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Lazy Sunday in Akihabara

Lazy Sunday in Akihabara

The rain season finally seems to be over and the summer is here in Tokyo! And what do you do when the outside has more than 30°C and 90% humidity? You grab some of your colleagues and visit the arcade! The district of Akihabara will probably remain one of

Tiny urban gardens of Setagaya

Tiny urban gardens of Setagaya

Quite obviously, space is an extremely scarce resource in Tokyo. Everything is a bit smaller than what you’re used to as foreigner – cars, houses, apartments, you name it. But since looking at concrete and steel all day can really get you down, people in residential areas will still find

Venturing off the city limits

Venturing off the city limits

Today marks the third week living in Japan and I had not set foot outside of the city until now. Hence, even though the weather report was all but promising, the first destination of choice was Miura Peninsula, about 90 minutes away from Tokyo. Right at the tip lies Misaki

Sushi breakfast at Tokyo's biggest fish market

Sushi breakfast at Tokyo's biggest fish market

Over the weekend a couple of SA3 friends were staying in Tokyo for a 5G security workshop. Naturally, we went to see as many iconic spots in Tokyo as possible – the Tsukiji Fish Market being one of them. Even though, technically, most of the commercial business was moved to another

I found an apartment

I found an apartment

After I had shortlisted roughly a dozen apartments in Setagaya and Meguro, I reached out to the first agency to inquire whether any of them would still available. None of them were. Either occupied, not available until way later in the year, or would be rented to females only. Luckily,

Visiting the Mori Art Museum

Visiting the Mori Art Museum

Located at the 52nd floor in downtown Roppongi lies the Mori Museum of contemporary art. And since I had some appointments in Roppongi anyway today, I thought why not have a look? Their current exhibition by Berlin-based artist Shiota Chiharu involved several large-scale wool installations, which were truly impressive in

Views from atop

Views from atop

Yesterday was a productive second day: I managed to get a bank account, a Japanese SIM card and registered with the local ward office. What that actually means is that a nice lady from the agency that is supporting my onboarding process did all of these things for me, of

This is it.

Yesterday afternoon, I finally set foot on Japanese soil and became a resident of the island nation. Saying that all of this still feels a bit unreal to me is an understatement. Which is why it will probably take a few days to realize that this is actually my new

Calm before the storm

Calm before the storm

As a final act before the turbulences of moving begin, I took two weeks off to travel the Caucasus Mountains in northern Georgia together with a friend of mine. The area around World Heritage Site Mestia offered us challenging treks, a landscape that was not overrun by tourists (yet) and

Farewell 3GPP SA3

Farewell 3GPP SA3

Leaving my job at Deutsche Telekom sadly also means no longer attending Security Working Group meetings of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project. I consider myself lucky, having been able to work with such extremely capable and kind people on 5G security standards. The past one and a half years have