Introduction

To my people:
(Austrian Kaiser reference)

I finally managed to start translating my Blog about my time in Japan from German to English and yes, it took nearly my whole time here. Which means that the entries are roughly 6 months behind the entry date on my original blog, so for your convenience, and to minimise confusion, I include the orginal posting date at the beginning of each entry.
The translation will be one to one as far as possible, although I might add minor things to clarify some issues you might not know because you are not an Austrian or a German-speaking reader or because something has changed since the original posting. These additions will be marked as "edit:"

Comments and criticism of any kind are very much welcome, especially when it comes to things about Japanese life, culture and customs. If you find a mistake please write a comment about it, so that I can correct it, after all, I don't want to give readers the wrong impressions or tell wrong facts about this lovely country (this request is especially directed to Japanese readers, after all you're the experts, right? ;).

Anyway my friends, take care and please enjoy the show.