From a66fd80460ae19f0b9d29f4d0ec77cc5d0266a3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Günzler Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:49:29 +0200 Subject: add content MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Robert Günzler --- src/inc/hokkaido.htm | 14 +++++ src/inc/hokkaido.md | 13 +++++ src/inc/ibaraki.htm | 16 +++++ src/inc/ibaraki.md | 16 +++++ src/inc/index.htm | 14 +++++ src/inc/japan.htm | 14 +++++ src/inc/kamakura.htm | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++ src/inc/kamakura.md | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++ src/inc/meta.nav.htm | 17 ++++++ src/inc/meta.tilde.cv.htm | 1 + src/inc/meta.tilde.pgp.htm | 1 + src/inc/meta.tilde.ssh.htm | 1 + src/inc/meta.tilde.thesis.htm | 1 + src/inc/niigata.htm | 20 +++++++ src/inc/niigata.md | 19 ++++++ src/inc/nikko.htm | 132 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/inc/nikko.md | 119 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/inc/shikoku.htm | 16 +++++ src/inc/shikoku.md | 15 +++++ src/inc/toyama.htm | 22 +++++++ src/inc/toyama.md | 19 ++++++ src/inc/yamanashi.htm | 39 +++++++++++++ src/inc/yamanashi.md | 38 ++++++++++++ 23 files changed, 677 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/inc/hokkaido.htm create mode 100644 src/inc/hokkaido.md create mode 100644 src/inc/ibaraki.htm create mode 100644 src/inc/ibaraki.md create mode 100644 src/inc/index.htm create mode 100644 src/inc/japan.htm create mode 100644 src/inc/kamakura.htm create mode 100644 src/inc/kamakura.md create mode 100644 src/inc/meta.nav.htm create mode 100644 src/inc/meta.tilde.cv.htm create mode 100644 src/inc/meta.tilde.pgp.htm create mode 100644 src/inc/meta.tilde.ssh.htm create mode 100644 src/inc/meta.tilde.thesis.htm create mode 100644 src/inc/niigata.htm create mode 100644 src/inc/niigata.md create mode 100644 src/inc/nikko.htm create mode 100644 src/inc/nikko.md create mode 100644 src/inc/shikoku.htm create mode 100644 src/inc/shikoku.md create mode 100644 src/inc/toyama.htm create mode 100644 src/inc/toyama.md create mode 100644 src/inc/yamanashi.htm create mode 100644 src/inc/yamanashi.md (limited to 'src/inc') diff --git a/src/inc/hokkaido.htm b/src/inc/hokkaido.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9df68ef --- /dev/null +++ b/src/inc/hokkaido.htm @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ + + +2023-11-05 (3 days) + + + + diff --git a/src/inc/hokkaido.md b/src/inc/hokkaido.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..36b11c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/inc/hokkaido.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +date: 2023-11-05 (3 days) +--- + + +* sapporo, hokkaido-jingu + hitsujigaoka +* shikotsuko +* noboribetsu onsen +* toyako night and morning bath +* rainy drive home +* rainy otaru + + diff --git a/src/inc/ibaraki.htm b/src/inc/ibaraki.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0ad0a3c --- /dev/null +++ b/src/inc/ibaraki.htm @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ + + +2023-07-08 (3 days) + + + + diff --git a/src/inc/ibaraki.md b/src/inc/ibaraki.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2d1afc4 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/inc/ibaraki.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +--- +date: 2023-07-08 (3 days) +--- + + + +* drive through chiba +* daibutsu +* cheap hotel stay in oarai +* kajima +* stag-themed football team +* first time seico mart +* asking for a spoon for choco spread +* old cherry blossom tree in chiba + + diff --git a/src/inc/index.htm b/src/inc/index.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c1fc2f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/inc/index.htm @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ + + diff --git a/src/inc/japan.htm b/src/inc/japan.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..feb5b32 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/inc/japan.htm @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +

In 2023 I went to Japan for 12 months

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This was my third time in the country after a short one week stay in Tokyo in 2014 and + a longer 2 month trip in 2018.

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The linked pages document the trips I did while there

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I call this one “trip zero”, because it was very much a trial run for +me. The effects of having just moved to Japan for the year were still +fresh and I altogether didn’t feel like exploring quite yet.

