Bunkyo Ajisai Matsuri – Hydrangea Festival (Hakusan Shrine)
This is a festival I haven’t been to before, the Bunkyo Ajisai Matsuri. Its held at Hakusan Shrine and the
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Iris Flowers at the Meiji Shrine Inner Garden
On a lighter note, I managed to visit the inner garden of the Meiji Shrine yesterday. Most of the events
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Getting a hair cut in Japan
Although I didn’t plan to go to a hair stylist today, I just decided that I feel like it. Metropolis
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Apple Store Shibuya’s new iPads
It’s been a while since I’ve been to an Apple Store. Yesterday I went to the Shibuya one since it
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Starbucks Tokyo – A place to study
Way back when I came to Japan to study Japanese, I often went to Starbucks to study. I’m not coming
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A modern vending machine and myths about them in Tokyo
When I went to the small and cozy restaurant Govinda’s in Nakano, I noticed that they had replaced one of
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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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Gunpei Yokoi Exhibition
Gunpei Yokoi was one of the most famous game designers of all time. An incredibly creative man who not only
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Kameido Tenjin Taisai (Summer festival)
This is the Summer festival of the Kameido Tenjin shrine and is held annually. I wasn’t interested in the Mikoshi parade, because I’ve already seen plenty of those. What I was interested in were the lanterns which are lit up around the shrine in the evening.
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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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Tokyo Midtown Waterworks 2010
Tokyo Midtown has a variety of events and for some of them, the nearby park is used. It has one of the best Christmas illumination of Tokyo and the waterworks seem to be an annual event too. Today was the first time I watched this combination of lights, lasers and lots of water.
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