Skip to content

Ja(a)pan

A blog about Tokyo, traveling and yes, penguins

Shinjuku Gyoen, Tokyo

  • Journeys in Japan
    • Osaka
    • Sapporo
    • Tokyo
  • Things to do
    • Eating out
    • Illumination festivals
    • Museums
    • Parks & Gardens
    • Shopping
  • Seasons
    • Cherry Blossom
    • Autumn
    • Summer
    • Winter Illumination
    • Winter
  • English
    • English
    • Deutsch

camera

gadgets & toys tokyo 

How to get to Camera Cabaret Toy Camera store in Tokyo

24. June 201114. October 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments camera, toy camera

How to find that store? Camera Cabaret is the main shop of SuperHeadz, a Japanese manufacturer of toy cameras. The craze about these cameras is largely fueled by Lomography and SuperHeadz.

Read more
gadgets & toys shopping 

Lomography Japan Happy Bag

18. June 20115. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments camera, fukubukuro, video

Because of rainy season, they sold a happy bag (fukubukuro, lucky bag) with Lomography goods. I guess I was the perfect customer for that bag because I didn’t own a single Lomo camera.

Read more
event gadgets & toys 

Lomography Party in Tokyo: La Sardina

17. June 201116. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments camera, harajuku, shibuya

Rainy season is in full swing and June is not the month with many festivals. But there’s still lots of things happening in Tokyo! Today I went to the release party of a new Lomography camera at their gallery store in Shibuya.

Read more
gadgets & toys korea museum 

Camera Museum in Gwacheon near Seoul

27. March 201114. October 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments camera, seoul

I had visited Seoul Grand Park and I wanted to go to the art museum afterwards – unfortunately the shuttle bus service was interrupted. Good thing that there was a newly opened camera museum to keep me entertained.

Read more
gadgets & toys 

Digital Harinezumi 2 review

6. August 20101. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments camera, toy camera

Six months ago I bought the latest addition to my camera collection, the Digital Harinezumi 2. The Harinezumi belongs to the toy camera category of cameras which is immensely popular here in Tokyo.

Read more
gadgets & toys shopping tokyo 

Toy Camera Store in Tokyo

25. January 20105. November 2021 Mia Jaap 2 Comments camera, toy camera

While there are the lomo society and toy cam lovers in other countries, in Japan the toy cameras are particularly popular. The definition is fuzzy though, because it includes some vintage cameras such as Polaroid ones as well.

Read more
Takehara – a beautiful town near Hiroshima
journeys in japan 

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
journeys in japan 

Okunoshima – Japan’s Bunny Island

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

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
journeys in japan 

Visiting Tokyo’s Giant Tunnel System – Water Discharge Tunnel

4. November 20122. November 2021 Mia Jaap 1
Ushiku: Great Buddha and Fireworks
journeys in japan temples and shrines 

Ushiku: Great Buddha and Fireworks

22. August 201216. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0

Tags

akihabara apple art autumn beach beer cafe camera cat chiba christmas closed concert exhibition festival flower fukuoka hakodate harajuku hello kitty hiking illumination Japan 2004 JLPT karaoke naganuma nakano-ku night odaiba penguins roppongi sapporo shibuya shinjuku-ku snow television toy camera train transportation vegan vegetarian video winter yokohama zoo

International
Germany
Korea

Copyright © 2023 Ja(a)pan. All rights reserved.