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22. August 2012 Mia Jaap fireworks, ibaraki, ushiku

Ushiku: Great Buddha and Fireworks

Talking about Japanese towns with great Buddha statues, one would likely mention Nara or Kamakura. But the Ushiku Daibutsu dwarves

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20. August 2012 Mia Jaap ibaraki, mito

Mito

Stop two on my Ibaraki trip was Mito. Mito is most well known for Kairakuen Garden, ranked as one of Japan’s three best landscape gardens. This park is even served by a seasonal train station during plum blossoming season. But what else does Mito have to offer?

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20. August 2012 Mia Jaap ibaraki

Hitachi Seaside Park

I started my day trip to Ibaraki Prefecture with a visit to the Hitachi Seaside Park. Depending on the season,

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18. August 2012 Mia Jaap oktoberfest, shinjuku-ku

Oktoberfest 2012 in Shinjuku, Tokyo

Honestly, I’ve stopped counting how many Oktoberfests were held around Tokyo alone, let alone Japan. An Oktoberfest held in a

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17. August 2012 Mia Jaap harajuku, pride parade, yoyogi

Save the Pride

Pride parades by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community (LGBT) are common in the west and have been held in Tokyo since 1994. There were no parades held in the years 2008, 2009 and 2011, due to a dispute between organisers.

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24. July 2012 Mia Jaap vegan, vegetarian

Vegan Meetup at Pink Cow

The Pink Cow is an expat- and vegetarian-friendly bar and has regular live music and art events. Together with the

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23. July 2012 Mia Jaap festival, obon

Tsukuda Bon Odori – Folk Dance

This is one of those smaller folk dancing festivals, even though it is recommended by the Japan National Tourism Organization.

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14. July 2012 Mia Jaap chiyoda-ku, illumination

Floating lit lanterns – Chidorigafuchi Toro-nagashi

If you are in Tokyo now, the biggest festival to see is the Mitama Matsuri at Yasukuni Shrine held until

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14. July 2012 Mia Jaap setagaya

Komazawa Park

Komazawa Park is a park near Komazawa University in the Setagaya Ward of Tokyo. I recently moved near the park

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20. June 2012 Mia Jaap hamburg

Cherry Blossom Festival in Hamburg

If you can’t make it to the cherry blossoms in Japan, why not go to a Japan festival in your

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8. June 2012 Mia Jaap hamburg

Beatlemania & The John Lennon Museum

There are not many reasons to visit Saitama for sightseeing and one of my class mates – who is from Saitama City – couldn’t even name one. Actually there were two sights in Saitama. One is the railway museum which used to be in Akihabara and the other was the John Lennon Museum.