Bauhaus

While on our brief stopover in Germany this September, my parents took us for a ride to Weimar and Dessau. I had never been before, and it was great to see and stay in the Bauhaus. Some photos and impressions after the jump.

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The Bauhaus main building in Dessau (some photos taken by my mother)

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Gearing up and looking back

I blogged quite regularly about Japan’s economic history when living here in 2012-13. A fellow student of mine stumbled upon one of the posts during his research. As my first paper is soon due (it will look at the “default reconstruction” of Tokyo’s urban industries), I took this as a reminder to also look here for some clues for my current research.

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A Hitachi washing machine as exhibited in the Edo Museum (more here)

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