a photoblog about my adventures
It’s been a long time since the last update! I came back from Japan in March, and then all kinds of things happened (like studies) and well, here we are. I visited Suomenlinna for the first time this year. It’s a must thing to do every year at least once, and this time, I went… Read more
Tokyo is know for the Tsukiji Fish Market, which is one of the world’s largest fish markets. I have not visited there, but instead had a chance to go to one in Shiogama, Sendai that is about 30 minutes by train from Sendai Station. It is the largest fish market I have been to, and it was quite an… Read more
Dontosai is a winter festival held only in the Migayi prefecture (that’s where Sendai is) in Japan every year around the 14th of January. The Sendai Tourism Website sums it up briefly: This traditional event is held at shrines where worshippers bring their New Year’s decorations to be burned in a large bonfire and pray… Read more
Last Monday I went for a stroll in a park in Sendai, and luckily stumbled onto these stray cats there. They were laying around, sleeping and not doing much anything. You know, cats! Some people came over to feed them – I’m not sure if they do it everyday or if the cats hang around… Read more
Sendai is actually a lot bigger town than what I originally thought it would be before coming here. It might not be Tokyo, but it certainly has the feel of a large metropolitan city. What clearly separates it from bigger towns is that there are only two subway lines and a couple train lines and… Read more
New year, new photos! I had quite a busy December between going to school, catching a cold, and finally going to many different events before and during the winter vacation. At our school the winter vacation started on the 23rd and lasted until January 5th. I took a little head start by going to Kyoto… Read more
First of all, there are no robots here. Sorry. Even though all these photos were taken during the Robocon contest in Akita (some four hours from Sendai by bus), I didn’t take many photos from the actual competition. The point of the competition is to build a robot that can throw rings made of gummy… Read more
I visited Denmark for the first time some two months ago, just some days before leaving to Japan. It was only a short four-day trip, but I think I still got a general feel of the city. Before going there, I thought it would be a mix of Scandinavian culture and Central European feel. And… Read more
“Do you want to see motocross? And work a little?” That’s basically what me and my friends were asked by this friendly bar owner we met. It was a great opportunity to make friends and go to places we would have never gone by ourselves. I’m not exactly thrilled by motorcycles, so I don’t think… Read more
I arrived in Japan about a month ago. My school is Sendai National College of Technology, or Sendai Kousen for short. (The whole name in Japanese is 仙台高等専門学校, Sendai koutousenmougakkou.) It’s kind of part high school, part university, because you start it when you’re 15 years old, and the Associates’ Degree Course is five years,… Read more