+ +

Kamakura being a common day-trip from Tokyo, I took the train from my +home near Asakusa past Yokohama which only takes 1.5h. The weather was +pretty meh, very cloudy and it looked like it would rain any moment.

+ +

The main sight in town (according to most guide books at least) is +the big Buddha1. Naturally I wanted to get that out +of the way first.

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I had left the house earlier without breakfast, so off I went to the +next Lawson to get myself some. For some reason I decided to get a +Katsu-Sandwich2, which is out of character for me - +I usually go for Onigiri - and then to have it on the beach nearby. +Seeing as i was the only person eating anything there should’ve been +hint enough. As soon as I sat down to take a bite, something comes +dashing down past my head. I am obviously startled but not prepared for +the bird to come back to actually pick the sandwich out of my hand this +time around.

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There were a few birds (crows in my interpretation) circling overhead +just waiting for me to unwrap more food. To have my breakfast in peace I +just walk off into town again. Staying away from open spaces for a bit +😄

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On my way back to the centre of town, I find a bucket of see-through +plastic umbrellas 3 outside what looked like a beauty +saloon, with a sign telling passer-bys to take one (in Japanese ofc). I +guess the visibly imminent rain made the shop keeper put them out there +for tourists (conveniently helping him get rid of what was probably +left behind by his own clients). Naturally I picked one up: This +umbrella would be with me for the next months.

+

There isn’t really that much to say about the big Buddha, in the end +it’s just a large statue (that you can go inside of for a fee).

+

Despite the weather there was a surprising amount of tourists and I +wanted to get out of the bustle, so I followed the street that had let +to the temple area. A bit further I came to +some stairs next to one of the tunnels that lead out of the Kamakura +city area, that cut through the surrounding hills. OrganicMaps told me +there was a hiking path up there, which I could take to circle back +towards the train station.

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  1. ??? ↩︎

    2. +

  2. ??? ↩︎

    3. +

  3. ??? ↩︎

    4. +
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diff --git a/src/inc/kamakura.md b/src/inc/kamakura.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..350f9bb --- /dev/null +++ b/src/inc/kamakura.md @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +--- +date: 2023-04-22 +--- + +![](../../media/content/kamakura/maple.jpg){style="max-height:300px;object-fit:cover;object-position:0 63%;"} + +I call this one "trip zero", because it was very much a trial run for me. The +effects of having just moved to Japan for the year were still fresh and I +altogether didn't feel like exploring quite yet. + + + +Kamakura being a common day-trip from Tokyo, I took the train from my home near +Asakusa past Yokohama which only takes 1.5h. The weather was pretty meh, very +cloudy and it looked like it would rain any moment. + + + +The main sight in town (according to most guide books at least) is the big +Buddha[^buddha]. Naturally I wanted to get that out of the way first. + +[^buddha]: ??? + +I had left the house earlier without breakfast, so off I went to the next +Lawson to get myself some. +For some reason I decided to get a Katsu-Sandwich[^sando], which is out of +character for me - I usually go for Onigiri - and then to have it on the beach nearby. +Seeing as i was the only person eating anything there should've been hint +enough. As soon as I sat down to take a bite, something comes dashing down past +my head. I am obviously startled but not prepared for the bird to come back to +actually pick the sandwich out of my hand this time around. + +[^sando]: ??? + +There were a few birds (crows in my interpretation) circling overhead just +waiting for me to unwrap more food. To have my breakfast in peace I just walk +off into town again. Staying away from open spaces for a bit 😄 + +On my way back to the centre of town, I find a bucket of see-through plastic +umbrellas [^umbrella] outside what looked like a beauty saloon, with a sign +telling passer-bys to take one (in Japanese ofc). I guess the visibly imminent +rain made the shop keeper put them out there for tourists (conveniently helping +him get rid of *what was probably left behind by his own clients*). Naturally I +picked one up: This umbrella would be with me for the next months. + +[^umbrella]: ??? + +There isn't really that much to say about the big Buddha, in the end it's just +a large statue (that you can go inside of for a fee). + +Despite the weather there was a surprising amount of tourists and I wanted to +get out of the bustle, so I followed the street that had let to the temple + +area. A bit further I came to some stairs next to one of +the tunnels that lead out of the Kamakura city area, that cut through the +surrounding hills. OrganicMaps told me there was a hiking path up there, which +I could take to circle back towards the train station. + + diff --git a/src/inc/meta.nav.htm b/src/inc/meta.nav.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e12096b --- /dev/null +++ b/src/inc/meta.nav.htm @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +
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+ +2023-04-30 (2 days) + + +

Before leaving home I had gotten myself an international Drivers +License, that gives you a permit to drive in many countries (outside the +EU) for up to 3 years. It only costs 15 EUR in Berlin and I had set the +soft goal of driving in Japan at least once.

