(★ω★。) Tokyo ・ March 2012 ・ PT3

On day 4, which was the 11th we decided to take a trip to Shibuya! We were fully aware of how packed Shibuya was going to be, considering it was a year after the Tsunami and Earthquake - and because naturally Shibuya is one very busy place. Street lights and buses were flagged with banners reading 'Action for Nippon' and 'THANK YOU' but I didn't get a photo of the buses. We headed straight to Shibuya 109 of course to do some major shopping.

 

I headed to COCOLULU because I had read somewhere about a Spring School Lucky Pack, however it is either online sales only, or not in stock anymore. But it was really cool in store, regardless. I followed Juu and Imke around some of the super girly shops such as Liz Lisa, but we made smaller pitstops in other stores too like COCOLULU, JSG and MARPLE-Q - I only purchased one thing from MARPLE-Q which is an amazing long shirt with really cute engrish on. After purchasing it, Juu also purchased the same shirt too! (We had a live for the 12th and we wanted to twin!) I think COCOLULU has been over taken by MARPLE-Q, clothing wise.

After walking around Shibuya 109 for what seemed like forever, our feet were aching so we went to Starbucks, despite the weather I ended up with a mango frappuccino.We sat for awhile just people watching which was rather amusing and relaxing too, we saw an original 'ganguro' - basically an old old crusty man. Then plenty of foreigners with bad fashion taste! Come on guys, you're in Shibuya! After Starbucks, it was my turn to take the lead, and we headed off towards Harajuku as it was only a small walk away from Starbucks. Plus on the way there I really wanted to go inside CHEER, but we ended up walking right by it because my voice was so little in asking. Oops.. On the way to Harajuku I spotted some rather interesting graffiti stickers. Powerful message, right?

 

Finally reaching Harajuku and how crazy the place is, we ventured into one or two couple shops, I know Like an Edison was a mini detour to pick up some fliers and to see the latest release. (I was waiting for the 14th since so many releases were happening!) Then we headed to Harajuku's Closet Child - shamefully, I only purchased one thing, a cheki of Tokyo Shitei - Runchu. It was a really old one of him too. I felt bad, because Juu's Friend is not really into Visual Kei, so she waited outside listening to god (amazing) awful rap music.

While in Harajuku I finally spotted the 10st store, which I have previously spoken about before in my blog here! It was amazing, just a really small store with a really nice shop owner who was so helpful. Juu was on a mission to find A, but it had literally sold out everywhere. While looking through the beads, OZ, Kiryuu, ROYZ and LANDZ, I spotted something so similar - but slightly out of place, a bead with a lizard. Haha, my reaction must have been so amazing, since it was the 10st x コドモドラゴン so I pretty much pounced on it demanding the price without a second thought! After awhile, Juu purchased her own while I was still in awe I had found their bracelet. (There is a story which follows after this, which will be in the next entry!) So now I own two 10st bracelets, and people would probably smack me for the price of these, but they're so pretty and my photo REALLY doesn't do justice, but I had to show it!

Afterwards we went for food in Harajuku, I cannot remember the name of the place either, my memory is really bad! But it was yummy, I had pasta - I no longer am a fan of pasta, I ate it so much again in Japan. Uggh, I think it got to the point I wanted to cry every time I saw pasta or pizza on the menu.

So, that was it for the 11th March 2012. I will leave you with an interesting photo of a vending machine in Japan and the graffiti tags people use over there. Here in the UK we have really boring 'I LOVE XXX' or just your very creative curse words.

☆ German Market

Over the weekend my Brother and I attempted to do Christmas Shopping. A lot of people say they will do their shopping over the year - and never do, come December, we are all running around like headless chickens, rush rush rush. Typically, I am one of those people, I say it every year - but here I am, with only one gift.

The German market here is different to last year, we had an Ice Rink, which was pretty cute - but the line was always huge, I never understood this, because not even 10 minutes away is an indoor Ice Rink? Either way, the market is always cute to walk around, we went early in the morning, so there are no festive lights to show.

 

My Brother photo bombing. I am uploading this to embarrass him forever. Well - until he notices it is here. There are a couple decorations hanging from the lights - they were cute at first, maybe five years ago. Can we have new ones, please? No photos of the tree in the City, it's massive, with a huge nativity set under it.

Gets of the day! I failed successfully at getting ANY Christmas Presents. The "Letter Set" isn't even mine, but, I wanted to include it, look at that fatty goodness of snacks. But the two bubble wrap envelopes were so amazing to find, they're in Paperchase - which is an AMAZING! store. I buy a lot of gifts here, including wrapping paper, postcards and stickers. So my friend Juu will get an awesome metallic package soon! Oh - the Calbee Prawn Crackers were a must after going to the Oriental Market. I pretty much lived on them in Japan, at 105yen a pack, these were 75p - a deal in comparison to the £1.95-something in London, Japan Centre. My Brother randomly asked for some 'YanYan' Some of the quotes are so funny, please see the link, Engrish fail? But they were adorable, according to him, very tasty too!

Recently we have been having a beautiful little visitor to our garden. I grew Sunflowers over the Summer this year, and now the heads are hanging beneath a tree to dry out, but - we were going to throw them away, since it looked like they were rotting, but we soon saw they were rather appetizing for one little guest. Isn't he adorable? We do have to keep an eye on our cats when they go out, this brave little guy not last too long if he keeps being greedy and not keeping up his guard, it totally looks like he was posing too!