Postsmaxinpower in # japan • 14 hr. ago • 4 min readHello Tanuki =/= Hallo Tanuki - Kyoto Impressions 👹🍣🎎 Wonderful Japan ENG-GERTime and again, it’s the little things that draw us in and fill us with wonder. I notice this myself quite often when I’m out and about and let myself drift a bit. Suddenly, I stop and look at what’s right in front of me—and I start to feel happy because I like it so much. I felt this again on our last trip. We had just arrived in Kyoto and…maxinpower in # japan • 1 day ago • 6 min readImpressive Chion-in - Kyoto Impressions 👹🍣🎎 Wonderful JapanOn our last trip to Kyoto, I mostly stuck to familiar paths and took my little team to places I’d been to before. For the kids, it was all new territory, and for me too—even though I’d seen a lot of it before—our outings were a really great experience. It’s actually a lot of fun to walk along those very same familiar paths and indulge a little in…maxinpower in # japan • 2 days ago • 3 min readEs regnet 👹🍣🎎 Mein JapanNachdem wir in den letzten Wochen wirklich tolles Wetter hatten, sieht es seit ein paar Tagen nun ganz anders aus. Wie üblich für diesen Monat hat die Regenzeit angefangen, welche uns nun für ein paar Wochen beschäftigen wird. Glücklicherweise regnet es in unserem Teil des Landes normalerweise nicht ganz so viel, aber der schöne blaue Himmel, der…maxinpower in # japan • 3 days ago • 5 min readA colorful walk =/= Eine farbenfrohe Wanderung 👹🍣🎎 Wonderful Japan ENG-GERSummer is in the air, and so far we’ve been quite lucky with the weather. The rainy season doesn’t seem to be in any hurry, and it’s usually really nice outside. Warm, but not too hot, and not quite as humid yet. It’s actually really nice for June, which is one reason we took the opportunity a few days ago to go out for a little hike. Our…maxinpower in # japan • 4 days ago • 4 min readWho is that? =/= Wer ist denn das? - Kyoto Impressions 👹🍣🎎 Wonderful Japan ENG-GERWe’re back in Kyoto again, retracing the steps of our last trip. Since we had a long drive, we didn’t arrive in the old imperial capital until the afternoon. We didn’t want to waste any time, so we immediately plunged into the hustle and bustle and took a quick look around. But somehow it got late pretty quickly, and I had to adjust the big…maxinpower in # japan • 6 days ago • 4 min readSakura Gallore 👹🍣🎎 Wonderful Japan ENG-GERThe magic of the cherry blossoms is now some weeks behind us, and everything around us has become noticeably greener. Tiny buds have turned into large leaves; everything is blooming, growing, and sprouting—spring is showing us just what it’s capable of. Although it really doesn’t need to prove anything to us. But even if—or perhaps precisely…maxinpower in # japan • 7 days ago • 3 min readTime for some rain 👹🍣🎎 Wonderful JapanAfter enjoying really great weather over the past few weeks, things are looking quite different now. As is typical for this month, the rainy season has begun, and will be with us for a few weeks. Fortunately, it doesn’t usually rain quite as much in our part of the country, but the beautiful blue skies we’ve been enjoying lately will now be…maxinpower in # japan • 8 days ago • 3 min readThis place again =/= Und schon wieder hier 👹🍣🎎 Wonderful Japan ENG-GERThere are some places I just keep coming back to, even if it often takes a while before I finally make it there again. But when the time comes, it usually feels as if I’d never left. That’s exactly what happened to me just the other day. I was on my way to work and took one of my favorite detours and stopped at a small lookout spot. Actually…maxinpower in # japan • 9 days ago • 3 min readNeed some orange? =/= Braucht ihr ein wenig Orange? 👹🍣🎎 Wonderful Japan ENG-GERIt’s all about flowers again—which of course is always a nice topic. Who doesn’t enjoy a few pretty, colorful blooms, especially when the day hasn’t gone quite as you’d hoped? But at least I managed to get outside briefly in the evening and went for a walk with the little ones. That was probably the highlight of the whole day, and I was finally…maxinpower in # japan • 10 days ago • 4 min readWhere is the deer? =/= Wo sind die Hirsche? 