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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:17:56 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>ACHIKOCHI</title><description>Achikochi: [pron] here and there, many places
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A life in Japan</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>334</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/UvaC" type="application/rss+xml" /><feedburner:browserFriendly></feedburner:browserFriendly><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-4060047100960686971</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-17T22:17:56.936+09:00</atom:updated><title>Japan Nieuwsbrief nr. 323</title><description>Link naar: &lt;a href="http://www.yourmailinglistprovider.com/pubarchive_show_message_iframe.php?japannieuwsbrief+403"&gt;Japan Nieuwsbrief 11 tot 17 juli&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Gratis abonnement J-Nieuwsbrief: &lt;a href="http://home.att.ne.jp/sigma/vincentvds/japannieuwsbrief.html"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-4060047100960686971?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/07/japan-nieuwsbrief-nr-323.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-2840377080995689111</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-17T15:47:37.664+09:00</atom:updated><title>Tokaido, de weg van Tokyo naar Kyoto</title><description>Niet te missen op Canvas vanaf 19 juli elke zondagavond, 10 weken lang, om 22u45. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Tokaido is een tiendelige reeks van Luc Cuyvers over een reis langs de eeuwenoude route tussen Edo (het huidige Tokyo) en Kyoto, in de voetsporen van de beroemde Japanse houtdrukkunstenaar Ando Hiroshige. Het is een tocht van het wereldse naar het spirituele centrum van het land, die tegelijk laveert tussen het traditionele Japan en de moderne economische grootmacht.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We maken kennis met de Japanse natuur, cultuur en geschiedenis, en met een heleboel mensen uit alle lagen van de Japanse samenleving. Zo stellen we vast dat heden en verleden in dit mysterieuze land onlosmakelijk met elkaar verbonden zijn."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meer info op &lt;a href="http://multiblog.vrt.be/canvasprogrammas/category/tokaido/"&gt;de website van Canvas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Preview:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_n3MtRHv_fU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_n3MtRHv_fU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-2840377080995689111?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/07/tokidao-de-weg-van-tokyo-en-kyoto.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-5049704108176186582</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-17T07:37:43.107+09:00</atom:updated><title>Tokio duur?</title><description>Tokio is na vier jaar opnieuw &lt;a href="http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail.aspx?artikelId=UF2CCIPF"&gt;de duurste stad ter wereld&lt;/a&gt;. Osaka stijgt van de elfde naar de tweede plaats. Dat blijkt uit de rangschikking van het onderzoeksbureau Mercer. De rangschikking stelt bedrijven in staat om de onkostenvergoeding te berekenen van expats ter plaatste. Jaarlijks vergelijkt Mercer daarvoor in 143 steden de relatieve kosten van 200 goederen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zoals ik hier &lt;a href="http://standaard.typepad.com/en_nu_even_elders/2005/06/de_duurste_stad.html"&gt;al heb aangestipt&lt;/a&gt;, moeten we de levensduurte in wereldsteden toch wat relativeren. Dat leven in Tokio nu bakken geld kost, is gewoon te wijten aan het feit dat sinds de crisis de yen gestegen is tegenover de dollar. Als je in dollar betaald wordt, is het leven inderdaad veel duurder. Dat wil nog niet zeggen dat de gemiddelde inwoner van Tokio een verschil voelt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ik ga niet ontkennen dat het leven in Japan duur is. Woninghuur, de prijs van vastgoed, elektriciteit, water en gas kosten stukken van mensen. Wonen in Japan is duur: de maandelijkse kosten zijn hoog. Voor de toerist valt het echter mee. Met de &lt;a href="http://www.japanrailpass.net/"&gt;Japan Railpass&lt;/a&gt; voor buitenlanders is Japan doorkruisen goedkoop. Restaurants zijn niet duur als je uitkijkt. Budgethotels zijn er in overvloed. Potentiële reizigers moeten zich niet laten afschrikken door het onderzoek van Mercer. Reizen in Japan met een beperkt budget kan, zoals onder meer &lt;a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/12/TRV317MKRQ.DTL"&gt;dit artikel uitlegt&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://standaard.typepad.com/en_nu_even_elders/2009/07/tokio-duur.html"&gt;Gepost in De Standaard Expatblog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-5049704108176186582?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/07/tokio-duur.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-8218986519748617369</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-17T22:15:40.292+09:00</atom:updated><title>Radio: vervroegde verkiezingen</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.radio1.be/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://home.att.ne.jp/sigma/vincentvds/radio1logo.jpg" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;maandag 13 juli. