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Japanese woman who experienced Bauhaus art and turmoil in 1930's Germany.   Please read introdcution first.     Th Bauhaus School was established by an architect Walter Gropius in Weimar, 1919. It was the first year of first democratic government in Germany. Then the school moved to Dessau in 1925. From 1925 to summer of this year, 1932, the school had been managed in glass-window wall and simple shaped building that symbolized Bauhaus's own architecture style.   But this year Dessau city council made a resolution to stop funding Bauhaus. Bauhaus had to relocate its...

A big surprise in this world. A 47 year-old Scottish woman who had never been married and even kissed by a man sang a very beautiful song. You can never match her appearance with her voice. I am waiting for the CD of her singing released in Japan. Surprisingly she was never noticed as a professional singer until now. It is like Cinderella Story in 21st century. She's having an...

Months have passed since Tamogami was dismissed due to his public essay which justified Japan's aggression in Asia and Pacific during WW 2 and then thrown into the spotlight in November last...

Not high-season any more, but you can do that on Shiga Highland, Nagano Prefecture, 2 hours and half train ride and 1 hour and half bus ride from Tokyo.   It was for me first time in 14 years....