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SOUTH AFRICA: Cape of Good Hope[Artikel auf Deutsch @ Feinripp Magazine: On a trip to South Africa and Cape Town, the picturesque Cape of Good Hope is of course one of the main spots you should have seen. The spectacularly shaped peninsula between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans rises like an arrow into the maritime border area and frames a paradisiac white sandy beach, where turquoise blue waves break. We stayed for a few days in Mothercity, as Cape Town is often called, and explored the region by rental car. As far as you can handle the traffic on the left, this is probably the cheapest and most flexible exploration opportunity. Of course, many things also go by public transport and countless tours and day trips are offered, but if you want to avoid the big tourist crowds and prefer a free time schedule, then we clearly recommend the rental car. The easiest way to book the vehicle you want at Avis, Europcar, Budget, Tempest or Thrifty is to pick up and drop
2GERMANY: Serkan Goeren – Philosophical Postmodern Goeren Art[Artikel auf Deutsch @ Feinripp Magazine: Graphics, shapes and colors represent boundaries and the infinite. The works of the postmodern painter Serkan Goeren from Frankfurt deal with the demolition of their own framework. His art could be described as a philosophical art, the paintings and his writings are an expression of a more comprehensive theory, with which the artist has been engaged since the study time. Postmodern because he criticizes modernism, but also makes the claim to his work to include the modernism and work through this, in order to criticize him first. The central point is the doctrine of art critic Clement Greenberg. For Goeren, his works are primarily concerned with the dissolution of boundaries and the intermingling of clearly separated forms on an abstract level. Not so easy to visualize something like that. An idea came to the painter at first because he had simply renounced the canvas. The paint was
2ALBANIA: Skotis HostelDo you need some nice advice for a short trip or long term holiday destination? We already wrote something about a roadtrip through Albania and presented you the country as a new secret hint (Let´s go to Albania). The New York Times voted the country in the newcomer list of soonly be in demand places of interest. Our trip was definitly classic, we learned a lot, had fun and it was (still) quite cheap. The whole country is paved with UNESCO heritages, one of the most impressive cities is certainly Berat. We stood there for a few days in Skotis Backpacker Hostel. The born Scot is an enthusiastic person, excited about travelling and get to know other countries and cultures. Here in Berat in Albania her realized his long wished dream about opening a hostel. When he came to Albania in 2008 there existed just one hostel in the capital Tirana. (We wrote as well something about that place with interviews with the owners). The city Berat is just a historical and as well an architectonical
2GERMANY: AnniMalisch Techno Sounds[Artikel auf Deutsch @ Feinripp Magazine: Loud bass on dance-loving raves with lots of color and decoration. DJane and event organizer AnniMalisch sets up such parties and visited us in the studio of Radio X. She also brought her fresh X-Mix-Techno-Set. In Frankfurt she organizes events such as "Paint it Blacklight" and "AnniMaliscHe Triebe", is playing at festivals throughout Germany and has put on the TagTanzDemo a decent program. Her parties are always colorful and the passionate decoration creative is investing a lot of time and effort in her projects. On the "Paint it Blacklight" - events there were already often fun color massacre with self-made, ecological and washable color, which fluoresces fluorescently in the black light. Of course, the entire party location was lit with UV lamps just everywhere. Anni had collected for weeks in the environment and from friends and tried to install as many black light
1CHILE: Valparaíso - Hostal VoyageDuring our journey in Chile we made a stop in Valparaiso and could stay in the most interessting Hostel of the city: Hostel Voyage. It´s much nicer to stay at a friends´ place than in a hotel room. A lot of people prefer therefore couchsurfing, it´s a cheaper and as well much more personal way to travel. And at the doors of Hostel Voyage we were welcomed exactly that way. After riding the whole night in a horrible bus through half of the country and searching for over two hours for a place to stay – out of 20 hostels really nobody opened – we finally have been greeted at this nice lodge. Concurrent with the beginning of the year a new and a different type of hostel like you are used to know opened at Cerro Alegre in Valparaiso in Chile. The landlords live as well in the house and you share as a guest their huge house with the backyard and the roof terrace. A kind of big couchsurfing. And that´s how it is. The whole stay you don´t have the feeling that you are in a hostel, it´s more
