We visited Owl Village / Fukurou no Sato (武蔵野カフェ＆バー ふくろうの里) in Harajuku, Tokyo in March 2016. I’m sure many of you have heard of the popular cat cafes in Japan. But the new craze seems to be these owl cafes that are popping up everywhere around the big cities. Owl Village is literally a stone’s throw away from the iconic Harajuku Station. If you take the Takeshita exit from the station, just cross the road and turn …
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{Japan} The crazy cool Kawaii Monster Cafe in Harajuku, Tokyo
If I were to ask you to describe Harajuku for me, what would you have in mind? If I were to say I went to a restaurant called Kawaii Monster, what would you imagine? Now put those two thoughts together and enter into this very real very Harajuku world of Kawaii Monster Cafe… It is located in, surprise surprise, Harajuku. Upon entering the premise, we were greeted at the reception area and were then told …
Review: The Hello Sandwich Book is pretty to look at & awesome to get your crafts on!
Introducing my very own “HELLO SANDWICH かわいく暮らす、ものづくりのアイデア帖” book! I haven’t had a chance to try making any of the art & craft tutorial in this book yet, so this is more of a quick look review. Or, more like, a “show off cos I have this book and you don’t” review. Either way, enjoy it! For those who don’t know, Hello Sandwich is a blog/brand by an Australian artist/designer, Ebony, who lives in Japan. Yep, now you …
How to create a very Japanese high school themed birthday party
One week before my 30th birthday, I invited about 30 of my closest friends to party with me. Knowing me, there was a theme: Japanese high school. Knowing me, everything was colour coordinated: pink. Knowing me, I wanted everyone to dress up: school uniforms. Instead of just telling you how awesome of a party I had (I had a very awesome party btw), I might as well share some of the things that I did …
So, I received birthday messages from some famous people…
Today I turn 30. Over the weekend, my sister surprised me with some really special birthday messages from my loved ones. (Of course, with the help of my hubby, cos she’s in London!) Apart from real loved ones sending me real love, I also received some very special fictional messages from my favourite people. Here they are: My hubby then attached each message on a piece of cardboard, tied each to a balloon and spread them …
Photo journal: Prehistoric dinosaur fights with modern girl
I promised myself to take more photos and blog more often this year. You know what that means? More blogs about the random photos I took, of course! Apart from being a wedding and event photographer, I do love taking snapshots of my everyday life or of the weird quirky things that are happening around me (whether staged or not). The first one is about a fight between the prehistoric Dino & a modern Girl. …
You, me, Japan, December? Okay!
The hubby and I have booked our flights for Japan at the end of this year. It’s like our second honeymoon, the first being last year after our March wedding… also in Japan. Yes, our first trip really turned us into some really scary Japanophiles. We even thought of the idea of moving there for a year. But when I moved to a new job that I actually love (and plus the hubby’s sensible self …
Cute Matryoshka Russian wooden nesting dolls for you to go ooh-aah!
Okay, have you heard of the Matryoshka dolls? You know, that wooden doll that opens up to a smaller version of that doll that opens up to an even smaller version… Some of you might call them “Babushka”, or simply Russian wooden nesting dolls if you prefer the boring sounding stuff. But supposedly Babushka just means old granny, which is a bit odd. PS: I just found out when doing research on this post, like, …
Celebrating my birthday ala Japanese in Melbourne
Last year, I celebrated my birthday in Japan. In fact, I spent half of it in Kyoto and the other half in Tokyo. And it wasn’t just any other trip, it was the honeymoon. What a birthday, huh! So this year, I decided that I should re-live my Japan birthday celebration by going around Melbourne and doing some very typical Japanese things. It was heaps of fun as the hubby and I walked (and drove) around …
Quotes to live by in 2013
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain I love quotes. I love quotes so much that every time I see a good quote, I just have to post them somewhere. My Facebook walls are filled with …