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Ja(a)pan

A blog about Tokyo, traveling and yes, penguins

1. November 2009 Mia Jaap

Mashiko Pottery Festival

Mashiko in Tochigi Prefecture is famous for its potteries and many people who live there have something to with pottery.

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4. October 2009 Mia Jaap

27th Highland Games

Event listings tend to focus on the more traditional Japanese events, like shrine festivals. But there are lots of interesting international ones too, like the Highland Games.

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20. September 2009 Mia Jaap

Nakano Matsuri

There is always something happening in Tokyo, especially from March to October. I like to use the excellent event list

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2. November 2008 Mia Jaap

Accidental festivals & Apple workshops

Another Sunday, another JLPT study meet-up in Shibuya. Afterwards, organiser Wye-Khe had to go to the Apple Store in order to ask about the iPhone’s power adapter (which can recharge all USB devices, it’s currently being exchanged).

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27. September 2008 Mia Jaap

Classic Computing 2008

Those retro events seem to be always in place I’ve never heard of. Moers is in Northrhine Westfalia and not

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15. June 2008 Mia Jaap

[video] Resurrection Freeze Tokyo

Finally the day has come for the second freeze meet-up and this time it’s even bigger. There are many videos

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25. May 2008 Mia Jaap

NHK STRL Open House – Future of Television

NHK is to Japan, what the BBC is to the UK and ARD/ZDF to Germany: It’s the national public broadcasting

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4. November 2007 Mia Jaap

Tokyo Designer’s Week: Upcycle this!

A classmate of mine told me about the Tokyo Designer’s Week (TDW) which is held at some main locations and various galleries.

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28. October 2007 Mia Jaap

Furuhon Matsuri: The festival of old books

It’s Matsuri (festival) day! After the Nihonbashi parade, I went to the Furuhon (furui=old, hon=book) Matsuri in Kanda. Kanda is

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15. July 2007 Mia Jaap

Sandworld in Luebeck, Travemuende

After clearing the shoes of any sand that might be left in them from yesterday’s trip, it was time for the annual visit to the Sandworld. Unlike the Iceworld, the Sandworld seems to be popular enough for Lübeck.

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27. May 2007 Mia Jaap

German Fest 2007

I don’t know whose idea it was, but after the Design Festa, we went to the German Fest in Hibiya Park. When we arrived there we were surprised to hear nothing at all, but after walking a bit through the park we reached the place were German (Bavarian) culture was celebrated.