Mia Jaap, Author at Ja(a)pan

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Top 8 films you shouldn’t miss at Nippon Connection 2021

1. June 20211. June 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments Nippon Connection

Nippon Connection 2021, the biggest film festival for the Japanese film starts this Tuesday and is once again an online

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The Edo-Tokyo Museum: The 400-Year History of Tokyo

17. March 20212. November 2021 Mia Jaap 1 Comment Japan 2004

The Edo-Tokyo Museum (江戸東京博物館) is a museum about the 400-year history of the city of Edo-Tokyo since Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu

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Flight Movies (4): The Fate of Bento Wars: A Hero Rabbit Far From Home

16. March 20215. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

Intercontinental flights equals movie time! Flight movies, my guilty pleasure of watching movies that I missed or otherwise wouldn’t watch on the tiny screen of the airplane entertainment system.

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Hangul Kongbubang – Free Korean Language Class in Seoul

26. February 202126. February 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments learning korean, seoul

I still had a couple of weeks until the start of the semester at the Yonsei KLI and I already

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Applying for the JLPT in Corona times

24. February 202124. February 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments JLPT

The Corona pandemic has affected all parts of society and education is no exception. In May 2020, the Japan Foundation

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JFF Plus: Free Japanese Film Festival Online

16. February 20212. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

With the pandemic, film festivals worldwide face the challenge and opportunity to take their festivals online. JFF Plus is scheduled

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Nippon Connection 2020 review: Japanese Film Festival Online

8. February 20212. November 2021 Mia Jaap 2 Comments Nippon Connection

How does a film festival that also celebrates Japanese culture transition to an online festival amidst the Corona crisis? Here’s

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1Kara: Solo Karaoke in Shinjuku

25. February 20201. February 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments karaoke

Whether you just want to practice, don’t want to bother others with singing out of tune or just for personal

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Takehara – a beautiful town near Hiroshima

4. October 20192. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments hiroshima, takehara

If Kawagoe is Tokyo’s Little Edo, Takehara is Hiroshima’s Little Kyoto. In this case though, it’s the town’s tourist department that calls Takehara the „Little Kyoto of Aki Province“.