Later today I am going to close my japanese bank account. Then its back home to my host family for about 1,5 hours. Say goodbye, take all my luggage and carry it to Ateam, my company.
We will have a last company party together. After that there will be a private farewell party with friends from ATeam. After that I (we if somebody joins me) will go to Karaoke until the morning.
After Karaoke search the train and go to Chubu Centrair Airport.
Meet with AIESECers for a final farewell.
Board the plane at 10:30 or something and leave for Germany.
Sleep during the flight so the 12,5 hours of flight dont become that painful.
Arrive Germany at 15:30 local time and search for my family who hopefully pick me up

Thats my plan.

Here is another Album of the things I was doing this week before leaving: Album on Facebook

Heres a quick album I put together of some (not all) of the things I did recently:

Here be the Album

The week between christmas and NewYear I was traveling around. First we went two days skiing for Nagano (Olympic place!), and then I went on to celebrate New Year in Tokyo with Nell.

One of the best times I had in Japan yet, even if my feet hurt like crazy now

Read on for more BEAUTIFUL pictures

WARNING: Lots of stuff Don’t try to read in one session if you dont really need/want to

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First was my companies end-of-year party in Hilton Hotel Nagoya: Photo album here

A very interesting experience!
Check out this youtube video for a taste of the performances they had prepared: Here be Youtube-Links

Second was my ski trip to Hakuba: Photo album here

I had tons of fun, and shortly before we left I really got the hang of it again Want to go again soon!
And as you could see from the pictures very nice area!
I met Chiaki on the bus who is a sports university student. Her sister was actully on the olympic hokey team for Japan in Athen olympics!

Third was  my trip to Tokyo to meet Nell before she leaves for London and to celebrate New Year together.
Also I wante d to see Capsule for their release party of their new album “More!More!More!”.
Because I took so many pictures I will make several galleries.
Tokyo Day 1:
…..Album-Arrival and Concert
Tokyo Day 2:
…..Album-Sleeping out, Meeting Nell, Window shopping, Kaiten Sushi
…..Panorama-Nihombashi1
…..Panorama-Nihonbashi2
Tokyo Day 3:
…..Album-Odaiba, New York,  Televisionshow
…..Panorama-Big Sight
…..Panorama-Ferriswheel
…..Panorama-Skyline Ferriswheel
…..Panorama-Skyline Lady Liberty (Check it out!)
…..Album-New Year Eve Countdown
…..Video- New Year Countdown Tokyo!
Tokyo Day 4:
..…Album-Asakusa Shrine and leaving
…..Video-People near Asakusa Shrine
…..Video- Leaving Tokyo with shinkansen

Most interesting thing for me was to meet so many interesting people! Chiaki on the trip to Hakuba, Jun while waiting for Capsule, “The Lemons” when coming back to my hotel, and more people who I talked to but didnt take pictures of.

This is what makes traveling even more interesting!  Thanks for making my time so nice!

Special thanks for everybody who wrote a card or send a packet!

I certainly was enjoying our small party, having was cooking a delicious turkey and I had a fun christmas eve with my hostfamily.

Coming up:

=2 Days of skiing in Hakuba (Nagano – Olympic area)
==We are going to take a nightbus to Hakuba, arrive in the morning, go skiing until the evening, have 1 night in one of the hotels , skii one more day, take the nightbus back. Last time skiing for me was, like…. 6 years ago, lets see what I remember (I just hope I come home without a broken leg ). Currently I am preparing by loading my mp3-player with “Guano Apes-Lord of the boards” and “Guano Apes-Big in Japan”

=4 Days of Tokyo
==Yes, Tokyo again We’ll be back from skiing on Sunday, on Monday morning I am off to Tokyo with the Shinkansen. Monday evening will be the release-part of the new album of one of my favourite bands (capsule, website with their music). So ill be going there monday evening, hope to get a ticket and plan to make party until tuesday early morning when the first trams go.
Then meeting up with a friend of mine(Nell, yay), and finally, we will celebrate japanese new year together

Yup, busy,  but this time its the good time of busy!
Read you again next year! Happy near year!

Max out

I am not dead, just busy busy busy. At the moment its the good kind of busy, meeting with friends, going out and time passing by far too fast.

Here is a short Facebook album with some of the pictures:

Album on facebook

Here is a movied from my walk , these annoying advertisement cars go around from time to time, bringing me to killing mood. Especially when I want to sleep.

YT Video of advertisement car

Besides that,  I recently did a presentation for a university. Michi from AIESEC made contact between a professor and me and he asked me to talk about myself and my experiences in Japan.
The presentation was awesome, had a japanese style party afterwards and such.
As soon as I get the pictures (Hello Michi ) I will post another album

Next week I will be busy again, the next 7 days I have something planned on every evening.

Hope everything is alright for everybody!

Everything is fine. I am very busy at the moment. Meeting a lot with friends. Writing university report. Preparing a presentation for a university seminar.
So while I dont have lots of time for myself I am enjoying myself very much!

Heres a very quick facebook album about some of the things I did recently: Album on Facebook

My second game is coming along nicely, I hope if everything works fine it will be finished until Christmas!

Greetings from Japan!

Yes, thats my game. Right there on number one. Worldwide

Admitted, it’s “only” the free Lite version. I hope that translates to the paid version as well. We will see =)

In the meantime, if you have an iPhone or iPodTouch go to the AppStore and search for “Ah..Moemory Lite” to find my game and try it out.

Leave a comment on the AppStore, and if you like it buy the full version
And of course I would be happy if you could tell friends, family and coworkers about this game

Of course the obligatory thanks: My family, my hostfamily, AIESEC which made everything possible, my coworker Ishida-kun for the awesome artwork, Kittie and Chip for waking me up in the morning,andsoonblahblah

This is Top 25 free Apps (not only games). Our game was already place 8, lets see how it develops

Well, the main reason for going to Tokyo this time was the TGS (Tokyo Game Show). I guess its comparable to E3, PAX, or the Leipzig Gameshow (whats that name again?)

Besides just wanting to see what a mess like this is like my company also had a booth and presented their new game “Melody of Emotion”. Of course a must-see =)

The second reason was that I finally had the chance to see one of my favourite bands, Capsule, live in Tokyo. They had a concert in “Club Asia” in Shibuya, so I went to check it out.

Well, you can check the pictures of my visit under the cut

Facebook Galery.

Bands playing at the  verge of Yoyogi Koen. Sorry for the bad quality. This is just a minimal part, there are so many more bands playing, and some of them are really, really good =)

You can find the pictures here.

(http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=98019&l=c8831&id=1031282808)

Unfortunately some of my pictures/videos got corrupted :*( Can not really show you the athmosphere of tsukiji fish market now. This means you need to go yourself then

We decided we would go and see Roppongi Hills together, a huge architectonical masterpiece.
It lies in its namegiving district “Roppongi”, known for its bars where most of the foreigners hang out.

Information after the cut:

This time it was much more pleasant to “write” the blog, I hope you can still enjoy reading it
You can find the commented album at Facebook.
Click on the first picture , then click next each time to see the pictures and the asorted comments.
(In case linking does not work:http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=98018&l=ac009&id=1031282808)

Here is the panorama view from roppongi hills:
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And here is the surrounding of the little neighbourhood onsen. Its very hidden, and we would not have found it without the guid book. Very nice tip indeed!

Please leavea comment how this style of blogging suits your taste At least for me it was much more pleasant and I did not have to sit for 2 hours for writing this. Comments please