errichten der Unterkonstruktion für die Tatami-Matten dauert. Jetzt fehlt nur noch die Montage der schwarzen Blenden und der sichtbaren schwarzen Holzbalken, die morgen stattfinden wird. Die fünf Tatami-Matten (Ein Mal 90 cm x 90 cm und vier Mal 90 cm x 180 [...]
Bento
Posted in General Stuff, Japan, Japanese Bento on 18. February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bento ist eine japanische Darreichungsform von verschiedenen Speisen in speziellen Boxen (ebenfalls Bento genannt) mit Unterteilungen. In Japan ist das Mitnehmen oder Kaufen von Bentos beispielsweise von Geschäftsleuten oder Schulkindern weit verbreitet. Nähere Informationen zum Thema Bento (in Japan) gibt’s auf der Wikipedia-Seite und auch auf der “Was ist ein Bento” Unterseite bei Bentosuechtig.de. Auch [...]