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voor het VRT-radionieuws van 8u: Premier Taro Aso beslist vervroegde verkiezingen. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vincentvds.net/radio/20090713_8u.mp3"&gt;Audiobestand&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;(365kb, mp3)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-8218986519748617369?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/07/radio-vervroegde-verkiezingen.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-6719221020748268822</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-10T22:14:11.878+09:00</atom:updated><title>Japan Nieuwsbrief nr. 322</title><description>Link naar: &lt;a href="http://www.yourmailinglistprovider.com/pubarchive_show_message_iframe.php?japannieuwsbrief+402"&gt;Japan Nieuwsbrief 4 tot 10 juli&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Gratis abonnement J-Nieuwsbrief: &lt;a href="http://home.att.ne.jp/sigma/vincentvds/japannieuwsbrief.html"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-6719221020748268822?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/07/japan-nieuwsbrief-nr-322.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-7754897239437193733</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-10T19:49:01.125+09:00</atom:updated><title>Streets Yokohama. 200cc (IV)</title><description>From home to workplace nr. 4:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5519972&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5519972&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/user987874"&gt;vincentvds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-7754897239437193733?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/07/streets-yokohama-200cc-iv.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-2112636634326309451</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-03T21:54:44.391+09:00</atom:updated><title>Japan Nieuwsbrief nr. 321</title><description>Link naar: &lt;a href="http://www.yourmailinglistprovider.com/pubarchive_show_message_iframe.php?japannieuwsbrief+401"&gt;Japan Nieuwsbrief 27 juni tot 3 juli&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Gratis abonnement J-Nieuwsbrief: &lt;a href="http://home.att.ne.jp/sigma/vincentvds/japannieuwsbrief.html"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-2112636634326309451?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/07/japan-nieuwsbrief-nr-321.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid 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&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/user987874"&gt;vincentvds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-5707772947898182690?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/07/streets-yokohama-200cc-iii.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-1039351815253617167</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-01T19:31:12.844+09:00</atom:updated><title>Streets  Yokohama. 200cc (II)</title><description>Frome home to workplace nr. 2:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5390627&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5390627&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/user987874"&gt;vincentvds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-1039351815253617167?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/06/streets-yokohama-200cc.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-2153164425360457925</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-27T22:18:17.996+09:00</atom:updated><title>bicycle Tour</title><description>Bicycle tour this morning. 39km. Tsurumi river. &lt;br /&gt;Google maps: &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/pf9ufo"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/pf9ufo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-2153164425360457925?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/06/bicycle-tour.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-8060199336807831607</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-26T22:25:24.912+09:00</atom:updated><title>Japan Nieuwsbrief nr. 320</title><description>Link naar: &lt;a href="http://www.yourmailinglistprovider.com/pubarchive_show_message_iframe.php?japannieuwsbrief+400"&gt;Japan Nieuwsbrief 20 tot 26 juni&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Gratis abonnement J-Nieuwsbrief: &lt;a href="http://home.att.ne.jp/sigma/vincentvds/japannieuwsbrief.html"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-8060199336807831607?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/06/japan-nieuwsbrief-nr-320.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-2176909421860095465</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-01T19:30:51.133+09:00</atom:updated><title>Yokohama on motorbike 200cc (I)</title><description>From one one my schools to home:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5268300&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5268300&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/user987874"&gt;vincentvds&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-2176909421860095465?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/06/yokohama-on-motorbike-200cc.