Japan 2004 Archives

17. March 2021 Mia Jaap Japan 2004

The Edo-Tokyo Museum: The 400-Year History of Tokyo

The Edo-Tokyo Museum (江戸東京博物館) is a museum about the 400-year history of the city of Edo-Tokyo since Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu declared Edo his capital of united Japan.

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12. August 2004 Mia Jaap Japan 2004, tokyo tower

Tokyo Tower – Don’t look down!

Since I’ve never been to Paris to see the Eiffel Tower I had to go to the Tokyo Tower which

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11. August 2004 Mia Jaap Japan 2004, odaiba

Miraikan 2004: Robots & Space Stations

The reason for my trip to Odaiba – besides riding the Yurikamome – was a visit to the Miraikan (未来館).

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8. August 2004 Mia Jaap akihabara, apple, Japan 2004

Apple in Japan 2004

This isn’t a post about the Apple Store in Ginza, I’ve covered it in an earlier post. Walking around Akihabara, I’ve noticed many smaller Apple stores. Maybe the iPod halo effect is working here?

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7. August 2004 Mia Jaap beach, Japan 2004, kamakura

Kamakura – The Beach

Kamakura isn’t only full of temples and shrines, but the city also has a long beach. It’s on one end of the road with Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine at the other end.

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5. August 2004 Mia Jaap akihabara, Japan 2004

Akihabara: Super Potato 2004 – FamicomBox and Super Famicom Box

One store on my list for Japan was Super Potato in Akihabara. Super Potato (website) is a retro games store for everything from the Famicom (NES) to some failed CD-era consoles like the PCFX.

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4. August 2004 Mia Jaap apple store, ginza, Japan 2004

Apple Store in Ginza 2004

In the evening I went to the Apple Store Ginza. Germany doesn’t have an Apple Store yet so it was the first for me visiting one.

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3. August 2004 Mia Jaap atami, beach, Japan 2004

Sometimes I do travel without a fixed plan, just looking at the train/subway map and asking myself “I wonder what’s near station X?” With the JR Rail Pass, it’s included anyway, so I took a train to Atami which was the last stop of the train.

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2. August 2004 Mia Jaap akihabara, Japan 2004, otaku

Akihabara – The Electric Town

I actually went to Akihabara more than once during this trip. Akihabara is also known as Electric Town and is a major shopping area for electronic and otaku goods of all kinds.