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6. December 2011 Mia Jaap seoul, video

Marronnier Park in Seoul

Marronnier Park is a popular meeting point in the Daehangno neighborhood of Seoul. Daehangno is the theater district with over 100 mostly smaller theaters showing performances and plays of all kinds every day.

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5. December 2011 Mia Jaap closed, shibuya

TEPCO Electric Energy Museum

Energy companies along with financial institutes and insure companies have probably a worse public image. TEPCO is no exception –

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4. December 2011 Mia Jaap christmas, christmas market, seoul

European Christmas Market in Seoul: German Chili Con Carne!

Just like Munich’s Oktoberfest, German Christmas markets are held at many countries outside Germany nowadays and even Seoul has one.

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3. December 2011 Mia Jaap nakano-ku, night

Night walk in Nakano and Don Quijote at 2am

Don Quijote is infamous for being a crammed shop that sells almost anything. Need a new bike, 2kg rice, sex

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2. December 2011 Mia Jaap seoul

D-Cube City Shopping Mall

I went to this shopping mall a while ago with a friend. D-Cube is one of the newer shopping malls in Seoul and has the usual mix of shops, restaurant and cafes with occasional events to keep the customers entertained.

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30. November 2011 Mia Jaap seoul, yonsei

Yonsei Essay Contest

When I decided to pick up Korean after having learned Japanese, I decided on Yonsei University. The university’s Korean language program has a good reputation, much like Naganuma School’s Japanese course.

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29. November 2011 Mia Jaap cafe, closed, hello kitty, kawaii, seoul

Hello Kitty Cafe in Sinchon, Seoul

For fun cafes in Seoul, Hongdae is the place to be. The nearby Sinchon area mainly offers the big franchise coffee chains, but there is one which may be considered a bit more independent: the Hello Kitty Cafe.

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28. November 2011 Mia Jaap closed, hongdae, seoul

Charlie Brown Cafe in Hongdae, Seoul

Much more entertaining and pleasing to the eye are the small coffee shop chain stores or the independent ones. The Hongdae area is full of them and one of them is the Charlie Brown Cafe.

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27. November 2011 Mia Jaap robot

Giant Gundam Statue is returning to Tokyo

Gundam is a cultural phenomenon in Japan and sells figures, video games and manga. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of

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27. November 2011 Mia Jaap seoul

Jogyesa Temple Flowers

After visiting Mokin Museum, I went to the Jogyesa Temple on the other side of the street. Surprisingly they had some flower festival there and I arrived on the very last day!

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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.