Bob Marley, the King of Reggae, recently ‘visited’ Keio University as a special guest in a class about reggae music and Rastafarianism. As the enormous classroom was filled with anxious Japanese students, Marley appeared on the big screen and was heard on the many speakers throughout the room. Thanks to Saori-san I also found out about this class at Keio University. As I am doing research about Bob Marley in Japan I thought it would … Continue reading
I recently made a short excursion with my brother to the popular Dutch tourist destination Kinderdijk. Kinderdijk is known because of it’s many windmills and is on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites and attracts many tourists. As Kinderdijk is roughly about 15 kilometers away from my home, I took my bike and went there on a sunny day with my brother. Ofcourse I did not forget to bring my photo-camera with me that … Continue reading
As some of you may know, one of my hobbies is football. Besides playing football myself (occasionally) I have been a supporter of Feyenoord Rotterdam since I was a kid. For years I visited virtually every homegame, but I will miss most of the upcoming season because I will be in Japan. But that’s OK, can’t be in two places at the same time Anyway, yesterday (22-07-2009) I visited the Feyenoord Open Dag together with … Continue reading