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Beatlemania & The John Lennon Museum

8. June 201213. October 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments hamburg

There are not many reasons to visit Saitama for sightseeing and one of my class mates – who is from Saitama City – couldn’t even name one. Actually there were two sights in Saitama. One is the railway museum which used to be in Akihabara and the other was the John Lennon Museum.

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NEX train front seat rows
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Turning NEX train seats

9. April 201213. October 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments train, transportation

One of the great features of many Japanese trains is that the seats always face the driving direction. Personally I’m fine sitting in the opposite direction because I’m usually sleeping anyway. Some trains turn the seats automatically after they’ve reached their final stop, in others it’s done manually. I recorded this video of the NEX, JR East’s airport train.

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Solo Karaoke

22. February 201223. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments karaoke

Karaoke is either done with friends/colleagues (Asia) or in a bar in front of people you don’t know (West). But friends don’t always have time and trying out new songs in front of others can be embarrassing.

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Google Cave View

16. February 201213. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

Google making panoramic shots of another city is no big deal (unless that city happens to be in Germany), so

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Super Hakucho Express
japan travel 

From Hakodate to Sendai by train – going underground

23. January 20122. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments shinkansen, train, transportation

The Shinkansen bullet-train is one of the trademarks of Japan, yet, there’s no Shinkansen on Hokkaido. Routes have been proposed

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Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo

18. December 201112. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments hokkaido, sapporo, zoo

The zoo of Sapporo is in Maruyama Park near the station of the same name. Maruyama has both local and foreign animals and since many of the latter ones aren’t accustomed to the cold temperatures, the zoo has a large number of houses where they are kept.

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Sapporo TV Tower – a tower with a moustache

15. December 201112. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments sapporo, tower, tv

If Tom Sellek were to be reborn as a television tower, what would he look like? Maybe like the Sapporo

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how-to japan 

Zasshi-Online: Reading Japanese magazines and books on the iPad

9. October 201113. October 2021 Mia Jaap 5 Comments ipad, magazine

I love Japanese magazines and books. There are magazines dedicated to everything from toy camera photography to nail art. I

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japan school 

Class trip to Kawagoe – Back to Edo

14. March 20092. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments edo, kawagoe, naganuma, sweets

This semester’s class trip was to the town also known as Little Edo, Kawagoe (川越). At the Naganuma School (Tokyo

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Korean snacks
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Almost Korea

12. January 200923. May 2022 Mia Jaap 1 Comment naganuma

Class started again and after a seemingly endless time at the middle level, I mastered the Unit Test and got my ticket for the advanced level. What’s special about the advanced level?

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My day at Todai: Writing the JLPT Level 3

2. December 200712. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments japanese language, JLPT

In ancient time, Samurai without a master were called “Ronin”. The most famous ones were the 47 Ronin who avenged

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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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