4CHILE: Where is Wally? – City Tours SantiagoMaybe you know the series. Where is Wally? It was or still is an animated series about a strange odd guy with some glasses, a bobble cap and a red-white-striped t-shirt. This guy is always somewhere hidden in the series and you have to find him. And then you have to find out other stuff together with him. It´s exactly this little gag what the guys from "Tours 4 Tips" from Santiago de Chile used for their own undertaking. We have been in South America in spring and these guides really impressed us. At the moment they only provide tours in the capital Santiago and the coastal town Valparaiso. But it looks like they will grow. The idea is simple. They have different routes on different days and at different times. Fot these times and days there are different meeting points and locations. And there you have to find then the "Wally". You will recognize him or her on the red-white-striped t-shirt. But without strange bobble cap. Of course it´s fun to explore a new place by your own. You
4JAPAN: Hippie Buddha Monks - Miyajima[Artikel auf Deutsch @ Feinripp Magazine: ] Here is a little story from our Japan-trip about the little funny hippie buddha monk figures we found. After we spend some time in the metropolitan tumult of Osaka, we headed south towards Hiroshima. It started getting greener on the countryside and shrine visits started to become the order of the day. An extensive site was located on the island Miyajima (宮島) which means translated "shrine-island". The island is packed with temple sites and there is as well the famous Itsukushima Shintō-Shrine ( 厳島神社). The basic architecture of the shrine was erected in 593. The Great Torii (厳島神社 大鳥居) exists since the year 1168, but they renewed it with camphorwood. It´s only accessible by foot during low tide, during high tide it´s surrounded by water. The main buildings of the Itsukushima Shrine are placed in front of the island on higher platforms which are connected by 280 meter long corridors.
2JAPAN: Himeji Castle and Shironoshita[Artikel auf Deutsch @ Feinripp Magazine: Hundreds of castles, fortifications and fortresses are scattered all over Japan, some in very good condition or restored and made accessible to the public. During a trip to Nippon you can not avoid a visit, better you should not miss such an amazing and unique tour. One of the most famous sites is the castle tower complex in Himeji (Japanese 姫 路 城, Himeji-jō) from the 17th century. The Himeji-jō in Hyōgo prefecture is one of Japan's national treasures and was also recognized by UNESCO in 1993 as a World Heritage Site. On our trip from Osaka to Hiroshima we made a stop in this castle town Himeji (Japanese 姫 路 市, -shi), looked at the Himeji Castle and walked through the Koko-en Garden, which is considered one of the three most beautiful in Japan, especially during the cherry blossom festival Hanami. We wandered through the Engyō-ji Temple, climbed Mount Seppiko and shot a video with Tomohisa Shiroshita
2SOUTH AFRICA: Andy's Camp at the Waterhole – Phalaborwa[Artikel auf Deutsch @ Feinripp Magazine: Wildlife viewing of the savannah: We made another stop on our safari tour through the northeast of South Africa at Andy's camp in the Ukhozi Nature Reserve. A cozy lodge with a collection of small tent sheds for a handful of visitors. The great thing about this camp is its location on a hill with a perfect view of a waterhole below. In the morning, at lunchtime and especially in the evening, the entire animal landscape of the area appears alternately there. Everyone has a thirst, especially when it's so hot. The reserve is part of the Olifants Game Reserve, which together with the Olifants River Eastern Conservancy, the York Game Reserve, the Parsons Game Reserve, the Grietjie Game Reserve and Jejane belong to the vast Kruger National Park complex and is a member of the Associated Private Nature Reserve (APNR ). As part of an initiative to protect nature, all fences that separate APNR protected
3GERMANY: Streetart Map - Frankfurt How does the map work? All the buttons on the map are links to a photo gallery of the spot, sometimes with only one photo, sometimes with heaps of photos or even a full article. The different symbols explain various categories of the streetart and graffiti artworks. In the navigation of the map on the left you can find the several markers sorted by the categories and it´s possible to hide or fade these layers. TRAIN STATIONS >>> More Streetart at Trainstations and Tracks HALL OF FAMES >>> More Streetart from Hall of Fames and Open Spray Areas GOLDEN NUGGETS >>> More Streetart from the best Artworks HIDDEN SECRETS >>> More Streetart at Hidden Places COMPLEX CRAFTS >>>
