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schooltokyo
26. October 2007 Mia Jaap karaoke, naganuma

Unit Test Party

The dreaded second part of the Unit Test – while we didn’t know if we passed the written part or

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meetuptokyo
20. September 2007 Mia Jaap vegan, vegetarian

Eat more Greens

Since I now know the way from Shinagawa station to my apartment, it’s safe to go to more meetups 😉

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japanmuseumtravel
15. September 2007 Mia Jaap hachioji, trick art

Hachioji – Trick Art Museum

Hachioji is a town in Tokyo prefecture  and was my destination for today’s trip. After getting out at Takao station

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7/11 store
tokyo
12. September 2007 Mia Jaap minato-ku, takanawa

Neighbourhood

What is in my neighbourhood? Well, pretty much anything. There are two supermarkets in short walk distance and several smaller

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Night life
study
10. September 2007 Mia Jaap JLPT

Me vs. JLPT: Application

I’m late, very late. Like the last two years, I plan to take the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The test

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Various highways
japanmeetup
7. September 2007 Mia Jaap

DoitsuNet Moonshine Party

There are countless communities on the web and one intends to bring Germans and Japanese together: DoitsuNet. Today it was

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Ryokan entrance
tokyo
1. September 2007 Mia Jaap hotel, video

Ryokan – traditional Japanese hotel [Video]

It was my first time in a Ryokan (Japanese hotel) and it was a pitty that I could only stay

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Shinjuku Station
tokyo
31. August 2007 Mia Jaap video

Japanese whispers

Freshly arrived in Tokyo I expected long rows of people a security expection and other things but everything went smoothly.

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Clouds
movietravel
31. August 2007 Mia Jaap

Flight Movies (1)

One of the thing I failed to mention in my last post was a British security guy working for Virgin

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Heathrow Airport
japantravel
30. August 2007 Mia Jaap

You can leave your shoes on

When I arrived in Germany early July, my return to Japan seemed so long away. But time goes so fast,

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Teddy bear in Heidelberg
germanytravel
26. August 2007 Mia Jaap heidelberg

Eating in Heidelberg

Probably the most unexpected trip this year was the trip to Heidelberg. Our primary destination today was Speyer of course

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Takehara – a beautiful town near Hiroshima
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Takehara – a beautiful town near Hiroshima

4. October 2019 Mia Jaap

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 2015 Mia Jaap
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 2015 Mia Jaap
Visiting Tokyo’s Giant Tunnel System – Water Discharge Tunnel
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Visiting Tokyo’s Giant Tunnel System – Water Discharge Tunnel

4. November 2012 Mia Jaap
Ushiku: Great Buddha and Fireworks
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Ushiku: Great Buddha and Fireworks

22. August 2012 Mia Jaap

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