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Top 8 films you shouldn’t miss at Nippon Connection 2021

1. June 202123. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments Nippon Connection

Nippon Connection 2021, the biggest film festival for the Japanese film starts this Tuesday and is once again an online event.

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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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Mountains, view from a plane
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Flight Movies (4): The Fate of Bento Wars: A Hero Rabbit Far From Home

16. March 20214. February 2023 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

Intercontinental flights equals movie time! Flight movies, my guilty pleasure of watching movies that I missed or otherwise wouldn’t watch on the tiny screen of the airplane entertainment system.

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Hangul Kongbubang – Free Korean Language Class in Seoul

26. February 202123. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments learning korean, seoul

I still had a couple of weeks until the start of the semester at the Yonsei KLI and I already played through Bae-Yong Joon Korean language learning Nintendo DS game. That’s when I found out about Hangul Kongbubang, a free Korean class in Seoul taught by volunteers.

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Applying for the JLPT in Corona times

24. February 202123. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments JLPT

The Corona pandemic has affected all parts of society and education is no exception. In May 2020, the Japan Foundation announced the worldwide cancellation of the mid-2020 JLPT – Japan and overseas.

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JFF Plus: Free Japanese Film Festival Online

16. February 202123. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

With the pandemic, film festivals worldwide face the challenge and opportunity to take their festivals online. JFF Plus is scheduled to run until March 7, 2021 and was initiated by The Japan Foundation.

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Nippon Connection 2020 review: Japanese Film Festival Online

8. February 202123. May 2022 Mia Jaap 2 Comments Nippon Connection

How does a film festival that also celebrates Japanese culture transition to an online festival amidst the Corona crisis? Here’s how the world’s biggest Japanese film festival did it.

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Karaoke
tokyo 

1Kara: Solo Karaoke in Shinjuku

25. February 202023. May 2022 Mia Jaap 1 Comment 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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Takehara – a beautiful town near Hiroshima

4. October 20192. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments hiroshima, takehara

If Kawagoe is Tokyo’s Little Edo, Takehara is Hiroshima’s Little Kyoto. In this case though, it’s the town’s tourist department that calls Takehara the „Little Kyoto of Aki Province“.

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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 Vegan Restaurant
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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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Takehara – a beautiful town near Hiroshima
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Takehara – a beautiful town near Hiroshima

4. October 20192. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0

If Kawagoe is Tokyo’s Little Edo, Takehara is Hiroshima’s Little Kyoto. In this case though, it’s the town’s tourist department that calls Takehara the „Little Kyoto of Aki Province“.

Okunoshima – Japan’s Bunny Island
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Okunoshima – Japan’s Bunny Island

29. October 201523. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0
Inakadate Rice Paddy Art 2015: Star Wars & Gone With The Wind
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Inakadate Rice Paddy Art 2015: Star Wars & Gone With The Wind

8. September 20156. November 2021 Mia Jaap 3
Visiting Tokyo’s Giant Tunnel System – Water Discharge Tunnel
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Visiting Tokyo’s Giant Tunnel System – Water Discharge Tunnel

4. November 20122. November 2021 Mia Jaap 1
Ushiku: Great Buddha and Fireworks
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Ushiku: Great Buddha and Fireworks

22. August 201216. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0

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