Japan 2014 -Tokyo Haul

Thursday the 6th of August

Hello again,

Since I'm behing Schedule with these posts and a shopping haul means some photos and no text (exagerating here) it will be fast to get it done.

I woke up early and went to the living room like any other day. The usual breakfast here is coffee (with cream and sugar, freshly made), an individual salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomato, ham and my fav sesame dressing!)and a thick toast with butter or jam.

I always get spoiled in Japan and then get a reality check when we are home. I often even skip breakfast.

 After that and of couse changing diapers, watching tv, rolling around on the floor with Mari and playing with her, I went back to the room and started organizing my purchases and taking out all the stuff from our carry on bags. Since I was doing that it made sense to take photos of all the things I got during this trip to post on poupee and also here of course.

The first item was a present from my husband. He knows how much I love Vivienne Westwood and we had been in the second hand store in Harajuku too but he wanted to give me something special so he tricked me, said he was going to the bathroom and went to buy me this instead. I love it, its colorful so its not going to be easy for me to incorporate it in my rock n roll sort of daily look but its amazing, i'm super happy! I now own my ring, a hat and a hankey haha - worse VW fan ever, right? :P

My new Vivienne Westwood 2014-15 fall winter collection hat.

 And this is what I got Lolita-wyse in Tokyo:

1. Mille fleurs petticoat
2. Emily Temple Cute dot (ivory x black) under knee socks
3. Emily Temple Cute Fairy Tale Frame Jsk (black)
4. Alice and the Pirates cardigan (black)
5. Accessories from Closet Child (2 ring bows, 1 rabbit ring, 1 rabbit hair acc/brooch - not cheap but i like them)
6. Mirror/charm from Q-Pot

 This is all my doll related purchases (VOLKS; Junie Moon, random shops):


1.Volks mook, came with their mascot.
2.Volks necklace for my dolls
3. Volks book kit so my dolls can have a nice looking hard cover book prop.
4. Tickets to dollpal in Osaka (not Dollpa)
5. clothes for my blythe dolls, special colab cotton drss, 2 pairs of socks
6. Last issue of Dollybird - this one comes with a chair kit
7. cute blythe notepad, can't resist stuff like this
8. 3 new rement sets
9. Random plastic bottles to use as props
10. cute kitty cat

 As I left before my new Juliette et Justine arrived here is a shot of it. I finally do not regret getting it, i hate the shirring and those black detachable things for the straps and I still find its too expensive for the lack of detail such as lace etc but I adore the print and it looks nice on.

Juliette et Justine ete des contes de grimm Jsk (black)

Some of you wanted to see my new bunny muchacha mook bag better so I took a photo of it too, here it is (I've been using it a lot here):

Ahcahcum Muchacha bunny bag

 We had one of those instant food packs for lunch, curry. Rice has to be made seperately but its still convenient.

I love the cute plate too.

 In the afternoon we did very little. I remember doing some cleaning and that my husband and Mari spent some time playing in the building's little kids playground.

This is the view from the balcony, that's Sango over there. To go anywhere we have to cross that bridge, unless we are travelling by car.

After taking a bath Mari got to play with her new toy, a kit that will help her train her skills to catch rea fish at a summer festival when she's old enough to try, cute!

 And before we finish the day of course there was yummy food as usual. Mari and myself love mushrooms and enoki, shiitake etc are ridiculously expensive in Portugal and so soooo cheap here. I just try to eat as much as possible.

I really like shabu shabu. Its tasty and not too heavy.

And that was my day after being so tired from all the walking in Tokyo. Calm days are nice as well, don't you agree?

Love,
Jo

Japan Post - normal life is relevant

Saturday 1st of August

This was just a relatively calm day spent at home. We woke up, had something tasty for breakfast, Mari watched her favorite cartoon (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse) and we just spent time together and rested.

Cartoon time is the only time Mari lets everyone do their own thing quietly, and she even lets me cut her hair!

 We eventually went out for two reasons: we wanted to go do some errands and do some shopping and also because Mari gets cranky if she doesn't take a stroll at least once a day.

The only place to do some groceries at walking range is the Sango A-Coop supermarket which is besides the train station. In order to get there we have to walk 10min. That lets us see some nice things such as crows which I do not see a lot in my own country but that I see all the time in Japan.

 Sango basically looks like the country side. Small houses and a lot of green. Very little cars go by and even less people.

Sango looks like this.

 I find that the streets in the suburbian areas are also kept very carefully. In my country these would be without the marks (unless by chance they had been painted at the time) and even with holes... here they always seem newly repaired for some reason.



Just a nice house.

A-Coop. Vegetable section. I love supermarkets in Japan.

 I have been lying to you, we are actually technically in Oji, when you cross that bridge its Oji but it feels like we're still in Sango so I'll keep to saying that's where we are. That's the building my familly lives in. I love how its a big complex but it still blends with nature due to its architectural traits and also color.

 And this is what we got: onigiri, bento, bananas, eggs, ice coffee, matcha latte, cucumber, mayo and a lemon. haha

 I have been bad and i did not post earlier and now what always happens happened: I forgot what happened that day, and if it wasn't for the photos I wouldn't know anything at all! :|
I have such a bad memory, I wish there was something I could do to fix it but i've always been this way. Blogging helps but it does not do miracles if I do not post every single time something takes place.

Oh well hope you liked the post anyway.
Love,
Jo