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International Day of Libraries!

On 24 October many countries, including Germany, celebrate public libraries as social assets. To mark the occasion, I would like to share a picture of the Ishikawa Prefectural Library (石川県立図書館) from a photo collection from my last visit to

Greetings via Snail Mail

Happy New Year! Sending you greetings from Japan via my virtual New Year’s Card (#年賀状, Nengajo). Here in Japan, we actually exchange New Year’s greetings instead of Christmas cards. We wish each other all the best, good health and happiness

A Must-Have Outfit for Shichi-Go-San - Now and Then

Today, 15 November is the traditional #Shichi-Go-San festival ( #七五三 ) in Japan. It celebrates children reaching the threshold ages of 3, 5 and 7. To be more specific, boys aged 5 and girls aged 3 and 7 are blessed on this day. You may r

A Sense of Kinship with a Germanic Tradition

On the way back from my holidays over the Easter weekend, I saw a fire on the distant horizon. 🔥 That was a so-called Easter fire. Easter fires are said to have a Germanic origin and are meant to drive away the evil spirits of the winter.