winter Archives - Ja(a)pan

11. November 2014 Mia Jaap chiba, illumination, winter

Tokyo German Village – Winter Illumination

Tokyo German Village is a park in Chiba, located about two hours from central Tokyo. The park offers facilities for families, flower events, a souvenir shop and German food. It’s not an educational place meant to teach you German – in many ways it’s very much a Japanese park.

hokkaido lights

9. January 2012 Mia Jaap hakodate, hokkaido, illumination, winter

Fort Goryokaku in Hakodate during Winter

Originally, my next stop after Sapporo was supposed to be Aomori, but I switched to Hakodate instead. Hakodate is Hokkaido’s

Life in Japan

16. December 2011 Mia Jaap penguins, sapporo, snow, winter

Winter in Sapporo

There is rarely snow in Tokyo. Winters are dry and not as cold as in Seoul. Usually when it snowed

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3. February 2008 Mia Jaap nakano-ku, snow, winter

Nakano Snow Wonderland! (this time for real)

Ok, so the first snow day wasn’t that impressive and I only had my mobile phone camera with me. But today came some heavy snow and I decided to grab my Konica DSLR and head out to photograph Arai, Nakano ward in snow.

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23. January 2008 Mia Jaap nakano-ku, snow, winter

First snow in Tokyo

For some in my class its the first snow at all, for me it’s just the first snow in Tokyo.