I visited Kyoto Tower in October 2012 and July 2015
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We were told that it could be windy at the top, a typhoon was approaching. Occasionally we could feel the tower sway, but only slightly. The typhoon had not hit yet.
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I visited Bordeaux in August, 2013
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Driving through France can be a pain in the ass, the toll booths there are so inefficient. In Norway everything is automated and cashless now, either you have an Autopass which gets charged, if you don’t a picture is taken off the car and the bill is sent based on your licence plate. All you have to do is drive like normal through the toll booth, no need to slow down.
I played Brokstad’s memorial in Oktober, 2015
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Of course I had to meet a member of the same club as myself the first round. Not only was he better that me but also knew my playing style. My only hope was to surprise him somehow, but it did not work. Slowly he gained an advantage, eventually big enough to capitalise on. I lost the first round.
I met Hideo Asano in July, 2015
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‘Hello. Excuse me? Are you Danish?’
I was sitting on a bench in Ueno Park in Tokyo nursing my hangover. Last night I had been to Golden Gai with a friend. We stayed later than planned.
I visited Golden Gai in July, 2015
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I mostly sat alone with my beer, listening to my friend and the bartender speak Japanese. Neither of them spoke much English, it was easier for them to converse in Japanese I guess.
Bar number one
In 1756, seven bottles of Japanese soy sauce were imported to the city of Trondheim, Norway. These bottles, made at Arita kilns, stamped with the words JAPANSCHZOYA, were brought to the artificial island Dejima in Nagasaki bay, where they were bought by the Dutch East India Company for export. Eventually they ended up in Trondheim.
Broken bottles of Japanschzoya