3GERMANY: Firedancer CassiopeiaOn our tour through Southamerica the firedancer Cassiopeia aka Jasmin Schuhmann travelled with us for several weeks. the artist is originally from Germany and lived for a while in Frankfurt, meanwhile she moved to Buenos Aires and works there at a school. But her big passion is the firedance, in Germany she worked already as a firedance freelancer artist and had gigs on a lot of different events.... >>> READ MORE
1JAPAN: Okayama Castle & Iconic Movie Shop[Artikel auf Deutsch @ Feinripp Magazine: ] Antiquity meets fiction. Samurai on Captain Future. All the manga heroes, the anime worlds, and movie universes play an equally important role in this article as the Okayama Castle (Japanese 岡山 城), the Shogun Guesthouses, or the Kōraku-en Garden (Japanese 後 楽 園). We visited historic castle sites, were in one of the most famous gardens in the world, and thanks to Space Battleship Yamato were lured into Shinichi Yoshomiti's iconic movie and comic fan shop. A FEW INFOS ABOUT THE CITY The port city of Okayama is the center of the homonymous prefecture on the main island of Honshu and is located at the mouth of the Asahi River in the Seto Inland Sea. Earlier settlements and also the entire castle fortress arose after 1300. Thereafter there was a lot of back-and-forth between individual families and dynasties in Inner-Japanese, some buildings were destroyed and new ones were built. In fact, over the
2GHANA: Nursing and Health Assistant Training School TeshieThe Nursing and Health Assistant Training School Teshie (HATS, Teshie) was instituted on 28th January 2008 due to the ministry of health decision to train a middle level cadre to assist the professional nurse in carrying out her duties, and to contribute to the improvement of the staffing situation in the clinical area. One of the tutors – Sandra Opoku – took part at the HITA midwife exchange programme in 2014 and went to Germany for three month. Currently she is teaching at Teshie. As a school their mission is to train competent middle level cadre nurses who will contribute creditably to the health care delivery in Ghana through promotive, preventive and curative services. The school started under a canopy with a teaching staff of four, one non teaching staff and a student numerical strength of seventy-two. Currently, the school has ten staff members with eight teaching staff and three non-teaching staff. The motto for the school is "Service to humanity". For the 2007/2008 academic
2ALBANIA: Tirana Backpacker HostelOn the one hand it was quite funny, but as well a bit shocking how many people have been strangely surprised, even frightened or just thought "WTF are these guys doing again? Are they totaly crazy-stupid?" – when we said we will do a trip through Albania. I know you totaly shouldn´t trust the pictures and ideas you get infused by the medias, because it´s mostly total crap, but it was still a very new experience for us and we realized during the road trip how wrong even our view has been. It opened our eyes in a lot of ways and i really like that. Albania was amazing, an absolutely underestimated country, that people (for now) still observe in a completely wrong way. This place caught our intention because of an articel in the New York Times in 2014, which voted Albania for one of the top five promising travel destinations in the world for the next years. And this we can totaly confirm. The country is wonderful, it still possesses a nearly non-touched environment and if you are
3URUGUAY: Montevideo City ReportageAt this year's South America Trip we also had a multi-day stop in the capital of Uruguay - Montevideo. The country is one of the smallest on the South American continent, but it has holiday opportunities fustdick behind the ears. The city is located at the mouth of the Río de la Plata and has about 1.3 million inhabitants. Buenos Aires in Argentina is on the other side of the river, actually only 213 kilometers as the crow flies. You can easily take ferries here, driving through countless boats. Incidentally, Montevideo celebrates the longest carnival in the world BEFORE Brazil and Rio. Maybe the one in Rio is bigger, but the one in Montevideo lasts longer ... it goes on for a month ... Uruguay is less known to the Europeans. It was certainly an insider tip, but the (South) American continent has already discovered that. With the Latinos, Uruguay with Montevideo and Punta del Este has long been the holiday racer in a big way. You could almost say, a little Monaco from South America.
