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Flight Movies (3)

29. March 200914. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

Today, during the flight from Tokyo to London, I didn’t beat my previous record (six films watched during one flight).

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Korean Films Rundown (1)

18. January 200923. May 2022 Mia Jaap 2 Comments

I’ve seen many Korean films in Germany but they were usually about a few martial artists flying through an abundance of special effects and eliminating each plot hole with a fire ball.

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Movie meet-up: The Day the Earth Stood Still

20. December 200813. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments meetup

Last movie meet-up for this year! Keanu Reeves latest film has received a lot of attention lately and is used by LG in their commercials for a new handset. The film is of course a remake of the 50’s science-fiction classic with a bigger robot, more explosions and more annoying kids.

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Movie meet-up: Wall-E…

7. December 200825. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

… or the “Citizen Kane” of animation films as one German TV magazine phrased it. Yes, Wall-E has probably been shown in about every country but in Japan they decided to premier in December.

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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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Movie: Maboroshi no Yamataikoku (まぼろしの邪馬台国)

1. November 200813. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments japanese movie

Tsuitachi – or: the first day of a new month. In Japan it means that you can buy movie tickets

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Flight Movies (2)

30. August 200814. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

Today was the flight to Germany with Virgin Atlantic. The great thing about this airline is their entertainment system, which

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Movie: The Sky Crawlers

29. August 200813. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments japanese movie

I wanted to see this movie for a long time, but first I missed the chance and then I had

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Clouds
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Flight Movies (1)

31. August 200714. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

One of the thing I failed to mention in my last post was a British security guy working for Virgin

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Narita Terminal
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Flight to Germany: It’s Movie Time!

1. July 200710. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments flight

I honestly don’t know how I feel. After about three months in Tokyo it’s time to fly back to Germany.

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300 – This is Sparrrrta!

16. June 200712. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

This is madness! No, this is the Movie Lovers Meetup Group! Arrrrrr (sorry, that was another movie). So we went

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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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