Mia Jaap, Author at Ja(a)pan

12. May 2007 Mia Jaap chiba, hiking

Nokogiriyama Hiking (part 1)

I’m not really a hiking person but I quickly joined the trip offered by Sakura House. This company offers apartment, guesthouses and dormitories to foreigners. They also have special events from time to time.

shopping tokyo

11. May 2007 Mia Jaap

Evening shopping

I still need a few things for tomorrow’s hiking trip and so I thought it would be a good opportunity

meetup tokyo

9. May 2007 Mia Jaap

Social meetups with ridiculously long names

I have developed an addiction for meetup groups. Having just attended only one (the Spider-Man 3 meetup), I have already

music

9. May 2007 Mia Jaap

Mr.Children

One Japanese group I really like is Mr.Children. Despite having an odd name, they make really good rock/pop music and

school study

8. May 2007 Mia Jaap naganuma

Part test – the verdict

School tests are like boomerangs: They always come back to you (well, I’ve heard of teachers who tend to forget

media school study

7. May 2007 Mia Jaap naganuma

The part test

Even a big holiday such as the golden week cannot stop the Monday – and the accompanying part test. The

music tokyo

4. May 2007 Mia Jaap art, shibuya

A chat with the neighbourhood police

There are hardly any people who ring the doorbell and the bell has an awful sound. So I’m always shocked when I hear my doorbell and today it was not the postman: It was someone from the local police