Everyone loves sausage at 4 a.m.│ みんな朝の4時にソーセージが大好きだよ
OhayouJune 6th 2025 European newspapers haven’t stopped reporting over the past few weeks on the crazy congestion at Narita Airport in Tokyo: endless queues, tourists…
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The journey of impermanence│ 無常の旅
OhayouJune 2025 I rediscovered, with great interest and curiosity while reading Les Geishas, the excellent book by Robert Guillain, a key concept of Buddhism: impermanence.…
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The lucky direction of the brick alley in Otaru│ 小樽のレンガ横丁恵方
OhayouDecember 2022 I arrived in Otaru one evening in July 2019. The weather was beautiful and warm, above 25 degrees Celsius. Like in Morioka, I…
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Ryūichi Sakamoto composes forbidden colors│ 坂本龍一が禁色を作曲
OhayouApril 2025 I made this apparently strange connection between Ryūichi Sakamoto and Dave Brubeck, and yet it is so obvious to me. This link is…
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Ryūichi Sakamoto, the music of time and space│ 坂本 龍一、時間と空間の音楽
OhayouMarch 2025 The Japanese and music is a love story. They learn it very early in school and often play an instrument and just sing.…
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In search of the Tengu│天狗を探して
OhayouDecember 2022 When the sky is clear, which is not often the case at the moment, you can see clearly from Otaru the snow-covered and…
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See Japanese cinema│日本映画を観る
OhayouJanuary 2023 Although largely ignored in the West, Japanese cinema is still one of the most important in the world in terms of films produced.…
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The graphic art of Sophie Migneaux│ソフィー ミニョーのグラフィックアート
Sophie is a young Belgian graphic designer whose graphic universe enriches this blog. She is the author of the kanji graphics that form Wanihondou but…
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Dragon ball │ ドラゴンボール
OhayouJune 2024 I found a mythical animal very popular in Japan, 竜 I received quite late in the evening a message from Yuri offering me…
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The beauty of Kanazawa │金沢の美しさ
Ohayou December 2022 The name of the city of Kanazawa is written in Japanese with the kanji of gold 金 and that of the marsh…
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The Lamp in Kanazawa│金沢のランプ
Ohayou June 2024 One last evening in Kanazawa with Mari and I leave the next day for the North, Hokkaidō, Otaru, this small town where…
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First day in Kanazawa│金沢の初日
Ohayou December 2022 The city of Kanazawa is located on the west coast of Japan, at the height of Tokyo, in the center of the…
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