Bremen 2005
Today I went to the Universum Science Center in Bremen. The science museum encourages interaction with the exhibits and is
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Author: Mia Jaap
Die Dachbodenbande – Toy Museum in Hamburg
This is a museum unlike any other toy museums: Die Dachbodenbande recreates an attic full of toys and other things
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Tokyo Tower – Don’t look down!
Since I’ve never been to Paris to see the Eiffel Tower I had to go to the Tokyo Tower which
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Watching Japanese TV
I have a small TV in my bedroom so to improve my Japanese and out of curiosity, I switched through
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Miraikan 2004: Robots & Space Stations
The reason for my trip to Odaiba – besides riding the Yurikamome – was a visit to the Miraikan (未来館).
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Apple in Japan 2004
This isn’t a post about the Apple Store in Ginza, I’ve covered it in an earlier post. Walking around Akihabara, I’ve noticed many smaller Apple stores. Maybe the iPod halo effect is working here?
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Kamakura – The Beach
Kamakura isn’t only full of temples and shrines, but the city also has a long beach. It’s on one end of the road with Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine at the other end.
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Akihabara: Super Potato 2004 – FamicomBox and Super Famicom Box
One store on my list for Japan was Super Potato in Akihabara. Super Potato (website) is a retro games store for everything from the Famicom (NES) to some failed CD-era consoles like the PCFX.
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Apple Store in Ginza 2004
In the evening I went to the Apple Store Ginza. Germany doesn’t have an Apple Store yet so it was the first for me visiting one.
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Atami: Beach and Mountain
Sometimes I do travel without a fixed plan, just looking at the train/subway map and asking myself “I wonder what’s near station X?” With the JR Rail Pass, it’s included anyway, so I took a train to Atami which was the last stop of the train.
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Akihabara – The Electric Town
I actually went to Akihabara more than once during this trip. Akihabara is also known as Electric Town and is a major shopping area for electronic and otaku goods of all kinds.
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