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2/8/07 | 04:48 pm
JAPAN
Japan is a really interesting place because you can find the strangest street fashion, innovative gadgets, high tech toilets, interesting coffee machines and most importantly, super duper kawaii stuff!
Basically, Japan has many unique things that you cant find any where else in the world.
Here, i'll be adding interesting stuff i got from japan during my trip last year in 2006 as well as other little things i have in my possession that are imported from japan, made in japan.
TRIP TO JAPAN 2006
The Coffee Machine
Something you dont see everyday! The huge coffee machine has SO many buttons that you can really get confused especially if you dont know japanese. There is actually a camera inside the machine, and a screen which displays how the coffee your have chosen is being made! I took this when i was in Tokyo, in a shop thats something like 7 eleven but with like.. 6-7 huge coffee and drink vending machines. Connected to the shop is a noodle shop where you order through a machine, collect your ticket, present your ticket, and collect your food. Many shops use this system because is very fast and the people handling the food doesnt touch any money which has alot of bacteria. So food is healthier and safer. (The video is muted because *clears throat* to protect me and my family from embarassment because of the comments we made. ( ; )
TEMPLES
The Kiyomizudera (Clear Water) Temple
JR Line, The Bullet Train
Host Clubs
One night after a extremely satisfying yakiniku (grilled meat) buffet, me and my family left the restaurant, down the escaltor to the lobby of the building. And there we fouind this pillar full of photos of "pretty" boys. This reminded me of something my friend told me after her trip to Japan. She said she saw a poster with many many reeaally cute boys on it. She told me it was for a host club. I was pretty doubtful, i mean how cute can they be? So that night, I walked around to find out whether it the poster was for a host club and whether a host club actually existed. Well, yes it did. I didnt go in (of course) but took a glimpse at the entrance.. or more like the stairs to it? It looked pretty high class with the stand (the ones you see in hotels and outside expensive restaurants telling you the speciality of the day etc) and everything. I think the sign looked glassy or marbly. I would have stared at the pictures longer if we didnt have to rush to go shopping.
Mount Fuji
Traditional Japanese Meals
Little Things
Little souveniers from Japan. The little white scoop in the middle is my treasure. When we went to Chinatown in Japan, my mom bought me a bag of roasted chestnuts. We have them here, delicious yes, but the feeling was different in Japan. Somehow when eatting hot chestnuts in winter, is.. pure bliss. The bag was like a heated pad and chestnuts were sweeter than usual. Anyone who has eaten chestnuts know that 1. its sometimes hard to crack the nut; 2. the nut gets stuck to the shell and is very hard to remove with skill. Well, the japanese seem to have invented what i call the miracle scoop that has jaggered side to pierce the shell for easier cracking. As well as to scoop the nut right of the shell instantly. No more cracked nails or swollen fingers! I will be using this whenever i eat chestnuts. ^_^
KINOKUNIYA
The ultimate place to get ultra cute stationery and gifts straight from Japan. I usually go there to buy those mini notepads and stickers. Occasionally, i do buy a few unique stationery.
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KINOKUNIYA
The ultimate place to get ultra cute stationery and gifts straight from Japan. I usually go there to buy those mini notepads and stickers. Occasionally, i do buy a few unique stationery.
back to menu
back to myonigiri bento LJ
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