+ +

For my first destination I chose Nikkō, another +common day trip destination from Tokyo that I had not done and +conveniently located along the Tōhoku Shinkansen line. My plan was to +take the train to Utsunomiya, rent a car from there and continue towards +Nikkō, with the eventual goal being a hotel at the shores of +Chuzenji-ko.

+

So I start the day nice and early on one of the first trains out of +Ueno terminal. It’s another grey morning in Tokyo with the weather +forecast promising sunshine for the next day at least. When I arrive in +Utsunomiya though, none of that is in sight at all. Quite on the +contrary it is pouring down as I leave the station building. Luckily I +have my umbrella from the last trip with me, so I quickly orient myself +and find the tiny Toyota Rent-A-Car office not far from the station.

+ +

At this point my biggest fear is the interaction with the staff +there. I am very much aware that I don’t speak enough Japanese1 and they won’t be super competent in +English2 for us to be much of any help to +each other, should there be issues with my reservation or documents.

+

So I enter the store and approach the woman at the counter with my +phone in hand to show her the reservation code. I was not aware at the +time, that Toyota also has a version of their website in English, but +because I booked through the local version the emails I received were +all in Japanese as well. She confirms my booking through her computer +and asks me for my passport and license, so I confidently give her +those, including the International license. I know immediately that +something is wrong. Her expression of confusion when she sees the +admittedly pretty retro looking license says it all: This won’t do.

+

She goes to the back and after some back and forth she returns with +another woman, who I interpret to be her superior. She asks if I have a +translation of my drivers license into Japanese. Now it is my turn to be +confused. I simply point at the International license she is still +holding, but am well aware that it isn’t a Japanese translation +at all.

+

So rather than a car, I only receive a polite “sorry” and have my +booking fee refunded to me. I come back out into the rain with no idea +how to even get to my hotel later and if it even makes sense to go at +all.

+

I reconvene to the station Starbucks to do some research on what +acutally went wrong. I figure out that some countries (among them +Germany) don’t actually need anything more than a translation of the +local drivers license into Japanese issued by the JAF3. +This costs ¥4000 and takes up to 2 weeks (according to their website). +So there is no way I can work this out today.

+ +

Now that I am dependend on public transport my schedule is a lot more +constricting. The hotel I booked is served by a bus that runs every +hour, though only until 1800. This means I have to be careful how I +spend time around today’s destination: Tōshō-gū +et al

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exploring nikkō

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  1. hardly any tbh↩︎

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  2. unless you are lucky, which I will be today↩︎

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  3. https://english.jaf.or.jp/driving-in-japan/drive-in-japan/about-dltas↩︎

