things related to Japan
“…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 basically … Read more →
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 … Read more →
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 … Read more →
What’s this? hint #1 // hint #2 // hint #3 :-)
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 … Read more →