((( CLAUS BRABRAND )))

Me
 Claus Brabrand, Ph.D. (January 2003)
Associate Professor
IT-University of Copenhagen ((( aka. "ITU" )))
((( Programming, Logic, and Semantics )))

((( Curriculum Vitae )))

Teaching Teaching & Understanding Understanding

JAPAN 2005

KIYOMIZU-DERA, KYOTO

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FUSHIMI-INARA, KYOTO

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HIMEJI-JO (NEAR KYOTO)

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ASAKUSA, TOKYO

Asakusa entrance gate.
Asakusa omiyage market.
The Asakusa temple.
Temple.
Having my fortune told by the wooden pegs inside the metal container.

TEMPLE FESTIVAL IN TOKYO

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FESTIVAL LANTERNS

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SHIBUYA, TOKYO

Shibuya's main square with several video screens.
Light is red; pedestrians piling up to cross the street.
Light is green. At night there are at least twice as many people!
Street in Shibuya.

SHINJUKU, TOKYO

Neon lights of Shinjuku at night.
(cont'd).
Street in Shinjuku at night.
Downtown Shinjuku during the day.
"Times Square", Shinjuku.

NIPPORI, TOKYO

A house in Nippori.
A local florist.
A copy of a famous buddha.
A road in Nishi-Nippori.
McDonald's (in Japanese).

UENO, TOKYO

One of the many entrance gates to Ueno merchant streets.
A shop in Ueno.
An outdoor beer cafe in Ueno.
A shopping street in Ueno.

YOKOHAMA

Yokohama skyscrapers.
A paris wheel.
China town entrance.
The boat lights up at night.

NAGOYA

The "Osukannon" temple in Nagoya.
...from an angle.
The "Sunshine Sakae" in downtown Nagoya.
Park in northern Nagoya.
Rice fields between Nagoya and Onagi.

ONAGI (NEAR NAGOYA)

Dinner and beer with a Japanese friend and his friend.
Onagi Castle which now serves as a regional museum (nothing in English).
Onagi Temple.
Gate near the Onagi Temple.
Dragon fountain near the Onagi Temple.

OSAKA / KOBE

Downtown Osaka.
Small temple in a back alley in the old part of Osaka.
A karaoke in downtown Kobe.
A pack of "semis" on a tree; these things are unbelievably noisy.

SUSHI

Sushi. Totemo oiishi desu!
Pay-per-plate conveyor belt sushi. Only in Japan... :)
"Uni" (sea ursin); when I ate this thing, it was still alive (and moving)!
More delicious sushi.

TRANSPORTATION

Subway pay site (incredibly user-friendly).
Video screen inside the Yamanote subway train.
...same screen (now with stations in English).
A "Shinkansen" (bullet train); these trains run at 270 km/h (like the french TGVs).

KANJI SIGNS

"Ueno Sakuragi Manshon"; where I lived in Tokyo.
Yanaka graveyard sign.
Some sign; I have no idea what it says...
Call me european, but this symbol seriously looks like "a guy playing soccer"(?)
This beautiful kanji reads "hataraki" (work).