So the second week was spent in Tokyo which was just as hot as HK but not as humid. I have to say one of my favourite things about Tokyo was the cheap, delicious food and again I cannot compare Japanese food in London to the real thing in Tokyo. I liked that at most of the places we ate there was a machine with pictures of the food so you just paid at the machine and gave them a ticket with whatever you wanted. Also free water and tea which was cool because I'm so used to paying for drinks. The meals ranged from about 500 to 900 yen which is ridiculously cheap and the portion size is immense. Food makes me so happy. So very happy. Turns out curry, rice and omelette go very well together.
More shopping was done, obviously. I think my 'shopping mode' went into overdrive and my purse suddenly felt a lot lighter after a trip to Shibuya109 and Takeshita dori. At the time we were in Tokyo everything was on sale so I did go a bit nuts but who knows when I'm going back to Japan so I might as well take advantage of the opportunity! I bought from Glavil, Ank Rouge, Nadia, Bubbles, Fig&Viper and other brands I don't remember because there are so many. I love how each store is themed down to even how the retail assistants look. Even the lingerie shop had the assistants in short dresses open at the bust with boudoir heels. I'll post some pictures of my purchases at a later date when I coordinate them successfully with clothes I already have. It's hard to mix them because the clothes from Japan really stand out from anything I own already and I can't even bear to look at ASOS or River Island right now because it's just not kawaii enough! Also I'll never be able to get the high pitched いらっしゃいますせぇぇぇぇ (irasshaimaseeeee=welcome) out my head. Even if I saw them as I walked in the shop, then turned a corner and they saw me again they would just scream it again, and again, and again. It's weird at first because you feel like you have to say something back but then you just sort of ignore it. They are very helpful though and one even helped me pick out a coord which was so cute and of course I bought it. I really like that you can't wear shoes in the changing room, I mean just imagine all the nasty stuff people bring from the outside into the kawaii store, so they provide you with shoes to wear even though usually my feet were too big. Oops. I have to say though, Shibuya109 is exhausting and we literally spent all day there so...be warned.
Apart from shopping we took a lot of purikura. Even more than in HK and for two we even dressed up in cosplay. The first I was a cat maid and Allie was a bunny maid and for the second I was a cheerleader while Allie was a devil. We took so much puri we started to recognise which booths we'd already used in different parts of Tokyo. Nonetheless it was so fun, way more than taking a normal selfie.
We did more touristy stuff in Tokyo like visit our local temple/shrine in Asakusa, Meiji shrine and other random shrines that we came across. Meiji shrine is probably my favourite because it's just the most calm and the grounds themselves are immense and beautiful. Also I think Allie's favourite part of the trip was waking up at an ungodly hour (5am) to visit the fish market. It was cool I have to admit and I ate the freshest tuna ever but I have a fear of snails so seeing giant sea snails and being surrounded by them wasn't that great. Allie had a good time though I've never seen her so excited!
We went to a maid café in Akihabara which was an....experience. Not even going to lie, I loved it 私は本当にオタクだね。はずかしい！. Our maid was called Nyan Nyan and we had to call her saying 'nyan nyan' and doing cat paws and even before eating we had to do a 'spell' to make the food more delicious which just involved shouting nyan nyan yummy yummy a few times. Allie and I had to even get on stage to receive our special prize and take a polaroid picture with maid Nyan Nyan. After that we wandered around Akihabara aka land of aidoru and otaku and I got a Sailor Moon bento box and Sailor Moon portable phone charger, so cute.
We visited Odaiba intending to have a relaxed day at the beach but we stumbled upon Tokyo Joypolis which is an indoor theme park so obviously we had to go to that instead. Buuuuut we had no money and thus ensued the epic journey to find a 7/11 which took 30 minutes and it was not fun in the sweltering heat. The Joypolis was completely worth it though. Each ride was like a game so you had to do stuff while you were riding the ride (if that makes sense). So for example one ride you had to stand up while it was moving up and down a half pipe and every time you reach the middle you have to stamp on the board beneath you, and the closer to the middle the more points you get and also the more times the platform you're standing on rotates. We came second which I'm pretty proud of. Allie and I are really into psychic reading type things and there was a 'mystery forest' that could tell you about yourself and your future/ideal career, partner, marriage etc and we abused our Joypolis passport and went in about ten times. The results were scary accurate.
On the last night we went to a Rasta bar which was cool, Japanese rastas are cool and all love Bob Marley. The final day we went to a cat café which was more of a flat with fifteen cats and a drinks fridge but the cats were so cute and some of them were so fat. Adorable. It was a good way to end the trip and say goodbye to Allie who isn't returning from Hong Kong till late August boohoo. So that's the end of my summary of my little adventure and I'll be posting some kawaii fashion stuff in the near future.
Choom xoxo
We went to a maid café in Akihabara which was an....experience. Not even going to lie, I loved it 私は本当にオタクだね。はずかしい！. Our maid was called Nyan Nyan and we had to call her saying 'nyan nyan' and doing cat paws and even before eating we had to do a 'spell' to make the food more delicious which just involved shouting nyan nyan yummy yummy a few times. Allie and I had to even get on stage to receive our special prize and take a polaroid picture with maid Nyan Nyan. After that we wandered around Akihabara aka land of aidoru and otaku and I got a Sailor Moon bento box and Sailor Moon portable phone charger, so cute.
We visited Odaiba intending to have a relaxed day at the beach but we stumbled upon Tokyo Joypolis which is an indoor theme park so obviously we had to go to that instead. Buuuuut we had no money and thus ensued the epic journey to find a 7/11 which took 30 minutes and it was not fun in the sweltering heat. The Joypolis was completely worth it though. Each ride was like a game so you had to do stuff while you were riding the ride (if that makes sense). So for example one ride you had to stand up while it was moving up and down a half pipe and every time you reach the middle you have to stamp on the board beneath you, and the closer to the middle the more points you get and also the more times the platform you're standing on rotates. We came second which I'm pretty proud of. Allie and I are really into psychic reading type things and there was a 'mystery forest' that could tell you about yourself and your future/ideal career, partner, marriage etc and we abused our Joypolis passport and went in about ten times. The results were scary accurate.
On the last night we went to a Rasta bar which was cool, Japanese rastas are cool and all love Bob Marley. The final day we went to a cat café which was more of a flat with fifteen cats and a drinks fridge but the cats were so cute and some of them were so fat. Adorable. It was a good way to end the trip and say goodbye to Allie who isn't returning from Hong Kong till late August boohoo. So that's the end of my summary of my little adventure and I'll be posting some kawaii fashion stuff in the near future.
Choom xoxo
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