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Mashiko Pottery Festival

1. November 20092. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments mashiko, pottery

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

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Chiba City – The two-dimensional building

22. August 200914. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments chiba city

Chiba City is not a tourist destination. Despite being the home of about 960000 people, it’s not well known for its sights. Chiba also has very little to do with the Chiba described in William Gibson’s cyberpunk novel Neuromancer.

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Youth brass band
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Day trip to Hakone: Brass Bands & old Pachinko

3. November 20082. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments daytrip, hakone, pachinko

A Travel Meet-up makes perfect sense, because you can do various day trips starting from Tokyo. Today’s destination was Hakone,

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Dutch windmill in Sakura City
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Sakura City: A Dutch windmill in Japan

6. July 20082. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments daytrip, sakura city

There is only one way to see Sakura outside the sakura season and that is of course by going to

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Nokogiriyama hikling sea and trees
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Nokogiriyama Hiking (part 2)

12. May 20072. November 2021 Mia Jaap 1 Comment chiba, hiking

We walked a short while until we reached the rope way. This must have been a busy day because besides our little group there were lots of Japanese who just couldn’t wait for the next one.

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Nokogiriyama Hiking (part 1)

12. May 20072. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments chiba, hiking

I’m not really a hiking person but I quickly joined the trip offered by Sakura House. This company offers apartment, guesthouses and dormitories to foreigners. They also have special events from time to time.

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Atami: Beach and Mountain

3. August 20045. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments atami, beach, Japan 2004

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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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

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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

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Visiting Tokyo’s Giant Tunnel System – Water Discharge Tunnel
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Visiting Tokyo’s Giant Tunnel System – Water Discharge Tunnel

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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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