This is the beginning of the last entries in this blog for me…. the rest of the last days in Japan description.
First of all… I am going to start with the Trip to Kyoto. This entry will be a bit longer… so click for more and enjoy it dear readers!
During my last week in Japan, I had the chance to encounter the beauty of Sakura Blossom in Japan.
Attached to this entry are some pictures from Saitama, Kyoto, Tokyo and Nara! Beautiful cherry blossoms everywhere in Japan 
There are so many different types of trees… and colors! Really nice, just to wander around and take a look at the beautiful blossoms… I can just recommend it, if you have the chance to see Sakura season in Japan, go for it!!!
So what objects or things did I use in Japan (almost daily)? Well many things that I also use now again in Germany… things like my trusted Lenovo T60 Notebook… a cell phone… pen and pencil…
But also some interesting things that I can not use in Germany any more. That’s why it’s time to honour those special objects… things that I have grown acustomed during my time in Japan!
First of all… let’s give a big applause to my “Inkan” or “Hanko”, which is a name stamp. Here is a (blurry) picture of my hanko
The second picture shows the hanko in its case. As you can see, there is a nice red pillow for stamp ink inside the case. Very useful if you have to sign somewhere on the way or at the door or …
The hanko is used like a signature in the western world. Wikipedia Germany or Wikipedia English explain more about this seal, which is absolutely common and necessary in Japan. If you want to open a bank account or get a mobile phone contract, you should have a hanko. Although they often make exceptions for foreigners. Thanks to KDDI R&D Labs, I got my own hanko.
Funny remark… my hanko contains my First Name… small mistake from the chief of staff… who always thought that Michael is my family name 
So in contrast to normal hankos (which always contain the family name in Kanji), I got a hanko with my First Name on it…
The second object, which I used everyday… is my room key. A key… nothing special you think? Well, maybe not if you are living maybe in the university dormitory in Dresden… but if you don’t know RFID taged keys… take a short look
The small keys are the ones for my bicyle, the big one is my room key. Very uncommon for me at first, but at the end, no problems or anything. You just put it into the small slit/slot in the door knob, turn around the knob in the right direction and there you go.
The last object is my ID card. I am not going to post a picture here… simple because I can’t find any at the moment… the ID card was necessary for proving that I am a foreigner… and a foreigner with a visa Really needed when I got packets at the post office… the post office clerk didn’t believed me first, when I came to get my packet. But at the end, the women there knew me by face and I got my packets really fast.
So that’s it for now… these three useful things where my constant companions during my time in Japan… I’ll remember them!
Hey Everyone, while you are waiting for the last pictures and updates from my Japan visit… here is something else, you should take a look at!!!
Essential English Learning for Japanese Girls
At first, this seems to be some real japanese show… but highly enteraining, even if you don’t understand Japanese
On second thought… please spare me hate-emails
Currently I am working on some updates for the blog…
I am sorting out the pictures for the last blog entries from my last week in Japan! As soon as I am finished with that… I will go over to the University to watch the next game of Germany at the European Soccer Championship 2008…
And after that I will try to find some more time to finish these articles! And as soon as I am finished with that, I will think about the next steps here…
50.000.000… a 5 and seven zeros… thats the amount of seconds that my sweetheart and I are together now!!!
That’s something to celebrate
Cheers for the next 50 million seconds in our shared life
