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Naoshima – Island of Art

11. May 20152. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments art, naoshima

Naoshima is known as the “art island” and has several art museums with exhibits by various well-known artists. The island is also well prepared for tourists with a shuttle bus connecting the various art sites and the port.

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Mokin Museum in Insadong, Seoul

26. November 20115. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments art, insadong, seoul

A visit to the Mokin Museum in Insadong, Seoul is the perfect complement to the Chicken Art Museum. Mokins are wooden figures used to decorate funeral carriages.

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Design Festa Gallery Tokyo, open design space for artists
eating out shopping 

Mominoki House & Design Festa Gallery

21. May 20085. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments art, harajuku, vegetarian

My favourite shopping spree grounds are Shimokitazawa and Harajuku and today I travelled to the latter. But first I ate at the Mominoki House which is a “food concept store”.

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Seoul SOMA humanoid sculpture with an umbrella
korea museum 

Seoul Olympic Museum of Arts

23. December 20076. November 2021 Mia Jaap 2 Comments art, seoul

When you have very little time, you tend to choose places where you can do multiple things. Today I went to the Olympic Park, the park around the main site of the 1988 Summer Olympics. I took a different route and arrived at the SOMA (map) first, the Seoul Olympic Museum of Arts.

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Mirrors and lights
event tokyo 

Tokyo Designer’s Week: Upcycle this!

4. November 20075. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments art

A classmate of mine told me about the Tokyo Designer’s Week (TDW) which is held at some main locations and various galleries.

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germany travel 

NordArt 2007: Modern Art Festival in Rendsburg

25. August 20076. November 2021 Mia Jaap 1 Comment art

Must be modern art week – after Thomas talked (quite enthusiastic) about a modern art exhibition in Rendsburg, I decided

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Sandworld in Luebeck, Travemuende

15. July 20075. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments art, lübeck, sand, sculpture, travemünde

After clearing the shoes of any sand that might be left in them from yesterday’s trip, it was time for the annual visit to the Sandworld. Unlike the Iceworld, the Sandworld seems to be popular enough for Lübeck.

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Design Festa 25 entrance
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Design Festa 25: Tokyo Art Festival 2007

27. May 20075. November 2021 Mia Jaap 3 Comments art

Design Festa 25 time! I got four free tickets from the household agency so obviously I had to go. I met with Kelly and Kevin at Shinagawa to take the Yurikamome line to the Tokyo Big Sight, the famous inverted-pyramid-event-hall.

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Female rapper
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A chat with the neighbourhood police

4. May 20075. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments art, shibuya

There are hardly any people who ring the doorbell and the bell has an awful sound. So I’m always shocked when I hear my doorbell and today it was not the postman: It was someone from the local police

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germany museum 

Hamburger Kunsthalle

18. March 20075. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments art, hamburg

Originally we thought about driving to Berlin but I had to finish a few articles so we decided on the Hamburger Kunsthalle instead, an art museum situated near Hamburg’s central 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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