Category Archives: nippon

things related to Japan

Sudare

Posted on March 24, 2010 by jke

“…the sudare is the thing handed down from their ancestor.” (src) Found this nice quote on a website run by an artisan who crafts and repairs Sudare – Japanese screens. The same artist goes on explaining that: “…the sudare is … Continue reading →

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Daifuku Mochi

Posted on June 19, 2008 by jke

What you see here is my more or less successful attempt at making Daifuku-Mochi – “a Japanese confection consisting of a small round mochi (glutinous rice cake) stuffed with sweet filling, most commonly anko, sweetened red bean paste made from … Continue reading →

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you can actually blog on small things / the shoji task

Posted on May 4, 2007 by jke

Being extremely bored by writing a paper on water quality assessment guidelines, which btw is something I’d rater leave to those who get a kick out of interpreting the European Water Framework Directive and it’s applicability in order to classify … Continue reading →

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Goldlightan

Posted on July 20, 2006 by jke

What’s this? hint #1 // hint #2 // hint #3 :-) What’s this? hint #1 // hint #2 // hint #3 :-)

Posted in kikuism, nippon, technology | 2 Comments

Doraemon

Posted on September 17, 2005 by jke

Yesterday evening I had a few drinks with an old friend of mine and someone came up, asking me about this little creature on my jacket: I got this little Doraemon button about 25 years ago when we were in … Continue reading →

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