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Ever since I was a little girl I thought it was interesting to look at maps and which countries and places there all are. My mother gave me a luxurious version...

It's weird that a year can go by so fast. Exactly a year ago around this time, I was several hours up in the sky on my way to Tokyo:...

AVO Magazine has existed for 14 years this month! Of course, that needs to be celebrated and so I decided to contribute with these delicious and cute AVO cupcakes. As...

I occasionally get questions from people who want to know what's going on backstage. What exactly are the things that happen backstage, the ones people from the outside world will...

In this Japan-loving community, there are a lot of people with dreams of going to Japan. Everyone has a different reason why they'd like to go to the Land of...

My first trip to Japan was last June and after making a video about my haul I asked everybody to send in questions for a Q&A. The video is finally online...

Since AVO has already existed more than 13 years and AVO Magazine more than 4 years, it was definitely time for an interview with the founder: Francisca Hagen.  AVO: You've kept...

Like many of you know I'm not just the one maintaining the forum, the owner of an online magazine that's getting more known internationally, but also a promoter of various...

Once in Japan, you'll be overloaded with several subjects which you usually run into (in the dealer room) at Japan-related events and conventions. One of those things which I ran...

It has been a month now since my return from my first trip to Japan and I sure can tell you one thing now I'm back home in The Netherlands:...

Wow! What was this awesome! I have to squeeze my arms very often if this was true: 10 years of AVO Forum celebrating with an AVO Festival with Japanese acts....