18ARGENTINA: Streetart Buenos AiresIf you calculate the area the city is not much bigger than Frankfurt in Germany, but therefore it has a habitation of about three million people. And if you count all the suburbs and connected districts as well you will be fast cross the ten million line. So many people, so many interessting stories and lifes. In Buenos Aires live a lot of different people from all around Argentina and Southamerica, it´s the little New York of the South wth all its different styled quarters. You have as well quite a lot of artists and sprayers, the walls are covered with nice artworks and whole streets are just one piece of color. Most of the habitants of those neighbourhoods are the artists themselves and they paint and design their home like they want to creatively invent it. There are heaps of damn good graffitis and murals, fantastic wallpaintings and arousing stencils. There are more pictures from the quarters Palermo, San Telmo und Recoleta. MORE ARTICLES ABOUT ARGENTINA >
3LAOSSae Lao Project & Equal Education for All - Vang Vieng We found again something interesting, good and worth-to-write-about in the middle of the jungle. It was next to the karst mountains while we were passing with our modified go-karts to a lagoon. We jetted past a sign, but after the short look we had to go back to that place the next day for sure. There was written: "Buy a cocktail and send with your purchase a child to school". There was as well something about "Need Volunteers". That sounded interesting. What are they doing there and who is doing what and are they really doing what they wrote? And if yes, how can you support? A lot of questions, so let´s go and check it out. >> READ MORE La La Land Tours - Vang Vieng While we passed the beautiful village Vang Vieng during our Laos trip we visited the Karst Mountains, heaps of nice lagoons and caves and took as well part at the tubing of course. But the real good offers and choices we unfortunately found only in
2THAILANDPhangan Rainbow Bungalows – Ko Pha Ngan Our Thailand-Expert Praxinho V., who lived nearly half of his live in Southeast-Asia and who knows all around the islands by experience on exploring by scooter, on elephants, by foot or just crawling – that guy brought us to one of his "Special-secret-super-nice-places". A lodge where he always goes, and where we all stood for some days and which we definitely can recommend: The Koh Phangan Rainbow Bungalows of Martin Hine and Noy Prante Limkul …. >>> READ MORE
2SPAINValencia - Charitydrinks - This is not another.... How a good party should be: Good parties have to be badly organized, the guests should have to pay a lot for entrance, the DJs should get put on a podium for glory and there they should play a lot of same-sounding crap music over and over again. A drink should be at minimum 10 Euros and at least have some ingredients from the next street, toilet water and other indefinite moistures in it, and of course before serving it should get put in very high quality bottles with nice labels. But in the end it´s not about the drinks. It´s about the cool and high expensive and hipster outfit. And the fucking shoes…. >> READ MORE
2VIETNAMLittle Kingston Reggae Bar – Mũi Né Vietnam is famous for its delicious cuisine, the marvelous beaches, the jungle or as well for the remains of the underground tunnel system from the war. But the country is for sure not famous for Reggae Music. Let´s see…. maybe just not yet! Actually everything you need for this lifestyle is perfectly there. You just need someone, who is going to establish the concept. Exactly this idea had the former Berliner and now Vietnam citizen Herby. He opened the Reggae chillspot "Little Kingston Beach Bar" in the beach village Mũi Né. Herby is Reggae DJ since 20 years and lives since five years in Vietnam. The first three years he was resident DJ and manager in several clubs in Saigon, after quite a while he finally found a perfect place for his own project. We visited him and relaxed at the comfy hammock area at his beach bar location while we recorded an interview about the origin and development of the place. >>> READ MORE Crazy House -
