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Sanrioworld in Ginza: Hello Kitty table salt?!?

13. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments ginza, hello kitty

Hello Kitty is everywhere in Japan, so it didn’t cross my mind to visit Sanrioworld in Tokyo. But when I recently was in Ginza anyway, I couldn’t resist!

Queen in the Park: Sony radios playing Radio Ga Ga

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Queen in the Park: The Queen Experience

6. November 202123. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments ginza

Queen were huge in Japan and Bohemian Rhapsody is a karaoke classic. Queen in the Park was a fun reimagining of classic songs at Ginza Sony Park.

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2D Cafe in Shin-Ōkubo, Tokyo: Step Inside a Cartoon!

13. October 202113. October 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments cafe

The 2D Cafe near Tokyo’s Korea Town has been carefully designed to appear as 2D. It doesn’t need a website, just an Instagram account. Leave the 3D world behind!

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Shibuya’s Green Frog Train (青ガエル) – A Farewell

6. October 202123. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments closed, shibuya, train

You were more than just a green Tokyu 5000 museum train opposite Hachikō. A piece of Tokyo’s past left Shibuya after 14 years.

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The Edo-Tokyo Museum: The 400-Year History of Tokyo

17. March 202123. May 2022 Mia Jaap 1 Comment Japan 2004

The Edo-Tokyo Museum (江戸東京博物館) is a museum about the 400-year history of the city of Edo-Tokyo since Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu declared Edo his capital of united Japan.

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1Kara: Solo Karaoke in Shinjuku

25. February 202023. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments karaoke

Whether you just want to practice, don’t want to bother others with singing out of tune or just for personal enjoyment, there are plenty of reasons going solo at karaoke. „Hitokara“ (hitori: alone, kara: karaoke) is big in Japan.

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Nakagin Capsule Tower – A modern monument

3. October 201623. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments shimbashi

For all its traditional temples and shrines, apartment buildings in Japan are usually rather plain and not built to last decades. The Nakagin Capsule Tower is different – it’s one of the few remaining examples of Japanese Metabolism.

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Nagi Shokudo: Relaxed vegan eatery in Shibuya

4. April 201623. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments vegan, vegetarian

When in Tokyo, I like to try out different vegan or vegetarian restaurants in addition to my mainstays. Nagi Shokudo (なぎ食堂) isn’t located that far from Shibuya Station.

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Art Aquarium in Fukuoka

2. May 201423. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments aquarium, fukuoka

Over 2.5 million visitors across Japan have seen the special exhibition Art Aquarium which features goldfishes in small and big tanks illuminated with changing lights.