FYeahJapan: The 3 Best Shopping Spots in Tokyo

Let's be real one of the main reasons for my trip to Tokyo was for the shopping, I've been a fan of Japanese street fashion for many years and it has definitely had a major influence on my personal style. There is something to suit all styles in Tokyo and it's an absolute haven for people like me who love to dress a bit quirky and enjoy finding different and unusual items so today I thought I would share three of my ultimate fave places to shop in Tokyo.

Ikebukuro

I'd say Ikebukuro has something for everyone there's gaming arcades, anime and manga shops, department stores, maid cafés, cat cafés, The Pokemon Center, Studio Alta and so many Bic Camera's I lost count! We stayed not too far from Sunshine City which is an awesome place to shop and it even has an entertainment center with a planetarium, observatory and more, it's a great area which definitely needs more attention and if I ever go back to Tokyo I would definitely stay in that area again!

Shibuya

I have dreamed about visiting Shibuya 109 for many, many years and it did not disappoint as I got so many beautiful things from there although it was complete mayhem on New Years Day there were so many shop girls screaming about the sales my head was ringing but hey totally worth it and it's all part of the Tokyo experience. Shibuya was also home to my favourite sushi restaurant Uobei which we visited quite a few times. You can even find some great Otaku stuff in Shibuya to at Parco, Mandarake and Animate, and of course no trip to Shibuya is complete without saying hello to Hachiko who was occasionally joined by a cat...

Harajuku

Harajuku fashion is so well know it's its own culture so of course a trip to Takeshita Dori is a must do for any fashionista. I love how all the stores are themed and decorated they make visiting the shops a real experience but the best places to shop in my opinion are the 2nd hand stores shops like Closet Child, Usagi Youhinten and Jumble Store because you can find some really awesome bargains I mean I got a Moi Meme Moitie top for on sale for 300 yen and I don't think I paid over 1000 yen for a single item in those shops! And then there's the food, the crepes and the theme cafés and possibly the best vegan burgers in Tokyo. I loved Harajuku so much and although we visited there multiple times there was always some new amazing find down some random backstreet, it's a really great area to just get lost in. A visit to the Moshi Moshi Box Tourist Information is a must to as not only is it super cute, the staff are really sweet and they even took our photo and posted it on their instagram then gave us a coin for some free miso soup and there's even free karaoke you can do there to in the cutest fluffiest room ever, just one tip though if you hate crowds it's probably best avoided at weekends and holidays but otherwise I totally encourage you to join the madness as there's always some colourful characters to be seen there.

Where are your favourite places to shop?

Love & Sushi

Cate

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Bangkok Comic Con 2016

The weekend after Thailand Comic Con was Bangkok Comic Con held at BITEC which lucky was not to far from where we live so knowing Game of Thrones would have a big presence I decided to bring along my Daenerys cosplay and see what Asia thinks of her.

I think I had the most photos taken of me than at any other con I'd attended before and everyone was so sweet and kind in fact one of the people who worked at the HBO Asia booth let me jump the queue to try out the Oculus Rift which I had previously tried out the the Game of Thrones Exhibition in London so they could take photos for their social media which was pretty cool.

Another amazing thing that happened was that I won a T-Shirt at the Marvel booth for answering some trivia correctly about the new Civil War movie which C.B, Cebulski (a talent scout for Marvel) very kindly signed for me THEN my niece won a goodie bag in the Powerpuff Girls contest! So after all the excitement we decided to get some food and if there's one thing Asia does right at cons its food I absolutely loved all the themed food at the Fox booth and had to get myself a Cookie of S.H.I.E.L.D and Hydra cupcake, my nephew also got himself a chocolate zombie grave that had a little shovel as a spoon which I though was a nice touch.

The cosplays were once again absolutely AMAZING! A lot of the people from last weeks con came to this one to and although I was too tired to stay to watch the cosplay contest I did check out all the photos of the winners on their Facebook and I'm in awe!

One of my favourite cosplays had to the the T-Rex though it made me so happy with it's little armsand the kids loved it to, we're all big Dinosaur nerds here!

So that's it for con season in Bangkok I had an absolute blast and I can't wait to go to more, the amazing costumes everyone was wearing has definitely motivated me to work on my own cosplay skills and create something special so who knows maybe next year I'll be a contender...

What is your dream cosplay?

Love & Dragons

Cate

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FYeahJapan: TOKYO DISNEYLAND!!!

Tokyo Disneyland has been on my travel bucket list ever since I saw photos of my uncle's visit there in the early 90's, I have dreamed about this place almost my entire life so I was SO excited for our visit and I had planned the perfect outfit out and everything and then the day came and the weather was horrible! We had been really lucky with the weather during our time there I had even been joking about it being our "summer in Tokyo" but not this day...

Despite the crappy weather I still had a great time and one of the advantages of a gloomy day is that the park wasn't too full of people in fact it all got a bit magical during the Frozen Parade as during the finale as Elsa was singing Let it Go it actually started to snow and not the fake snow they had been pumping out REAL gosh darn snow how magic is that?

Meeting the characters was MAYHEM you literally just crowded around the characters battling with pushy parents and screaming kids waiting for them to chose you, no lines, no organisation just mayhem I'd never experienced that before so it was quite a shock but we eventually got chosen by Donald YEY!

There was one thing I was looking forward to most at Tokyo Disneyland and that was the infamous Little Green Men mochi, I even googled where to find them (FYI it's the Soft Landing snack stand in Tomorrowland, upstairs, near the exit of the Star Tour ride) and I'm happy to report that they did not disappoint the strawberry one was pure heaven OMG I would fly back to Tokyo right this minute for another one it was just that good!

I tried to do a few different things in Tokyo Disneyland that I hadn't done in the other Disney parks I had visited so I went on a few new rides and I also finally got to see the Electric Light Parade after seeing the photos my uncle took of it back in the early 90's and although it was absolutely freezing it was super pretty and such a great end to our day in Disneyland but our Disney adventures didn't end there as the next day we were going to Disneysea....

What is your favourite Disney movie?

Love & Popcorn

Cate

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