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diff --git a/src/inc/nikko.md b/src/inc/nikko.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2312645 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/inc/nikko.md @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ +--- +date: 2023-04-30 (2 days) +toc: true +--- + + + +Before leaving home I had gotten myself an international Drivers License, that +gives you a permit to drive in many countries (outside the EU) for up to 3 years. +It only costs 15 EUR in Berlin and I had set the soft goal of driving in Japan +at least once. + + + +For my first destination I chose [Nikkō], another common day trip destination +from Tokyo that I had not done and conveniently located along the Tōhoku +Shinkansen line. My plan was to take the train to Utsunomiya, rent a car from +there and continue towards Nikkō, with the eventual goal being a hotel at the +shores of Chuzenji-ko. + +[Nikkō]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikk%C5%8D + +So I start the day nice and early on one of the first trains out of Ueno +terminal. It's another grey morning in Tokyo with the weather forecast +promising sunshine for the next day at least. When I arrive in Utsunomiya +though, none of that is in sight at all. Quite on the contrary it is pouring +down as I leave the station building. Luckily I have my umbrella from the last +trip with me, so I quickly orient myself and find the tiny Toyota Rent-A-Car +office not far from the station. + + +At this point my biggest fear is the interaction with the staff there. I am +very much aware that I don't speak enough Japanese^[hardly any tbh] and they +won't be super competent in English^[unless you are lucky, which I will be +today] for us to be much of +any help to each other, should there be issues with my reservation or +documents. + +So I enter the store and approach the woman at the counter with my phone in +hand to show her the reservation code. I was not aware at the time, that Toyota +also has a version of their website in English, but because I booked through +the local version the emails I received were all in Japanese as well. +She confirms my booking through her computer and asks me for my passport and +license, so I confidently give her those, including the International license. +I know immediately that something is wrong. Her expression of confusion when +she sees the admittedly pretty retro looking license says it all: This won't +do. + +She goes to the back and after some back and forth she returns with another +woman, who I interpret to be her superior. She asks if I have a translation of +my drivers license into Japanese. Now it is my turn to be confused. I simply +point at the International license she is still holding, but am well aware that +it isn't a _Japanese_ translation at all. + +So rather than a car, I only receive a polite "sorry" and have my booking fee +refunded to me. I come back out into the rain with no idea how to even get to +my hotel later and if it even makes sense to go at all. + +I reconvene to the station Starbucks to do some research on what acutally went +wrong. I figure out that some countries (among them Germany) don't actually +need anything more than a translation of the local drivers license into +Japanese issued by the JAF[^jaf]. This costs ¥4000 and takes up to 2 weeks +(according to their website). So there is no way I can work this out today. + +[^jaf]: https://english.jaf.or.jp/driving-in-japan/drive-in-japan/about-dltas + + + +Now that I am dependend on public transport my schedule is a lot more +constricting. The hotel I booked is served by a bus that runs every hour, +though only until 1800. This means I have to be careful how I spend time around +today's destination: [Tōshō-gū et al] + +[Tōshō-gū et al]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrines_and_Temples_of_Nikk%C5%8D + +## exploring nikkō + + diff --git a/src/inc/shikoku.htm b/src/inc/shikoku.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9b9056e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/inc/shikoku.htm @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ + + +2023-10-01 (3 days) + + + + diff --git a/src/inc/shikoku.md b/src/inc/shikoku.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..50ec5a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/inc/shikoku.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +--- +date: 2023-10-01 (3 days) +--- + + +* shikoku loop +* awaji +* awa-ikeda +* nagoro +* kochi + castle +* tengu-highlands +* kanonji +* takamatsu + + diff --git a/src/inc/toyama.htm b/src/inc/toyama.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ba86cdc --- /dev/null +++ b/src/inc/toyama.htm @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ + + +2023-07-21 (3 days) + + + + + diff --git a/src/inc/toyama.md b/src/inc/toyama.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b776c43 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/inc/toyama.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +--- +date: 2023-07-21 (3 days) +--- + + +* toyama +* kurobe gorge +* hida-takayama +* shirakawa-go + + +* shinkansen to kurobe-onsen +* local train to kurobe-onsen (no IC) +* local train to kurobe-onsen (no IC) +* local train to toyama +* car rental +* drive to hida-takayama +* drive to shirakawa-go +* drive to toyama diff --git a/src/inc/yamanashi.htm b/src/inc/yamanashi.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..10e6643 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/inc/yamanashi.htm @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ + + +2023-05-20 (4 days) + + + + diff --git a/src/inc/yamanashi.md b/src/inc/yamanashi.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9d2aff0 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/inc/yamanashi.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +--- +date: 2023-05-20 (4 days) +--- + + +* shinkansen to fuji +* first time rental car +* first time driving left-hand traffic +* minobu(?) +* climbing minobu san +* down in cable car +* drive into valley +* blue lake + cable bridge +* sleeping in the parking lot +* other car makes me nervous +* sleep rhythm adjusts to daylight +* morning bath in empress bath +* across to lake mototsu +* ??? +* mt fuji shows at sunset +* sleeping with frog/circada concert in lawson parking lot +* morning bath +* maglev test track +* 70s playlist +* yamanaka-ko + yuru camp spot +* explosions or excavator? +* gotemba katsu break +* views of the rice fields +* numasu +* hustling along izu noth shore hunting sunset spot +* refueling in the sticks +* sleeping near llsunshine beach/ ministop parking lot +* back to fuji in the morning +* harassed waiting for bath time? +* stuck in traffic +* when did i visit the shrine in north fuji? + + -- cgit 1.4.1