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-3565977493084481335</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-19T20:30:46.644+09:00</atom:updated><title>Japan Nieuwsbrief nr. 319</title><description>Link naar: &lt;a href="http://www.yourmailinglistprovider.com/pubarchive_show_message_iframe.php?japannieuwsbrief+399"&gt;Japan Nieuwsbrief 13 tot 19 juni&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Gratis abonnement J-Nieuwsbrief: &lt;a href="http://home.att.ne.jp/sigma/vincentvds/japannieuwsbrief.html"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-3565977493084481335?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/06/japan-nieuwsbrief-nr-319.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-5381913531685678505</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-14T18:17:36.213+09:00</atom:updated><title>Weddings</title><description>My very enjoyable weekend job as Father Vincent. 5 min in a documentary about Japan that will be aired on Belgian TV (Canvas) this summer:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" 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Every Sunday at 22h40. 10 weeks long.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-5381913531685678505?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/06/weddings.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-875463376251568123</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-19T18:46:02.869+09:00</atom:updated><title>Japan Nieuwsbrief nr. 318</title><description>Link naar: &lt;a href="http://www.yourmailinglistprovider.com/pubarchive_show_message_iframe.php?japannieuwsbrief+398"&gt;Japan Nieuwsbrief 6 tot 12 juni&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Gratis abonnement J-Nieuwsbrief: &lt;a href="http://home.att.ne.jp/sigma/vincentvds/japannieuwsbrief.html"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-875463376251568123?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/06/link-naar-japan-nieuwsbrief-6-tot-12.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-2708228186809996016</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-05T22:36:17.076+09:00</atom:updated><title>Japan Nieuwsbrief nr. 317</title><description>Wat te melden? Niets zoveel gebeurd deze week. Een paar faits-divers vooral (niet vermeld in de nieuwsbrief): 3 verpleegsters doodgereden in Kawasaki en een dode door CO2-vergiftiging in een hotel. &lt;br /&gt;Het belangrijkste politieke nieuws is dat er de parlementaire zittijd met 55 dagen verlengd is. Dit wil zeggen dat er waarschijnlijk verkiezingen komen in augustus of begin september. &lt;br /&gt;Verder ook nog een ‘moordenaar’ die 17 jaar onschuldig in de cel gezeten heeft: Een probleem in Japan slechts 1% van de rechtzaken tot vrijspraak leidt. Zal hopelijk veranderen met het jury-systeem dat deze maand in voege is getreden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Link naar: &lt;a href="http://www.yourmailinglistprovider.com/pubarchive_show_message_iframe.php?japannieuwsbrief+397"&gt;Japan Nieuwsbrief 30 mei tot 5 juni mei&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Gratis abonnement J-Nieuwsbrief: &lt;a href="http://home.att.ne.jp/sigma/vincentvds/japannieuwsbrief.html"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-2708228186809996016?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/06/japan-nieuwsbrief-nr-317.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-5351585033475656468</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-05T14:45:42.058+09:00</atom:updated><title>East is East</title><description>Again I heard yesterday a reference to Kipling’s famous words: &lt;br /&gt;"&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet&lt;/span&gt;". &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But why nobody mentions the next lines that turn this quote upside down:&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, &lt;br /&gt;When two strong men stand face to face, tho' they come from the ends of the earth!&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-5351585033475656468?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/06/east-is-east.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-1875716485770977109</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 15:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-31T00:24:48.087+09:00</atom:updated><title>Editing</title><description>The secrets of life (or editing also):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/msalgj"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/msalgj&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-1875716485770977109?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/05/secrets-of-life.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-6488808384523881078</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 13:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-29T22:22:11.613+09:00</atom:updated><title>Japan Nieuwsbrief nr. 316</title><description>Link naar: &lt;a href="http://www.yourmailinglistprovider.com/pubarchive_show_message_iframe.php?japannieuwsbrief+396"&gt;Japan Nieuwsbrief 23 tot 29 mei&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Gratis abonnement J-Nieuwsbrief: &lt;a href="http://home.att.ne.jp/sigma/vincentvds/japannieuwsbrief.html"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-6488808384523881078?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/05/japan-nieuwsbrief-nr-316.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-1439091995618276931</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-29T09:58:06.970+09:00</atom:updated><title>Tokaido, 175 jaar later</title><description>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ttj6lPYsz58&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ttj6lPYsz58&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vanaf 19 juli elke zondagavond op Canvas om 22u40. 