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Ja(a)pan

A blog about Tokyo, traveling and yes, penguins

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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.

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27. May 2007 Mia Jaap

Design Festa 25: Tokyo Art Festival 2007

Design Festa 25 time! I got four free tickets from the household agency so obviously I had to go. I met with Kelly and Kevin at Shinagawa to take the Yurikamome line to the Tokyo Big Sight, the famous inverted-pyramid-event-hall.