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The Dutch consulate

My current passport was made up in Maastricht, just before I went to the States for a semester at Emory University. Which is almost 5 years ago, and Dutch passports expire after 5 years (the Japanese are lucky with their 10-year-valid passports), so it is... ...full story at Loulogue

from Loulogue on Mon, Jul 21 2008

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29 May 07 visit I LIKE! Dutch designers in Japan  »  YouTube videoPresentation of Dutch designers in the International Design Center Nagoya, Japan. "THE DUTCH NEW INNOVATORS, a Celebration of the Netherlands-Japan 1600-2000", from 9 till 19 March 2000. Presenting, amongst many others: Droog Design, Bertjan Pot, Vincent...
29 Jul 08 visit Dutch Masters  »  Loulogue I like to decorate my classroom walls when I’m not teaching, especially with Dutch things, but they’re not always easy to find in Japan. But when Yasu and I went to the Dutch consulate last week to pick up my new passport, he picked up a boo...
25 Jul 08 visit My new passport  »  Loulogue I got a call from the Dutch consulate the other day telling me my new passport is waiting for me! So today Yasu and I went to fetch it today. The new passport doesn’t look so different from my old one, except the new picture and new expiration date ...
18 Mar 08 visit Gaming contest adds Dutch style to Japanese knowhow  »  Japan Times
UTRECHT, Netherlands From March 8 to 9 I was lucky enough to be involved as a jury member in a fresh initiative called the Japan GameJam. This new concept brings Dutch game designers into the exciting world of Japanese mobile gaming with a two day...
04 Nov 07 visit Dutch Wife Anyone!  »  Japanese Eye Pardon me, but I was always under the impression that 'going dutch' meant paying for yourself and when one of my students started to talk about Dutch Wives, I thought the Japanese had corrupted yet another aspect of English to apply it to hookers, and it...
23 Sep 08 visit Quick stop at Osaka immigration  »  Loulogue I’ve been dreading going to the immigration office in Osaka for weeks, ever since I picked up my new passport at the Dutch consulate. As nobody gave me any deadline for transferring my visa to my new passport, I decided to go there after Obon. I ju...

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