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5. August 2010 Mia Jaap honmonji, temple

Mitama Matsuri, Soul Festival of Ikegami Honmonji Temple

Start of my matsuri month, in which I will try to visit as many matsuris (festivals) as possible from the

meetup Parks & Gardens

17. July 2010 Mia Jaap aokigahara, hiking, toy camera

Aokigahara – Hiking in the “Suicide Forest”

Aokigahara – also known as the Sea of Trees – is a 35 km2 forest which is so dense and

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20. June 2010 Mia Jaap aoyama

Gujo Odori Festival in Aoyama

„Odori“ means „dance“ in Japanese and Gujo Odori is a traditional folk dance festival in Aoyama, Tokyo. Gujo Odoris are

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31. May 2010 Mia Jaap languagecast, seoul

My first meet-up outside Tokyo was LanguageCast on a Friday in Seoul. This time I stayed only for two days in South Korea’s capital and arrived on a Monday. LanguageCast has two meet-ups each week which are not always mentioned at meetup.com.

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27. May 2010 Mia Jaap todoroki

Todoroki Valley

Just leaving the train station and looking around, many places seem to look the same. But Tokyo is full of

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8. May 2010 Mia Jaap cafe, cat, cat cafe, video

Cat Cafe in Tokyo: Don’t wake the cat!

A cat cafe near Inokashira park with a relaxed atmosphere – but don’t wake up the cat!

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6. May 2010 Mia Jaap chocolate, kimchi, korea town, shinjuku-ku

Photo Plant and Kimchi Chocolate

In Tokyo’s Korea Town, the merchants are eager to find new ways to sell photos of famous Korean actors or

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3. April 2010 Mia Jaap beer, cherry blossom, shibuya, video, yoyogi

Mega Hanami 2010

The number of meetup groups grew considerably since I came to Tokyo in 2007. Mega Hanami was a meet-up organized by multiple groups and we all came together to Yoyogi Park, probably the best free hanami (cherry blossom watching) spot in west Tokyo.

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25. March 2010 Mia Jaap iphone, nakano-ku, night, walk

Night walk in Nogata

Not the usual photo walk, but it works: Leave your home in the evening/night, select a street and then just

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1. February 2010 Mia Jaap nakano-ku, night, snow, video

Night full of snow in Nakano

There is very few snow here in Tokyo, so naturally I take many photos whenever it snows. At 11pm there was snow-rain outside and I decided to just walk from my apartment to the next convenience store.

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25. January 2010 Mia Jaap camera, toy camera

Toy Camera Store in Tokyo

While there are the lomo society and toy cam lovers in other countries, in Japan the toy cameras are particularly popular. The definition is fuzzy though, because it includes some vintage cameras such as Polaroid ones as well.