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Tsukuda Bon Odori – Folk Dance

23. July 20121. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments festival, obon

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

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eating out tokyo 

Oktoberfest in Japan

14. April 20125. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments beer, festival, oktoberfest

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.

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korea music 

Grand Mint Festival Seoul (Day 2)

26. October 201023. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments concert, festival, seoul

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.

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korea music 

Grand Mint Festival Seoul (Day 1)

25. October 201023. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0 Comments concert, festival, seoul

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.

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korea 

Seoul International Fireworks Festival 2010

9. October 20101. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments festival, fireworks, seoul

I’ve just been in Seoul for a few days and there is already a huge event: the International Fireworks Festival.

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Nakano Matsuri
event tokyo 

Nakano Matsuri

20. September 20092. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments festival, nakano-ku

There is always something happening in Tokyo, especially from March to October. I like to use the excellent event list

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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
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Inakadate Rice Paddy Art 2015: Star Wars & Gone With The Wind

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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

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