10 weken lang.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-1439091995618276931?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/05/tokaido-journey.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-5158413170466050353</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-22T21:27:03.536+09:00</atom:updated><title>Japan Nieuwsbrief nr. 315</title><description>Link naar: &lt;a href="http://www.yourmailinglistprovider.com/pubarchive_show_message_iframe.php?japannieuwsbrief+395"&gt;Japan Nieuwsbrief 16 tot 22 mei&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Gratis abonnement J-Nieuwsbrief: &lt;a href="http://home.att.ne.jp/sigma/vincentvds/japannieuwsbrief.html"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-5158413170466050353?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/05/japan-nieuwsbrief-nr-315.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-716651256561284415</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 06:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-18T15:42:21.710+09:00</atom:updated><title>Griepvirus in Japan</title><description>Op het moment dat ik dit schrijf (maandagnamiddag in Japan) zijn er al meer dan 130 besmettingen met de Mexicaanse griep geteld. Het aantal stijgt met het uur. Experten gaan ervan uit nu al meer dan duizend Japanners besmet zijn. Vrijdag waren er nog maar 4 zieken: 3 schoolkinderen en een leraar die deel uitmaakten van een groep die Canada bezocht hadden. De 4 werden in quarantaine gehouden in een hotel nabij de Narita-luchthaven. Het leek erop dat de strenge preventiemaatregelen in de internationale luchthavens efficiënt waren. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maar het heeft niet mogen baten. Tijdens het weekend is het virus plots opgedoken in Osaka en Kobe. Aanvankelijk waren enkele tieners in twee middelbare scholen getroffen. Nu is de ziekte zich razendsnel bij de rest van de bevolking aan het verspreiden. Meer dan 1000 scholen in Osaka en Kobe hebben hun deuren voor de rest van de week gesloten. Talloze festivals en evenementen werden tijdens het weekend afgelast in de Osaka-regio. Werknemers worden aangeraden in de mate van het mogelijke de spitsuren in het openbaar vervoer te vermijden. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Japanners zijn zeer hygiënisch. Mondmaskers dragen in geval van een verkoudheid is absoluut normaal. Maar de steden zijn zo dichtbevolkt dat bescherming tegen het nieuwe virus zo goed als onmogelijk is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De vrees is dat het virus de Tokio-regio met zijn 35 miljoen inwoners zal bereiken. Een belangrijk treinstation zoals Shinjuku in Tokio bijvoorbeeld verwerkt elke dag meer dan 2 miljoen pendelaars. De bevolking wordt aangeraden mondmaskers te dragen, handen, veelvuldig te wassen en te gorgelen bij thuiskomst. Paniek is er niet, maar zeker is dat de economische weerslag catastrofaal zal zijn als de verspreiding niet kan ingedijkt worden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://standaard.typepad.com/en_nu_even_elders/2009/05/griepvirus-in-japan.html"&gt;Gepost in De Standaard Expatblog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-716651256561284415?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/05/griepvirus-in-japan.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-5763537485415681474</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 12:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-16T22:17:03.474+09:00</atom:updated><title>Japan Nieuwsbrief nr. 314</title><description>Link naar: &lt;a href="http://www.yourmailinglistprovider.com/pubarchive_show_message_iframe.php?japannieuwsbrief+394"&gt;Japan Nieuwsbrief 8 tot 15 mei&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Gratis abonnement J-Nieuwsbrief: &lt;a href="http://home.att.ne.jp/sigma/vincentvds/japannieuwsbrief.html"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-5763537485415681474?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/05/japan-nieuwsbrief-nr-314.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-202732019258963896</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 12:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-15T21:27:04.008+09:00</atom:updated><title>Japan Nieuwsbrief nr. 313</title><description>Link naar: &lt;a href="http://www.yourmailinglistprovider.com/pubarchive_show_message_iframe.php?japannieuwsbrief+393"&gt;Japan Nieuwsbrief 2 tot 8 mei&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Gratis abonnement J-Nieuwsbrief: &lt;a href="http://home.att.ne.jp/sigma/vincentvds/japannieuwsbrief.html"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29841867-202732019258963896?l=vincentvds.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://vincentvds.blogspot.com/2009/05/japan-nieuwsbrief-nr-313.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (vincent)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841867.post-3342218242262745382</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 01:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-04T22:35:15.105+09:00</atom:updated><title>Highway</title><description>On the highway tot Zush. Luk: Honda CB 750cc. 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