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23. February 2008 Mia Jaap JLPT

Blood thirsty court ladies practicing for the JLPT

There are 5000 words I need to know for the next Japanese Language Proficiency test. That’s a lot and if

17. February 2008 Mia Jaap harajuku

Eatup Meetup: Thai Restaurant

When I came to Tokyo last April I went to almost every meetup – the Japanese language meetup, the Japanese-English

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17. February 2008 Mia Jaap JLPT

JLPT Training Day

JLPT 2-kyu will be tough, very tough. And because it’s so tough, there are countless books on the market for

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12. February 2008 Mia Jaap JLPT, naganuma

2kyu training in the library

Part test day! But not for me – because I had already passed that particular part test. Of course that

media

11. February 2008 Mia Jaap television

TV & I

I don’t watch Japanese TV very often and prefer DVDs or podcasts instead. But there are a few shows I

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10. February 2008 Mia Jaap shinjuku-ku

A Wedding, Tin Tin, Donuts & a mouthful of Japanese

Sunday is, as every week, the time for the JLPT Study meetup. And it really has become sort of a

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9. February 2008 Mia Jaap

Mickey House Language Cafe: Let’s speak foreign languages!

In Tokyo there are different kinds of conversation cafes. There are pubs in Roppongi where the English proficiency is extremely

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3. February 2008 Mia Jaap nakano-ku, snow, winter

Nakano Snow Wonderland! (this time for real)

Ok, so the first snow day wasn’t that impressive and I only had my mobile phone camera with me. But today came some heavy snow and I decided to grab my Konica DSLR and head out to photograph Arai, Nakano ward in snow.

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23. January 2008 Mia Jaap nakano-ku, snow, winter

First snow in Tokyo

For some in my class its the first snow at all, for me it’s just the first snow in Tokyo.

korea

28. December 2007 Mia Jaap china town, Incheon

Incheon China Town

So this is my last sight seeing trip in South Korea. Incheon is mainly known for its airport and it can be reached quite easily with the subway. Of course I had to take into consideration that I had to get to the airport in time.

korea museum

28. December 2007 Mia Jaap seoul

War Museum

Since I did decide for an evening return flight to Japan, I had some time to spare before going to the Incheon airport. First I went to the War Museum because it was conveniently located on my way to Incheon.