Kingdom of Characters – Japan Foundation
Characters and mascots are huge in Japan and are part of daily life. Kingdom of Characters is an exhibition at the Japanisches Kulturinstitut.
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Author: Mia Jaap
Tokyo German Village – Winter Illumination
Tokyo German Village is a park in Chiba, located about two hours from central Tokyo. The park offers facilities for families, flower events, a souvenir shop and German food. It’s not an educational place meant to teach you German – in many ways it’s very much a Japanese park.
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Birlikte – Zusammenstehen
Birlikte is a rally, cultural festival and concert held in Cologne against right-wing extremist violence in Germany. The first one took place in 2014.
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Pastry course at Zweimeilenladen: Chef for one day?
Sometimes you just want to do something different or feel twenty years younger. How about both? My evening as a “pastry chef” at Zweimeilenladen, Hamburg.
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Oktoberfest 2012 in Shinjuku, Tokyo
I’ve stopped counting how many Oktoberfests were held around Tokyo alone, let alone Japan. An Oktoberfest held in a month other than October is nothing special though. Even the original in Munich starts in September. The Oktoberfest Shinjuku was held near Seibu Shinjuku Station.
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Cherry Blossom Festival in Hamburg
If you can’t make it to the cherry blossoms in Japan, why not go to a Japan festival in your country? Almost every city with a sizeable Japanese population has a cherry blossom or Japan festival and Hamburg is no exception.
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Kiel Week 2012
Kiel Week is a big deal for the city, a very big deal. It’s the largest sailing event in the world and one of the biggest festivals in Germany.
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Beatlemania & The John Lennon Museum
There are not many reasons to visit Saitama for sightseeing and one of my class mates – who is from Saitama City – couldn’t even name one. Actually there were two sights in Saitama. One is the railway museum which used to be in Akihabara and the other was the John Lennon Museum.
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Osterstraße Street Festival
Street festival season in Hamburg usually opens with the festival in the Osterstraße. Plenty of things to eat, music to enjoy and places to shop.
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Oktoberfest in Japan
just to get drunk. Like Christmas markets, the Oktoberfest has been exported to many countries.
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Christmas Market in Seoul, or: Why Chili Con Carne is German!
You may be aware that Germany has some hugely popular export products such as cars and beer. One of the seasonal export products are Christmas markets.
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