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Carola — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:53:00 +0000

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Carola — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:51:23 +0000

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Carola — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:10:05 +0000

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Carola — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:13:48 +0000

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Carola — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:01:10 +0000

I’m currently traveling, but hopefully I will be able to post the photo’s I made in the past few weeks soon!

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Carola — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:45:45 +0000

At the Tenmangu shrine in Dazaifu. 6000 plum trees can be found on its grounds and they were all blooming!

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Carola — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:20:07 +0000

From February 14th til 28th the famous Lantern Festival in Nagasaki is happening. Got to say, it’s absolutely stunning!

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Carola — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:51:39 +0000

About 20~25 km south of Nagasaki, in Nomo, daffodils are already blooming now, in January.

Gunkanjima in the background.

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Carola — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:23:46 +0000

On January 13th Nagasaki was covered in snow! But surprisingly enough the street car is still going.

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Carola — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:22:03 +0000

The “Seijinshiki”, or “Coming of Age Ceremony” in Nagasaki. Whoever turned 20 in the previous year is invited and everyone shows up in their most beautiful (and usually very very expensive) furisode (kimono).

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Carola — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:24:55 +0000

Visiting Nagasaki’s Suwa-jinja for New Year’s, on January 2nd.

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Carola — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:45:35 +0000

At the Sensō-ji in Asakusa on December 26th, 2009.

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Carola — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:32:13 +0000

In the airplane on my way to Tokyo!

Postcrossing 06

Carola — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:20:39 +0000

Received a lot of cards but didn’t have time to post them here yet.
China meets the world Tag (Dec 08)

Japan – Rest of the World Tag | FI-696797 from Finland (both Dec 09)

East Asian Cultures Tag from Finland (Dec 09)

EE-60863 from Estonia | World Peace Tag from the USA (both Dec 10)

Bridges Tag from Portugal (Dec 10)

Statues and Monuments Tag from the USA | US-564238 from the USA (both Dec 11)

China meets the world Tag | FI-696797 from Finland (both Dec 11)

Trade from Malaysia | CZ-41773 from the Czech Republic (both Dec 12)

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Carola — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:04:34 +0000

One of the two heart-shaped stones in Nagasaki’s Glover Garden. Touch them and you will become happy in love… they say.

Postcrossing 05

Carola — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:03:31 +0000

FI-694582 from Finland

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Carola — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:26:23 +0000

And then… your pictures are in the Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum!

From December 2nd until December 8th Nagasaki University’s photo club has a photo exhibition in the Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum. More info here.

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Carola — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:01:45 +0000

Finally some momiji! And one of Nagasaki’s many cats.

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Carola — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:56:40 +0000

TW-103701 from Taiwan | TW-103702 from Taiwan

Postcrossing 03

Carola — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:59:17 +0000

FI-692711 from Finland | Japan-Rest of the World tag from Finland

Postcrossing 02

Carola — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:59:22 +0000

DE-468693 from Germany | FI-690089 from Finland

NL-250563 from the Netherlands | Japan-Rest of the World tag from Russia (a card from 1983!)

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Carola — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:24:16 +0000

Fukuoka Tower makes a nice Christmas card!

Postcrossing 01

Carola — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:22:17 +0000

BY-34524 from Belarus | DE-466957 from Germany

FR-70914 from France | By Night Tag from Russia

And two cards from the Netherlands:

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Carola — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:50:00 +0000

The yatai (food stalls) in Fukuoka.

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Carola — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:02:37 +0000

Taken on the same day as the previous photo. On our way to Unzen!

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Carola — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:59:07 +0000

An old street in Shimabara. You could also visit old samurai houses around this area.

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Carola — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:06:11 +0000

A panorama of Nagasaki this time. Click to enlarge!

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Carola — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:09:51 +0000

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Carola — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:51:27 +0000

Went penguin-watching at the Nagasaki Penguin Aquarium : )

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Carola — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:44:48 +0000

Looking out over Nagasaki at night.

