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26. November 2011 Mia Jaap art, insadong, seoul

Mokin Museum in Insadong, Seoul

A visit to the Mokin Museum in Insadong, Seoul is the perfect complement to the Chicken Art Museum. Mokins are wooden figures used to decorate funeral carriages.

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16. November 2011 Mia Jaap history, seoul

When I first visited Seoul, I more or less aimlessly wandered around and somehow reached the Seoul Museum of History but didn’t go inside it. If you know your way around, you can cover many museums and other attractions on foot.

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8. November 2011 Mia Jaap closed, seoul

Museum of Chicken Art in Seoul

One of the strangest museums I’ve come across so far in Seoul is the Museum of Chicken Art. I don’t doubt that Koreans appreciate chickens – especially as part of BBQ, but apparently the animal plays a huge role in Korean traditions.

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23. June 2011 Mia Jaap yokohama

Ramen Museum in Yokohama

Yokohama was the second city besides Tokyo that I visited when I first came to Japan and back then I

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27. March 2011 Mia Jaap camera, seoul

Camera Museum in Gwacheon near Seoul

I had visited Seoul Grand Park and I wanted to go to the art museum afterwards – unfortunately the shuttle bus service was interrupted. Good thing that there was a newly opened camera museum to keep me entertained.

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8. September 2010 Mia Jaap ghibli

Ghibli Museum in Mitaka

The Ghibli Museum has long been on my list of places to visit and a few rainy days seemed to be the perfect opportunity for a visit.

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20. August 2010 Mia Jaap aviation, plane, tokorozawa

Tokorozawa Aviation Museum

Cloudy weather today, so I visited a museum in the West of Tokyo: Tokorozawa Aviation Museum. Tokorozawa played an important

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28. December 2007 Mia Jaap seoul

War Museum

Since I did decide for an evening return flight to Japan, I had some time to spare before going to the Incheon airport. First I went to the War Museum because it was conveniently located on my way to Incheon.

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27. December 2007 Mia Jaap daejeon, science

National Science Museum Daejeon

Public transport in Daejeon is a catastrophe. How was the museum? Actually, not bad. Big re-imaginations of the Chinese zodiac animals are placed in front of the museums.

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26. December 2007 Mia Jaap science, seoul

National Science Museum Seoul

I like science museums, but sometimes I would like to know what the writers of tour guides are thinking. The National Science Museum, for example, is in Korean language only.

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24. December 2007 Mia Jaap seoul

National Folk Museum

The museums in Seoul are remarkably cheap – entry into the National Folk Museum is free. The pagoda makes a striking first impression but most of the things are inside of course.