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A Japanese couturier inspired by «badly-dressed» Germans

Japan's Yoshiharu Ito is a celebrated avante-garde fashion designer, who has even dressed German rock stars. more...

Japan's only genuine German brewery is a truly Bavarian affair

The flag of Germany's southernmost state Bavaria flutters high on the slopes of Mount Fuji, the site of the only original German brewery in Japan. more...

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A Japanese woman is an expert on German Christmas tree decorations

Toshiko Okuyama comes from Japan but for years she has been selling items for which Germany is known the world over - traditional Christmas tree baubles and incense burners more...

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Enjoy the silence - Japanese tea ceremony in the hills of Franconia

The time-honoured ritual practiced by Gerhardt Staufenbiel is 400 years old and it offers those who take part the chance to experience the tranquillity of meditation first hand. more...

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Nippon Connection film festival in Frankfurt grew rapidly from small beginnings

The Nippon Connection festival puts 100 films - from box office hits to experimental projects - on screen at minimal cost. more...

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Some German wine estates are in fine Japanese hands

German wine in Japan is not rare. But German vineyards in the hands of Japanese definitely are. There are two of them, and they are among the country's most respected. more...

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4711: A fragrant «Water» for every need

Pop Diva Madonna, the Queen of Thailand, the Opera Star Montserrat Caballé and many Japanese men have one thing in common: they smell of 4711. more...

Toyota Deutschland Boss Tomihara enjoys Cologne's carnival and nature too

As head of Toyota Deutschland, Yoichi Tomihara is stepping on the gas for the world's second largest automobile concern. He loves horsepower and the Rhine carnival. more...

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Of squirrels and football fans: The Japanese School in Duesseldorf

Some 600 pupils attend classes one to nine at the Japanese School in Duesseldorf. It is the oldest and largest of its kind in Europe. more...

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A Japanese master mandolin-builder has made Cologne his home

Japan's Yasuyoshi Naito painstakingly builds all manner of mandolins by hand in his Cologne workshop. more...

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Craftsman Heinz Jäger delivers barrel organs as far as China and Japan

Black Forest craftsmen set the tone for the production of this mechanical musical instrument. Some 200 years after the first barrel organ, the tradition lives on. more...

Coffee and cake at three: Japanese woman studies a German tradition

Satsuki Sakuragi ate the first baked cake of her life in Germany. Today she is studying the socio-cultural importance of the German coffee and cake tradition. more...

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Going against the grain: German fashion design booms in Japan

When Germans think of fashion avant-garde, most think of Japanese designers. But it's just the opposite at the moment in Japan, where German fashion is highly valued. more...

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Bavarian Japanese restaurant bridges two varying culinary traditions

Sushi with Bavarian beer and red fruit jelly with vanilla sauce as desert. Munich's No Mi Ya restaurant is known simply as the «Bavarian Japanese». more...

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Toyota builds world-beating winning racing cars in Cologne

Japanese carmaker Toyota joined the Formula 1 circus in 2002. The company employs 650 people from 33 nations to help build racing cars in the German city of Cologne. more...

Luxury German jeweller dresses Japanese royalty

German jewellery house Wellendorf produces exquisite necklaces, rings and bracelets. High on its export list are Japan, Hong Kong, the US and Switzerland. more...

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Japanese florist links age-old traditions with modern style

Miki Kawai has a vision: the fusion of the centuries-old Japanese floral art of Ikebana with the more modern styles prevalent in the West. more...

German-made eco-cosmetics are big in Japan

Using ingredients like algae, almonds, gingko leaves and cherry blossoms, a German company makes products for discerning Japanese who want to get «back-to-nature». more...

A small German company is a big name in equestrian facilities

Otto Sport- und Reitplatz GmbH supplies water-permeable, non-slip surfaces to Japan's market leader for riding grounds. more...

A land full of smiles and even dancers in showy slippers

It's never easy trying to settle into a foreign, country, especially one as complex, diverse and full of surprises as Japan. A German offers help. more...

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