Happy New Year 2011!
My family and I wishes all my family and friends a very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year 2011!! Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu! Arjan, Swanica, Adriaan, Roland and Maarten. . Continue Reading
Posts Tagged ‘Holidays’
Family celebrations
I am still in the US or returned to the US from Holland after all the family celebrations. We had a wonderful time being together with our small family and big family especially to celebrate the MSc graduation of my son Maarten in Holland. (from left to right: Arjan, Maarten, R ... Continue Reading
Rediscovery of my heritage: my grandfather Rudolph ...
I celebrated Christmas 2009 and the New Years in the Netherlands with some of my family. While there I visited an aunt, sister of my Mom, I had never met before. Family quarrels happen in a lot of families and we are one of them. I have no idea what all happened. My grandfather ( ... Continue Reading
To Stockholm with my son Maarten
After New Years I went to Stockholm with my son Maarten to see where he lives. He does cancer research at the Karolinska Institutet for his Masters for 8 months. He lives again in one room after living in a bigger apartment, but it is still quite big. It also snowed in Stockholm ... Continue Reading
Christmas time in Holland
Yesterday, I arrived in the Netherlands. I will spend the Holiday Season here with my family. And it was snowing! What a beautiful way to start the Holiday Season! Continue Reading
Posted in Blog on June 14, 2009
Zaimokuza Festival
The “zaimoku” in the name Zaimokuza means “lumber,” and the “za” generally means a guild of merchants and artisans who did business under the patronage of the large shrines, and temples in the Kamakura (1185/92-1333) and Muromachi periods (1335 ... Continue Reading
Posted in Blog on June 14, 2009
Zaimokuza Beach
I’m back again in Japan. I have been in the USA for the graduation of my oldest son from UCSD and youngest son from USC and in The Netherlands for the celebration of my mother-in-law’s 80th birthday and for visiting and being with my middle son. I got a very bad cold ... Continue Reading
Posted in Blog on January 14, 2009
Coming-of-Age in Japan
Coming-of-Age is a young person’s transition from adolescence to adulthood. Since 1948, the age of majority in Japan has been 20; persons under 20 are not permitted to smoke, drink, or vote. Coming-of-age ceremonies, known as “seijin shiki”, are held on the sec ... Continue Reading
Posted in Blog on January 9, 2009
Odawara Castle
Odawara Castle is a landmark in the city of Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture. It was the stronghold of various daimyo, powerful territorial lords during the Muromachi period of Japanese history. Odawara Castle had very strong defenses, because it was situated on a hill, surrounded ... Continue Reading
Posted in Blog on January 9, 2009
Tsukiji Fish Market
The Tsukiji fish market is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors. On the picture, where you see t ... Continue Reading
