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An autumn day in Tamagawa Jinja
[Published on Nov 15th, 2020.] Since we are all trying to ‘stay home’, the themes that I can write about naturally diminish. Since the only interesting thing I have done in a while is to walk to a shrine close to my house, I am going to talk about it. Tamagawa Sengen Jinja (多摩川浅間神社) was…
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Μια φθινοπωρινή ημέρα στο ιερό Ταμαγκάβα
Μένουμε σπίτι κλπ, κλπ, οπότε η θεματολογία περιορίζεται. Αφού η μόνη ενδιαφέρουσα δραστηριότητα που έκανα ήταν να πάω για περπάτημα μέχρι ένα ναό κοντά στο σπίτι, θα σας μιλήσω γι’ αυτό. Το ιερό Ταμαγκάβα Σένγκεν (多摩川浅間神社) χτίστηκε πριν 800 χρόνια, αλλά κλασσικά ήταν από ξύλο, οπότε έπεσε, κάηκε ή το έφαγαν τερμίτες, οπότε προφανώς τα…
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Tokyo: A house in the city
The other day, I asked a girl why balconies and doorsteps in Tokyo do not have any kind of illumination source most of the time. She responded that the basic concept is that you are out at work the whole day and when you return you draw the curtains, turn off the lights and stay…
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Νησιωτικό Τόκυο [Ινσταγκραμικά]
Ξέρατε ότι το Τόκυο έχει νησιά; Αυτό είναι το θέμα μας σήμερα.
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Hiring paperwork highlights in Japan
Recently, I had to be re-hired from a Japanese company i have been working with as a part-timer for three years. All this time, my employment was handled stress-free through a dispatch company – for a hefty amount from the employer’s side. Apparently, in Japan there is regulation mandating that one is not allowed to…
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Day Hike from Tokyo: The Tanzawa Mountains, Tonodake and Tanzawa
[Visited on October 4th, 2020] We already know that people are mesmerized by Mt. Fuji. But as I have already described before, Mt. Fuji up-close doesn’t have the best view – or best scent for what is worth. In order to get the most out of it, a lot of people opt to climb the…
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