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Aoi Sora Organic Cafe in Sapporo

15. December 201119. February 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments sapporo, vegan, vegetarian

Life is not easy for vegans in Japan, but on the other hand they are usually excellent cooks (at least

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Vegetarian restaurant Govinda’s in Nakano

27. June 20112. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments closed, nakano-ku, restaurant, vegan, vegetarian

Nakano Station is only five minutes away from Shinjuku via the Chuo Rapid Line. The area around the station is

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Mellow Cat Cafe in Kichijoji

25. June 201118. February 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments cafe, cat, cat cafe, closed, kichijoji

On my trip to various places in Tokyo that I love, I went to Inokashira Park and the Mellow Cafe.

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Ramen Museum in Yokohama

23. June 20116. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments yokohama

Yokohama was the second city besides Tokyo that I visited when I first came to Japan and back then I

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Kirin factory
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Kirin Beer Factory – Class Trip C11

22. August 200814. October 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments beer, karaoke, naganuma

Time for another class trip, this time with the C11 and Suzuki-sensei. I was a bit confused when I arrived at the Kirin Beer Factory and only found the Korean girls from my former class.

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Design Festa Gallery Tokyo, open design space for artists
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Mominoki House & Design Festa Gallery

21. May 20085. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments art, harajuku, vegetarian

My favourite shopping spree grounds are Shimokitazawa and Harajuku and today I travelled to the latter. But first I ate at the Mominoki House which is a “food concept store”.

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Meal at a Thai restaurant in Tokyo
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Eatup Meetup: Thai Restaurant

17. February 20086. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments harajuku

When I came to Tokyo last April I went to almost every meetup – the Japanese language meetup, the Japanese-English

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Di Mi Bang

25. December 200723. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments closed, restaurant, seoul, vegan, vegetarian

It can be quite frustrating if you look for a particular restaurant in Seoul and some of them are quite well hidden. While this was also true for the Di Mi Bang, it was no problem finding this place since there was a sign.).

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Eating with scissors

23. December 200723. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments restaurant, seoul

Looking around Insadong, I decided to go to one of the cheaper restaurants. The noodles were ok, but what really striked me odd were the scissors provided with it. It made sense somehow because they didn’t provide a knife, but scissors?!?

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Vegan food
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Crafts in Insadong & Veggie restaurant

22. December 200723. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments insadong, seoul, vegan, vegetarian

After walking a bit aimlessly around Seoul I felt hungry and I took the subway 3 (the orange one) to Anguk. I love the Insadong area, especially the nice mall Ssamziegil, which has four floors but no stairs.

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Soup restaurant
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300 Yen Sayonara meeting

29. June 20071. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments bar, roppongi

Lots of Sayonaras (good byes) these days and in the evening I joined with Kelly and Kevin for the last

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Takehara – a beautiful town near Hiroshima
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Takehara – a beautiful town near Hiroshima

4. October 20192. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0

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“.

Okunoshima – Japan’s Bunny Island
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Okunoshima – Japan’s Bunny Island

29. October 201523. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0
Inakadate Rice Paddy Art 2015: Star Wars & Gone With The Wind
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Inakadate Rice Paddy Art 2015: Star Wars & Gone With The Wind

8. September 20156. November 2021 Mia Jaap 3
Visiting Tokyo’s Giant Tunnel System – Water Discharge Tunnel
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Visiting Tokyo’s Giant Tunnel System – Water Discharge Tunnel

4. November 20122. November 2021 Mia Jaap 1
Ushiku: Great Buddha and Fireworks
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Ushiku: Great Buddha and Fireworks

22. August 201216. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0

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