festival Archives

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.

eating out tokyo

14. April 2012 Mia Jaap beer, festival, oktoberfest

Oktoberfest in Japan

The Munich Oktoberfest is the biggest beer festival in the world and over 200 years old. I’ve never been there but many foreigners travel to Germany each year just to get drunk.

korea music

26. October 2010 Mia Jaap concert, festival, seoul

Grand Mint Festival Seoul (Day 2)

I started into day 2 of the festival a bit later by watching indie artist Thomas Cook (토마스 쿡) on the Mint Breeze Stage. That stage felt awfully big for his sparse live show however, and he was accompanied only by one other Guitar player.

korea music

25. October 2010 Mia Jaap concert, festival, seoul

Grand Mint Festival Seoul (Day 1)

The GMF is an alternative festival showing all kinds of music genres from electro to classic without featuring mainstream pop, i.e. no Girl’s Generation or 2PM there. Instead you get artists like Clazziquai, Kim Yuna, Lee Sora or Teenage Fanclub.