shibuya Archives - Ja(a)pan

7. December 2024 Mia Jaap

Omotesandō Illumination

You may not be able to afford Omotesandō’s shops, but you can afford this impressive annual show of light, the Omotesandō Illumination festival.

tokyo

6. October 2021 Mia Jaap

Shibuya’s Green Frog Train (青ガエル) – A Farewell

You were more than just a green Tokyu 5000 museum train opposite Hachikō. A piece of Tokyo’s past left Shibuya after 14 years.

museum tokyo

5. December 2011 Mia Jaap

TEPCO Electric Energy Museum

Energy companies along with financial institutes and insure companies have probably a worse public image. TEPCO is no exception –

shopping tokyo

18. June 2011 Mia Jaap

Apple Store Shibuya’s new iPads

It’s been a while since I’ve been to an Apple Store. Yesterday I went to the Shibuya one since it

event gadgets & toys

17. June 2011 Mia Jaap

Lomography Party in Tokyo: La Sardina

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.

meetup tokyo

3. April 2010 Mia Jaap

Mega Hanami 2010

The number of meetup groups grew considerably since I came to Tokyo in 2007. Mega Hanami was a meet-up organized by multiple groups and we all came together to Yoyogi Park, probably the best free hanami (cherry blossom watching) spot in west Tokyo.

lights tokyo

25. December 2008 Mia Jaap

Capsule music trees and humans

Harajuku station is not so far away from Shibuya station so I took a walk rather than using the Yamanote.

music tokyo

26. October 2008 Mia Jaap

Retsuden Big 08: Indie bands live in concert

It’s been a while since I’ve been to a concert (Tsukiko Amano in Akasaka). A few days ago I bought

event tokyo

15. June 2008 Mia Jaap

[video] Resurrection Freeze Tokyo

Finally the day has come for the second freeze meet-up and this time it’s even bigger. There are many videos

meetup tokyo

10. April 2008 Mia Jaap

Vegan Meetup at the Pink Cow

It’s been a while since I’ve been to a meetup of the Vegan Meetup group. Since then, the group has

music tokyo

4. May 2007 Mia Jaap

A chat with the neighbourhood police

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