2THAILAND: Phangan Rainbow Bungalows - Ko Pha NganThe times when we just did beach holidays in summer and skiing trips in winter are over since a long time. Meanwhile you can go very easily and cheap as well to a warm sunny beach on the one side of the planet, while it is freezing in your country, or you can travel during the totally hot mid-summer of your country to a snowy resort somewhere else on a summit in country where there is winter at that moment. We went to Thailand before Christmas, traveled around, had a good time on the sea and collected a lot of nice video and picture material. Our Thailand-Expert Praxinho V., who lived nearly half of his live in Southeast-Asia and who knows all around the islands by experience on exploring by scooter, on elephants, by foot or just crawling – that guy brought us to one of his "Special-secret-super-nice-places". A lodge where he always goes, and where we all stood for some days and which we definitely can recommend: The Koh Phangan Rainbow Bungalows of Martin Hine and Noy Prante Limkul …
3LATVIA: Streetart RigaIf you want to know more about the graffiti spots in the city, check out Tribal Riga's website. There is quite a bit of graffiti in the city, and it is also sprayed nicely, but you just have to know where. At Tribal Riga, you'll learn more about this art and all the trappings. The crew also operates a nice shop with clothes and spray cans near the main train station, you can also have a look. Here is a video from the german graffiti artists DOE and SNOPPER during their visit in september 2015 with beautiful spray-actions, time-ranged genres and train scenes with a view over the Latvian country: INFOTHEK GRAFFITI & KULTUR Webseite Streetwear Shop Tribal Riga: Facebook Graffit Tribal Riga: Instagram Art of Tribal Riga: Webseite Okkupationsmuseum: Webseite Live Riga Kultur-Info: Webseite Tours EatRiga:
4LATVIA: Riga - Cultural capital, fantastic Food and Balsam BoozeHave you ever been to the Baltic States? No, not Greece, that's the Balkans. The Baltic States are located in the northeast of Europe, between the Baltic Sea and Russia, and include the countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. We were in Riga, the capital of Latvia, last week, looking for local street art and graffiti. The city is definitely worth a visit, whether as a stopover during a Baltic trip or as a short weekend trip. Somehow we had imagined the whole thing a bit "Russian". Although Russia had occupied the country several times, including the Germans, Swedes and a few others, there are also remnants of all this - but the Latvian culture is then something completely different and original. Here, communist eastern block districts encounter Scandinavian wooden buildings and medieval brewery pubs. Modern times also include their architecture. But you will get a better insight directly on site. And if you look good, you will find nice graffiti. And for the night you will find
3JAPAN: DougoyART Paintaction – Artists Baki Baki & MonWe already stood several days in Matsuyama, we visited and explored all the fantastic sights and the interesting city. Actually we wanted to leave to Ōzu in the south the next day. But our friend Mathew Iannarone from the Sen Guesthouse recommended us definitely to stay another night because he has some secret special insider event. This hostel is a place we can very recommend by the way, but there will be an article about guesthouse owner Mathew and his exciting life in Japan in another article which is in preparation. But back to our special event, which really was worth it to stay. Mathew took us to a livingroom-live-painting session with the graffiti artists BAKI BAKI and MON. The name of the event is DougoyART. It´s an relaxed artistique festivity in an homelike atmosphere which was in the befriended guesthouse of Hisatsugu Shimizu. As well there is audio included and musicians are taking part, this time the band The Sun. >>> READ MORE
3Frau Fenster Art & DesignFreischaffende Künstlerin - Kreativfelder: Emotional-expressionistisch, abstrakt-kollagierte Aktions-Malerei auf Leinwand, Holzarbeiten, Masken und Skulpturen, Performance und Fotografie. Farbe und Material auf Leinwand, ob Acryl, Dispersion, Lack oder Gips, Spachtelmasse oder Filzstifte, Kartonagepfeiler und Plastikmasken. Actionpainting würden es manche nennen. Darstellung von Gefühlszuständen oder Situationen in farblichen Anordnungen, Vermischungen und Kollagierungen würde die Künstlerin es nennen. Gelebte Kompositionen.
