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meetup movie 

Movie-going habits

15. November 20086. March 2021 Mia Jaap 2 Comments

I’m such a regular participant at the Meetup.com Tokyo Movie Meetup that me skipping a few meet-ups raises suspicion –

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Cosplayers with masks
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Comiket in Odaiba: Cosplay and Manga Art

17. August 20086. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments odaiba

The biggest market for Doujinshi (fan-made manga) is the Comiket (コミケット) at Big Site in Odaiba (the same place where

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meetup study 

Grammar is fun

4. May 20081. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

Some of these blog’s titles are lies. It’s no lie however that I’m concentrating more on Kanji and grammar from

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meetup Parks & Gardens tokyo 

JLPT studies: Taking it outside

20. April 200823. February 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments JLPT

The first “outside” meetup of the JLPT study group wasn’t that successful (it rained), but today the weather was ok.

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Plush leopard at the Vegan meet-up Tokyo
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Vegan Meetup at the Pink Cow

10. April 20086. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments shibuya, vegan, vegetarian

It’s been a while since I’ve been to a meetup of the Vegan Meetup group. Since then, the group has

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Meal at a Thai restaurant in Tokyo
eating out meetup tokyo 

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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JLPT Training Day

17. February 200823. February 2021 Mia Jaap 1 Comment JLPT

JLPT 2-kyu will be tough, very tough. And because it’s so tough, there are countless books on the market for

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Mickey House Conversation Cafe
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Mickey House Language Cafe: Let’s speak foreign languages!

9. February 20086. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

In Tokyo there are different kinds of conversation cafes. There are pubs in Roppongi where the English proficiency is extremely

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Eat more Greens

20. September 20076. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments vegan, vegetarian

Since I now know the way from Shinagawa station to my apartment, it’s safe to go to more meetups 😉

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Various highways
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DoitsuNet Moonshine Party

7. September 20076. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

There are countless communities on the web and one intends to bring Germans and Japanese together: DoitsuNet. Today it was

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Paying at the restaurant (J's Kitchen)
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Tokyo Vegan Meetup June 2007: J’s Kitchen

28. June 200712. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments closed, vegan, vegetarian

The vegan second meet-up (for me, at least) was held at J’s Kitchen. I came late for this one so

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Takehara – a beautiful town near Hiroshima
journeys in japan 

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
journeys in japan 

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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