👹🍣🎎 Wonderful Japan ENG-GERToday we’re back briefly in Nara, a city that many Japanese people associate primarily with a very specific kind of animal. And anyone who follows my articles knows exactly which animal I’m talking about. But I don’t need to keep you guessing, because as usual, the pictures give it all away. In Nara, a great deal revolves around deer, which are…maxinpower in # japan • 11 days ago • 3 min readSome first hydrangeas =/= Die ersten Hortensien 👹🍣🎎 Wonderful Japan ENG-GERNow in June, we should actually be getting a lot more rain, but so far we’ve been lucky that the rainy season seems to be starting later this year. It’s still mostly quite sunny and warm, but you can’t really say it’s been too dry either. Nature seems to agree, and when you’re out and about, it usually shows off its green and colorful side.…maxinpower in # germany • 12 days ago • 4 min readTwo momuments =/= Zwei Denkmäler - Berlin Impressions 🇩🇪🍻🥨 ENG-GERFor a change, today I have two pictures from the German capital, focusing on two monuments that I discovered while walking around the city center. The first picture shows the bronze sculpture of St. George sitting on a rearing horse and fighting a dragon with a spear or sword. The depiction is one of the most famous motifs in Christian art and…maxinpower in # japan • 13 days ago • 4 min readKiyumizu-dera - Kyoto Impressions 👹🍣🎎 Wonderful Japan ENG-GERI’m back in Kyoto and looking at a few photos I took there. As usual, I took quite a few, because there was so much to see. And as you’ve probably already noticed, I find it hard to hold back when it comes to taking photos. But why should I? It’s fun and doesn’t hurt anyone. On the contrary, it lets me share some of the many impressions I…maxinpower in # japan • 15 days ago • 3 min readVenus meets Jupiter 👹🍣🎎 Wonderful Japan ENG-GERWhen it comes to astronomy—that is, all the celestial bodies you can see above us—I honestly don’t know all that much. However, when the weather is clear, I enjoy looking up at the night sky. Even though I often don’t really know what I’m actually seeing up there. But over time, you do start to get a sense of what’s twinkling up there. Of…maxinpower in # japan • 15 days ago • 5 min readTaking the bus =/= Einmal Busfahren 👹🍣🎎 Wonderful Japan ENG-GERNormally, I travel around the Land of the Rising Sun in my own car. It is quite small but it takes me where I want to go, at least in my region. And if I need to go further away, I sometimes take the train, although I quickly got used to the punctual departure and arrival times. Riding the bus, on the other hand, is something I rarely do, and I…maxinpower in # japan • 17 days ago • 5 min readA walk around To-ji - Kyoto Impressions 👹🍣🎎 Wonderful Japan ENG-GERWhen you go on a trip, the first question that always comes to mind is: Where should we go this time? And basically, you have the choice between something new and something you already know. And even at this early point, it’s often hard to decide. Because both have their appeal, and even though it’s always important to discover something new…maxinpower in # japan • 17 days ago • 3 min readÜbers Lernen und Träumen 👹🍣🎎 Mein JapanZwischen all meinen eigenen Terminen finde ich zum Glück immer wieder auch die Gelegenheit, mit den Kleinen ein wenig zu lernen und zu üben. Je älter sie werden, desto mehr haben sie ja nun auch selber zu tun, Schule und außerschulische Aktivitäten nehmen leider den größten Teil ihrer eigenen Zeit ein. Und dazu kommt dann noch ein Vater, der sie…maxinpower in # japan • 19 days ago • 3 min readちゃつみ – Chatsumi 👹🍣🎎 Wonderful Japan ENG-GERWhat do we have here? We see a round stone with text on its surface explaining a Japanese children's game. The name is: ちゃつみ – Chatsumi, which means “tea picking.” What at first glance looks like a simple game is actually a song with deep roots in Japanese culture – a song about summer, nature, and working on tea plantations. The main part of…maxinpower in # japan • 19 days ago • 3 min readAnd what is that? =/= Und was ist das? 👹🍣🎎 Wonderful Japan ENG-GERWhen it comes to botany, I’m probably still a novice. At least, I’m constantly amazed by just how much I don’t know. But luckily, that doesn’t really bother me; I tend to take it as a bit of a challenge. Learning new things never hurts, and it’s usually a lot of fun too. And the next time, when you actually recognize that green thing in front of…maxinpower in # japan • 21 days ago • 9 min readWalking Nikko - Gorges, Bridges, Shrines and Demons 👹🍣🎎 Fascinating JapanJapan is full of wonders. A country packed with history, culture and beauty. Whether man-made or formed by Mother Nature, there is something to discover and marvel at everywhere in the Land of the Rising Sun. Lively and modern cities and metropolises alternate with places where you can dive deep into the past, into a time when there were still…
