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.
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Ja(a)pan
A blog about Tokyo, traveling and yes, penguins
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TEPCO Electric Energy Museum
Energy companies along with financial institutes and insure companies have probably a worse public image. TEPCO is no exception –
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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[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
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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
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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
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A curry Earthquake, please! And make it *very* shaky!
Imagine a heavy earthquake in Japan: You are currently sitting in your class with 10, 15 others, the earth rumbles,
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