Merzmensch in Japan: 2009

Friday, December 4, 2009

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20050714_ 227, originally uploaded by _XAPMC.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Nara

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It seems to be a stereotype: old Obaachan with umbrella... There is the time absent in Nara.

Monday, November 30, 2009

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20050714_ 224, originally uploaded by _XAPMC.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Sapience

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So many wor(l)ds around me

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Nara

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Macro

Nara

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Nara

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Nara

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A monk greeting you in Nara.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

おろしや国酔夢譚

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As I was in Osaka University, I saw the last scene of the Japanese-Soviet movie "おろしや国酔夢譚" (The Dreams of Russia): the protagonist returns to Japan. He looks back over the Sea in the direction of Russia and feels, his whole journey to Russia were just a dream.

I also looked above the Osakian roofs, somewhere far away was Russia, the country I was born, And I had the same feeling.

Life is but a dream.

Monday, October 26, 2009

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20050714_ 106, originally uploaded by _XAPMC.

Osaka University. With really cool library! They had also book-sorting robots, rolling all over the corridors. But now they are all liquidated - too loud...
If you enter the elevator in that library and have misleadingly choiced the wrong floor, you can quickly tip on the number button, and it will be disabled. Really helpful.