2JAPAN: Grind Records - Osaka Vinyl StoreToday we have some more insight into the Japanese music scene and here is an article about a cool record store in Osaka. I wrote already about the Drum & Bass events in the land of the rising sun. In that previous article is an interview with the UNSALTED founder and organisator Munetoshi Maruyama or just Maru. For recording that interview we needed a place to meet with Maru and DJ Fetus, they suggested the place G.R. Café Terrace. First I thought I would be just a small café or a bar. Actually it is, but as well much more. The place is the homebase of the labels Grind Records and Undergrind. There is a record store included, a lounge where you can get several cocktails and craft beers and as well delicious food. They have cloths and streetwear, magazines and dj equipment and a room where you can get a bit louder and use this dj equipment, make sounds and dance. And of course there are heaps of vinyls and records. Yutaka Kajiura runs the bar and the shop together with his wife
3LAOS: Basile Morin – Ambigrams on the 4000 IslandsDuring our Laos Trip last year we didn´t only come across the wonderful toilet graffitis, we encountered as well several other mysteries in the jungle and the Mekong scenery. The river island Don Det is only accessable by boat, there are no cars, but therefore bicycles and scooters. And as well there is the Baba Guesthouse. This nice lodge was our accommodation on the idyllic place, a perfect little paradise for relaxing. Above all it turned out that the owner is a French artist who is occupied with poems, pixel photography and ambigrams. And what´s this now again? We didn´t know the word either, but you could describe it as some kind of geometrical writing art. An ambigram is a word, art form or other symbolic representation whose elements retain meaning when viewed or interpreted from a different direction, perspective, or orientation. The meaning of the ambigram may either change, or remain the same, when viewed or interpreted from different perspectives. It´s also described as a
3LAOS: Sae Lao Project & Equal Education For All (EEFA)We found again something interesting, good and worth-to-write-about in the middle of the jungle. It was next to the karst mountains while we were passing with our modified go-karts to a lagoon. We jetted past a sign, but after the short look we had to go back to that place the next day for sure. There was written: "Buy a cocktail and send with your purchase a child to school". There was as well something about "Need Volunteers". That sounded interesting. What are they doing there and who is doing what and are they really doing what they wrote? And if yes, how can you support? A lot of questions, so let´s go and check it out. It definitely was an impressive visit. All that happened a few weeks ago in Laos somewhere in the back country. Ok, the whole of Laos is back country, there is no sea, but it provides a breathtaking landscape, an phenomenal temple culture and the amazing Mekong River. The little village Vang Vieng is meanwhile a hotspot for travelers and notorious for the karst
3GERMANY: Frau Fenster Art & DesignWhat can I say…. ? #ArtIsMyHeart ?. My friends say, I am a bit crazy, but lovely. I am always late, but when I arrive it´s mostly catastrophically. But in a funny way. Maybe a bit clumsy as well, but more in social and people issues. The childhood was a nightmare and psychic confusions are still present, therefore I have a different and in some ways more sensible view for life, people and things. Altogether there are several eccentric and extravagant habits existent. Tata! The perfect character and history which are needed to be an artist. And that´s what I meanwhile became. >>> READ MORE
2ALBANIA: Streetart DurrësWe already showed you a lot of nice graffiti from Albania, the art works were mostly from the capital Tirana, Korça and what you found on the way. A particularly village with very special paintings, however, is the coastal town of Durrës. It's not just graffiti, but elaborate façade drawings. Here some of the stories are painted on the wall and provided with pictures, each work has a relationship to the homeowners and creators – which are often the same. >>> READ MORE
4JAPAN: Osaka Junglists – Drum & Bass JapanThis year we could cheer to the start of the next as one of the firsts on the planet. New Year's Eve in Japan, the country of the rising sun, Yeah! We celebrated in Osaka namely here: 大阪府大阪市住之江区北加賀屋名村造船跡地.That means Namura Zosenjo Atochi and it is an discarded and remodeled shipyard and the Osaka Creative Center, a very cool location and perfect for parties. We knew that there would be DJ-acts like Soichi Terade, Peter van Hoesen and several unfamiliar artists and groups, and we knew that there would be nice electronic music. But we didn´t know that there would be as well fantastic Drum & Bass on the second floor! Surprise! Incredible! >>> READ MORE
4ISRAEL: Streetart Tel AvivWe sneaked away again during the cold months. Overwintering somewhere far more in the south, definitly very recommendable. Of course we brougth a nice collection of street art pictures and graffiti material from the place we went to: Israel. As well we went for an interview to the since 10 years existing Montana can shop in Tel Aviv. The country has a lot to offer and is worth an explorative visit. >>> READ MORE
