Sonja Blaschke (Journalist, Line Producer & Filmmaker based in Tokyo)

Sonja Blaschke is a multilingual freelance journalist, magazine editor, news desk editor, author and line producer from Germany based in Japan. She moved to Tokyo in July 2005 and speaks Japanese fluently. She reports mostly about East Asia, especially Japan and Taiwan. From 2016 to 2018 she also spent many months in Australia & New Zealand. In 2022, she directed her first TV documentary „Rice Fields Instead of Tokyo“ about young people moving from Tokyo to a remote mountain village to take up rice farming. In her spare time, you are most likely to find her at rock & metal concerts (concert diary on Instagram).

"Plane Spotting" am Flughafen Haneda - beliebter Zeitvertreib in Tokio © Sonja BlaschkeFlugzeugbäuche fotografieren – „Plane Spotting“ in Tokio (2014)
The protesters against a decades-old dam project hide their faces to avoid lawsuits © Sonja BlaschkeRebellion in the valley of the fireflies (2017)
Eine Überlebende der Bombenangriffe vor einer Karte mit Zeugnissen dieser Zeit. © Sonja BlaschkeDer vergessene Feuersturm (2015)
Jeden Tag sind ein Dutzend Gärtner in Hobbiton am Werk © Sonja BlaschkeZu Besuch in Hobbiton (2017)
Mit hippen Plakaten gegen Abe: In Japan hat sich eine neue Protestbewegung entwickelt, die mehr junge Menschen anzieht © Foto: Sonja BlaschkeCoole Kids gegen Abe (2015)
Das von Kengo Kuma gebaute Nationalstadion in Tokio im Sommer 2021 © Sonja BlaschkeKengo Kuma: Der Holzmeister (2020)
Der buddhistische Priester Kusunoki überlebte vor 70 Jahren die Atombombe von Nagasaki. © Sonja BlaschkeAtombombe von Nagasaki: Die Lektion nicht gelernt (2015)
Teefelder prägen die Region Uji, die als die Wiege des Grüntees in Japan gilt © Sonja BlaschkeReise zur Wiege des Grüntees (2017)
Flussidylle unter roten Papierschirmen in Yamashiro Onsen © Sonja BlaschkeNational Geographic x Rimowa: „Unbekannte Schöne“ (2017)
"Hüpfen verboten!" - Schild an einer Konzerthalle in Osaka vor einem Metal-Gig © Sonja BlaschkeMusk, Metal und ein Marketingdisaster (2023)
Blick auf die Hochhäuser im Tokioter Stadtteil Shiodome, im Hintergrund der Fuji © Sonja BlaschkeDas immer gleiche Aufzugtheater (2014)
Wellness auf Japanisch: Sand-"Bad" in Ibusuki © Sonja Blaschke„Terra X: Faszination Erde – Land der Gegensätze“ über Japan (2018)
© Sonja Blaschke

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Sonja Blaschke Freelance East Asia and Australasia correspondent

Sonja Blaschke is a multilingual freelance journalist, magazine editor, news desk editor, author and line producer from Germany based in Japan. She moved to Tokyo in July 2005 and speaks Japanese fluently. She reports mostly about East Asia, especially Japan and Taiwan. From 2016 to 2018 she also spent many months in Australia & New Zealand. In 2022, she directed her first TV documentary „Rice Fields Instead of Tokyo“ (30 minutes) about young people moving from Tokyo to a remote mountain village to take up rice farming. In her spare time, you are most likely to find her at rock & metal concerts (concert diary on Instagram).

E-mail sonja.blaschke@gmail.com
Phone Japan +81-90-1103-8299