Greetings from Japan

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

Hi! I forgot to introduce myself when I joined about a month ago.

I?m a retired sailor living in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture making the most of life now that the Navy is over. Last year I committed to starting this miniature making endeavor to create historic early 20th century Japanese miniatures. It feels like World War II and Russo-Japanese War era soldiers were all that was out there so I wanted to put civilians on the board, too. It?s also a good chance to share history. 

I primarily play Pulp Alley as the rules work for me and it can be played solo on a smaller table with fewer miniatures; before that it was Bolt Action with friends until I retired and moved away. A part of the hobby I enjoy is the storytelling potential and seeing how things play out on the board.

My avatar is my company's mascot character, Yuki. She's based on one of the initial Okinawan Student Nurse Assistants that started this miniatures adventure. "Sakuragi" is the Japanese equivalent of my Americanized German family name.

[Michi]

Welcome to the LAF!
I've enjoyed your postings so far and your introduction is promising a lot more. 

"Sakuragi" is the Japanese equivalent of my Americanized German family name.

Is that "Kirschbaum" by chance?


 

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

Sort of, that's correct German. Krigbaum, my name, is an Americanization of it. My ancestors came from one of the mumblier parts of Hesse in the 1700s.

[Michi]

Sort of, that's correct German. Krigbaum, my name, is an Americanization of it. My ancestors came from one of the mumblier parts of Hesse in the 1700s.

I see, I'm Hessian by birth too. Variations of your name are common in Germany.
There was even a sailor of that name in the well known 1981 movie "Das Boot", Obersteuermann Kriechbaum. 

[Kourtchatovium104]

Welcome aboard! I've already read yours posts with interest. 

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

Welcome aboard! I've already read yours posts with interest. 

I'm glad you're enjoying them and sorry about the weird symbols replacing parenthesis and such, making it harder to read the stories.

[Legionnaire]

Welcome!

I too have enjoyed your very different flavoured adventures on this forum and I like your unique blend of game and dropping bits of history into it. I know basically bugger all (pardon the language) about Japanese history, but maybe that's why I find your AAR's so enjoyable  . Every day is school day as they say.

Regards,

Legionnaire.

[Khusru2]

Welcome.

[Mikai]

Welcome here!

[Schlaumeier]

Sort of, that's correct German. Krigbaum, my name, is an Americanization of it. My ancestors came from one of the mumblier parts of Hesse in the 1700s.

There are also well articulated parts of Hesse?  None that I know of. There are only south hessian dialects, which are part of the southern german dialect group and northern german dialects, part of the central german dialect group. But what they all have in common, is that they are all but unintelligible to the outsider, if you use them correctly 

Cheers from another Hessian.

[sir_shvantselot]

Is Hesse Kassel where the Hessians came from in American War of Independence? Anyway, greetings 😀

[Schlaumeier]

Some came from Hesse Kassel, others from Hesse Hanau and possibly also from other hessian dutchies...?

[Mikai]

And much folk from other german regions which got just called Hessians because the Hessian government did not actually want to have their own soldiers shipped to the New World 

[bluewillow]

Welcome,

Look forward to seeing your miniatures

Cheers
Matt

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

There are also well articulated parts of Hesse?  None that I know of. There are only south hessian dialects, which are part of the southern german dialect group and northern german dialects, part of the central german dialect group. But what they all have in common, is that they are all but unintelligible to the outsider, if you use them correctly 

Cheers from another Hessian.

So one time, I was in Landstuhl and trying to tell my taxi driver my hotel's name by clearly saying it. He didn't get it. So I sighed and muttered the name under my breath. Then he understood and took me there.