3LAOS: Toilet Streetart – 4000 IslandsActually I wanted to call it crapper-graffitis, the word is a bit too vulgar for the headline, but I just can´t get it out of my head and during the whole journey we really called this awesome artwork crapper graffitis all the time. In fact it was graffiti on crappers. Toilet graffiti sounded too western and too functioning, it were more some lavatory rooms far away from modern society on some islands without streets and with farmers, who rent some rooms to travelers and backpackers. Two-holer, outhouse or privy isn´t the right word as well, neither shithouse, because they all have some flush and lavation system. So let it be crapper. But in the end it isn´t important what you do at these places, much more what you can see on the outside walls... >>> READ MORE
4GERMANY: Who is Nashi Young Cho?What a question, the Frankfurt jazz singer Nashi Young Cho is well known in the Rhine-Main area, but also far beyond. She stands and sings on all stages, has always hosted radio broadcasts and she has been on TV. We talked and compiled an extensive interview with the artist, which is not directly reflected in music concerts or short newspaper articles. Who is Nashi Young Cho actually? How does she think and how does she see the world? Born in Heidelberg, Korean parents, she tells us about her youth and her artistic development as a singer and audio speaker, about her jazz career and her entry into DIE PARTEI (=the party), where she now serves as district chairman of the Wetteraukreis. She talks about her plans and beliefs, her lifestyle and attitude. The full, really nice and insightful interview can be found here (in German) or at the end of the article. We have written and translated a small selection of interesting passages for you, these are quotes from the conversation:
2JAPAN: Historical Oldtown - KurashikiDuring our tour of Japan we made a stop in the historical-idyllic city of Kurashiki (Japanese 倉 敷 市, -shi). The Edo-era merchant town is located in Okayama prefecture and the former Bitchū province of Honshu, the main island of Japan. Kurashiki means something like "village from warehouses". There are still dozens of buildings (Kura) preserved, which represent a symbol of the city due to their typical facades. It's worth a visit. It is best to stay for a few days in the nearby Okayama and make a day trip by train to the cultural site. Kurashiki has 476,000 inhabitants in an area of 355 km ². The most interesting for tourists and well-preserved part, but limited to the old town center in the center. Important for the development of the city was the company Kurabo, which was founded in 1888 as a spinning mill under the name "Kurashiki Bosekisho" (倉 敷 紡 績 所). The first president was Ōhara Kōshirō (1833-1910), who built in 1889 one of the most modern spinning mills of the time, in the
3SOUTH AFRICA: Streetart Woodstock - Cape TownIn the last few weeks, we've been hanging around in the southern hemisphere, exploring the South African savannah and searching for graffiti in Cape Town. Yes, there is a quarter in Capetown called Woodstock. There is not a big music festival there, but it is definitely one of the artistic-alternative trend districts. Between the many run-down or redesigned warehouses and factory buildings, the streets are peppered with art galleries and cool cafés. Events such as the Neighbour Goods Market at the Old Biscuit Mill or the Cape Town Street Food Festival are held regularly in the area around Albert Road. The city was named World Design Capital in 2014, and 433,000 residents from 11 cultures make sure it stays colorful in the Rainbow Nation. The "Mothercity", as the locals call it affectionately, is the only metropolis in the middle of a national park and is considered to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world with its panorama of the city, the sea and the Table Mountain
4JAPAN: Anago No Nedoko in OnomichiThe few but increasingly growing tourists who travel to Japan first of course visit the major cultural centers or high-tech cities such as Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo. But if you have a little more time for your trip to Nippon, you have the opportunity to get to know many other sites in the country. Often the smaller villages are hidden and undervalued delicacies. For example, the fishing town of Onomichi (Japanese: 尾 道 市, -shi) on the southwest coast of Honshū Island. If you take a closer look, there is a biker paradise that has been used almost exclusively by Japanese traveling in their own country. Onomichi is the starting point (or destination) of one of the largest overseas cycling routes in the world. The Shimanami Kaido (Japanese: しまなみ海道) is a 60 kilometer long highway that connects Japan's main island Honshū with the southern island of Shikoku through a bridge complex spanning nine islands. The cycle lanes are generously and architecturally highly creative integrated into the
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