Holiday pics (Japan Day)

Ironbuket · 10-06-2004, 10:28 PM

I just got back from a 2 week holiday to Germany yesterday. Whilst I was there I went to the “Japan Day” celebration in Duesseldorf.

http://www.duesseldorf-tourismus.de/...articleID=1251

I am kind of nuts about everything Japanese in case you hadn’t noticed. So here are some of the pics I took. These are from my digi cam, I actually took most with a film camera, but I don’t get them back from processing until later today.

If anyone is interested in this kind of thing please let me know and Ill post more,

Byyye

Ironbuket · 10-06-2004, 10:30 PM

They wore this later, but there was such a huge crowd by then I couldnt get a photo

Ironbuket · 10-06-2004, 10:31 PM

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Ironbuket · 10-06-2004, 10:31 PM

Ironbuket · 10-06-2004, 10:33 PM

Japanese archery "KYUDO" demonstration

invert · 11-06-2004, 03:54 AM

Nothing beats seeing a bunch of Germans wearing Japanese armor...lol....cool pics though. Looks like it was fun.

Ironbuket · 11-06-2004, 05:25 AM

Hmm, yea all these guys doing the "samurai thing" were German. It was some kind of reinactment club or something. The martial arts demonstrations were the same, hardly saw any Japanese people involved in it.

But, there were loads of "real" Japanese around, they were just doing other stuff, mostly anything that wasnt violent was run by Japanese.

My German is pretty nonexistant, but on occation I was able to get more sense out of some of the people than the Germans were as there were plenty of Japanese around that were also terrible at German.

You should see these Japanese peoples faces light-up and smile when you speak to them in their own language

This samurai village thing, was set apart from the rest of the stands. Pretty much everywhere else was mega crowded, so its hard to get any good shots without hundreds of people in the way.

I just got my film photos back, Ill scan some and post shots later on

Chris-3DT · 11-06-2004, 07:22 AM

And I thought I was a freak for going to medieval fairs in my chain mail - this is extreme!

Going to Düsseldorf on sunday, btw, nice town but their Altbier sucks

Ironbuket · 12-06-2004, 11:59 PM

There are too many pics, so I used one of those free online sites where you can dump all your snaps to. If you are interested its here:

http://www.albumsnaps.com/index.php?...folder&id=4933

10-06-2004, 10:28 PM	#1
Ironbuket meri kurisumasu Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: London, England Ayu wa kawaii desu ne Posts: 753 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Holiday pics (Japan Day) I just got back from a 2 week holiday to Germany yesterday. Whilst I was there I went to the “Japan Day” celebration in Duesseldorf. http://www.duesseldorf-tourismus.de/...articleID=1251 I am kind of nuts about everything Japanese in case you hadn’t noticed. So here are some of the pics I took. These are from my digi cam, I actually took most with a film camera, but I don’t get them back from processing until later today. If anyone is interested in this kind of thing please let me know and Ill post more, Byyye __________________ "If you are able, save for them a place inside of you and one backward glance when you are leaving, for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not always have. Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own. And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind." - Major Michael Davis O'Donnell Last edited by Ironbuket; 10-06-2004 at 10:34 PM..

10-06-2004, 10:30 PM	#2
Ironbuket meri kurisumasu Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: London, England Ayu wa kawaii desu ne Posts: 753 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	They wore this later, but there was such a huge crowd by then I couldnt get a photo __________________ "If you are able, save for them a place inside of you and one backward glance when you are leaving, for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not always have. Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own. And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind." - Major Michael Davis O'Donnell

10-06-2004, 10:31 PM	#3
Ironbuket meri kurisumasu Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: London, England Ayu wa kawaii desu ne Posts: 753 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Front __________________ "If you are able, save for them a place inside of you and one backward glance when you are leaving, for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not always have. Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own. And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind." - Major Michael Davis O'Donnell

10-06-2004, 10:31 PM	#4
Ironbuket meri kurisumasu Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: London, England Ayu wa kawaii desu ne Posts: 753 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Back __________________ "If you are able, save for them a place inside of you and one backward glance when you are leaving, for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not always have. Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own. And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind." - Major Michael Davis O'Donnell

10-06-2004, 10:33 PM	#5
Ironbuket meri kurisumasu Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: London, England Ayu wa kawaii desu ne Posts: 753 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Japanese archery "KYUDO" demonstration __________________ "If you are able, save for them a place inside of you and one backward glance when you are leaving, for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not always have. Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own. And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind." - Major Michael Davis O'Donnell

11-06-2004, 03:54 AM	#6
invert Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: in a 3d box Posts: 723 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Nothing beats seeing a bunch of Germans wearing Japanese armor...lol....cool pics though. Looks like it was fun.

11-06-2004, 05:25 AM	#7
Ironbuket meri kurisumasu Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: London, England Ayu wa kawaii desu ne Posts: 753 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hmm, yea all these guys doing the "samurai thing" were German. It was some kind of reinactment club or something. The martial arts demonstrations were the same, hardly saw any Japanese people involved in it. But, there were loads of "real" Japanese around, they were just doing other stuff, mostly anything that wasnt violent was run by Japanese. My German is pretty nonexistant, but on occation I was able to get more sense out of some of the people than the Germans were as there were plenty of Japanese around that were also terrible at German. You should see these Japanese peoples faces light-up and smile when you speak to them in their own language This samurai village thing, was set apart from the rest of the stands. Pretty much everywhere else was mega crowded, so its hard to get any good shots without hundreds of people in the way. I just got my film photos back, Ill scan some and post shots later on __________________ "If you are able, save for them a place inside of you and one backward glance when you are leaving, for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not always have. Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own. And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind." - Major Michael Davis O'Donnell

11-06-2004, 07:22 AM	#8
Chris-3DT Threedy Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 2,361 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	And I thought I was a freak for going to medieval fairs in my chain mail - this is extreme! Going to Düsseldorf on sunday, btw, nice town but their Altbier sucks __________________ [b]Christian

12-06-2004, 11:59 PM	#9
Ironbuket meri kurisumasu Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: London, England Ayu wa kawaii desu ne Posts: 753 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	There are too many pics, so I used one of those free online sites where you can dump all your snaps to. If you are interested its here: http://www.albumsnaps.com/index.php?...folder&id=4933 __________________ "If you are able, save for them a place inside of you and one backward glance when you are leaving, for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not always have. Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own. And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind." - Major Michael Davis O'Donnell

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