Germany

Surfing in the stream

There is a large park in Munich whose name is Englischer Garten. It is one of the biggest city centre parks in the world, larger than Hyde Park in London and…

Japan

‘Read’ a pasta dish

Talking with a Japanese friend of mine, Koji, who is a wine and food expert, I learned that there is an Italian dish called Napolitan in Japan, which I did not know that existed.

Germany

Sophisticated straw dolls

We visited Viktualienmarkt in Munich, which is a market in which they sell good quality foods. But what caught my eye was the stalls which were selling lots of straw dolls. They…

Japan

Visiting an exhibition of Ukiyo-e

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. A lot of people in Italy know the artist Katsushika Hokusai and his works, for example “the wave” or “36 views of mount Fuji”. They are on…

Germany

After 306 steps

We climbed up the tower of St.Peterskirche in Munich. 92 metres high and 306 steps. I counted that. This photo is taken from the top. The view was very nice as expected, but…

Japan

Eat Italian food in Tokyo

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. Usually when I travel I like to be totally absorbed in local customs, so I eat only local foods because foods are one of the forms of…

Japan

Eat Italian food in Tokyo

This is my friend, Bangly's posting. Usually when I travel I like to be totally absorbed in local customs, so I eat only local foods because foods are one of the forms of…

Germany

Devil’s footprint

This is the devil’s footprint. It is near the entrance of Freuenkirche, the symbolic church of Munich. According to the direction, when the church was built, the devil came and stood…

Japan

The Meijijingu

This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In this photo you can see Meiji shrine, one of the most important and typical tourist destination in Tokyo. It is always full of foreign tourists but…