The German language seems to be quite popular in Japan. I guess English is getting more or less ‘boring’ as many people can understand English by now, therefore German or French seem to be languages which are kind of fashionable to use. E.g. for t-shirt prints, names of cafés and stores etc.
Some nice shirts – [...]

Akihabara is a district in Tokyo full of stores which sell electronic items of any sort you can think of. A lot of ‘otaku’ (term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly anime and manga) hang out there and ‘maid cafés’ originate from this area.
As the name ‘maid café’ already implies, all the [...]

The first thing I did after I getting off the plane in Japan was to use the bathroom at Narita airport. What I found there was a ‘Toto’ toilet which – how I later found out – was simply THE one and only toilet brand used by seemingly 99% of all Japanese households, companies and [...]

I had to come to Tokyo in order to experience the first Pecha Kucha Night of my life. After I somehow never managed to go to a Pecha Kucha Night in Berlin this was a really nice coincidence and I am thinking about doing a Pecha Kucha speech or presentation myself someday…? Maybe…
Anyway, anyone who [...]

After some more rain but yet an other exciting day in Tokyo the sky was burning behind the skyline. Seen here from Odaiba with a few on Rainbow Bridge.

It’s foggy and rainy here in Tokyo lately, which makes the city even more cinematic, especially in the evenings and in the night. The air is so humid and warm though, that some people had a nice idea: if you search for “tokyo mist” on google you’ll find this: “Dry Mist to Cool People Down”.

There [...]