Kasukabe Community Matsuri – Taiko, Dance & Fireworks
Not having enough of fireworks this year, I searched for other festivals in the Kanto region. The Japan Tourist Organization,
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Soka – あ、草加？ Visiting Soka in Saitama
Some places I only visit because I find their name particularly interesting. “Reading” near London is an example, “Naganuma Park”
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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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Yokohama Night Impressions
After visiting the iPhone Case Exihibition in the Red Brick Warehouses I took some time to record night impressions of Yokohama. This has been the second city I visited when I first came to Japan.
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iPhone Case Exhibition 2010 in Yokohama
The iPhone case exhibition 2010 was held from August 21st to 29th in the red brick warehouses in Yokohama. 100
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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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Kokubunji – Tonogayato Garden (Tonogayato Teien)
Making a stopover before heading to the Hachioji Matsuri for the second time, I visited Tonogayato Garden in Kokubunji. Kokubunji
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Hachioji Matsuri
Ice sculptures in Summer and outside? In Japan, this doesn’t seem too unusual. I’ve seen an ice sculpture exhibition near
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Asagaya Tanabata Matsuri, Star Festival
Tanabata (七夕) festivals (star festivals) are usually held in shopping streets such as the one in Asagaya. Colored paper streamers
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Digital Harinezumi 2 review
Six months ago I bought the latest addition to my camera collection, the Digital Harinezumi 2. The Harinezumi belongs to the toy camera category of cameras which is immensely popular here in Tokyo.
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