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Carola — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:13:15 +0000

We spend a day at the island Ioujima, right off the coast near Nagasaki.

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Carola — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:07:16 +0000

Taken from the ferris wheel in Nagasaki.

028 : Galanor

Carola — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:05:28 +0000

On September 22nd the Dutch band Galanor performed in Shinjuku in Japan.

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Carola — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:42:36 +0000

A video this time. Once again the Kunchi festival in Nagasaki.
Unfortunately Youtube ruined the quality of the video, and someone was blocking half of my view most of the time, sorry about that!

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Carola — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:21:58 +0000

The Kunchi festival in Nagasaki.

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Carola — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:32:36 +0000

Life in Nagasaki has started.
Will try to post more photo’s soon!

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Carola — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:59:05 +0000

We witnessed a kuyo (memorial service) performed for dolls in Ueno.

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Carola — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:04:34 +0000

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Carola — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:54:51 +0000

Kiyomizudera in Kyoto

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Carola — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:59:00 +0000

Yokohama bay. Older picture taken on the same day as China Town.

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Carola — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:12:21 +0000

Lake Shikotsu

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Carola — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:50:29 +0000

My first baseball match! Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters vs. Chiba Lotte Marines. But the Fighters lost…

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Carola — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:46:23 +0000

Chinatown in Yokohama.

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Carola — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:06:43 +0000

At the Meiji shrine.

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Carola — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:53:50 +0000

An almost emptry street in Asakusa, Tokyo. One of the busiest streets in the area and this rarely happens!

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Carola — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:31:07 +0000

I’ve been in Japan since September 3rd.

Yesterday and today I attended the VAMPS concerts Nippon Budokan. The shows were great!

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Carola — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:41:32 +0000

Found this at a flea market for 5 euro’s, probably still working! I haven’t been able to figure out exactly what type of Kodak camera this is yet, but it seems to closely resemble a Kodak Brownie No.2, which means it’s about 80~100 years old. I can’t wait to try it out next year (I’m leaving to Japan in 3 days, so sadly no time before that)!

I never thought about collecting (old) photo camera’s, but this may be the start of a new collection?

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Carola — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:17:39 +0000

Fireworks in Scheveningen

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Carola — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:06:58 +0000

Taken back in March at the Eko Haus during our study trip to Düsseldorf

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Carola — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:37:50 +0000

Taken on May 30th

010 : Gallery: Scotland ‘09

Carola — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:23:53 +0000

009 : Gallery: London ‘08

Carola — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:50:44 +0000

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008 : Gallery: Japan ‘08

Carola — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:49:53 +0000

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007 : Gallery: Paris ‘08

Carola — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:48:44 +0000

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006 : Gallery: Japan ‘07

Carola — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:47:34 +0000

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005 : Gallery: Japan ‘05

Carola — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:46:46 +0000

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004 : Japan day in Leiden

Carola — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:04:28 +0000

Today was the Japan day in Leiden, as a celebration of 400 years trade relations between the Netherlands and Japan.

Butoh procession

More photo’s here.

In the afternoon, together with a Buddhist monk from near Hiroshima and a monk from Leiden, Japanese opera singer Aika performed a houyou (Buddhist memorial service) in honour of Von Siebold.

003 : Crazy thunderstorm

Carola — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:38:58 +0000

Last night we had some crazy thunderstorm here that lasted from 10pm until 5am, with lightning and thunder every few seconds. Insane, and I managed to capture some lightning on camera.

002 : Dutch cherry blossoms

Carola — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:47:28 +0000

Added some quick point-and-shoot photo’s of beautiful pink cherry blossoms. Taken in my university’s city in the Netherlands with my Canon Digital Ixy 25is. More can be found here.

001 : Airplanes

Carola — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:26:03 +0000

You gotta love the crazy Japanese airplanes! By now I’ve got a whole collection of photo’s I took, mostly of Pokémon airplanes.