MiaJaap, Author at Ja(a)pan

Nippon Connection 2020 review: Japanese Film Festival Online

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

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

If Kawagoe is Tokyo’s Little Edo, Takehara is Hiroshima’s Little Kyoto – these kind of titles are easily given to

For all its traditional temples and shrines, apartment buildings in Japan are usually rather plain and not built to last

When in Tokyo, I like to try out different vegan or vegetarian restaurants in addition to my mainstays. Nagi Shokudo

Bunnies! Of course you can get your fix of bunny-shaped cuteness in one of Tokyo’s bunny cafés, but the number

This is one of the big three festivals in the northern Tohoku region, the other two being the Aomori Nebuta

Inakadate is a village in Aomori Prefecture and a population of 8000. Since 1993, the people of Inakadate began creating

After a long time, I could finally make it to another movie meet-up, thus saving the latest Mission Impossible flic

A while ago, I posted about the 007 Museum in Naoshima. Of course it’s not the only tourist attraction on

In order to become fluent in Japanese and reach the level of a native speaker, you have to leave the