I’m Back From Japan!
Thursday September 18, 2008
I’m back! Jet lag and all. I’m still trying to adjust to being home & being back at work. But nevertheless, Japan was perfection.. PERFECTION.! The only bad part was having to leave. I don’t know where to begin!! So much to share, so many wonderful experiences!
I met up with my long time penpal and friend. Mike calls us “soul mates.” She was amazing~~ Hanging out with her felt so natural, as if it was something we did every weekend. I got to spend 2 full days with her and saying goodbye… well, there were a lot of tears needless to say. That’s what I miss more than anything… I miss my friend… a lot. BUTTTTT no more tears! I want to focus on the happy things! like!!
ALSO, huge THANKS to every wonderful person who congratulated me and commented!! I mean… wow! :celebrate: It really means a lot to me. And a special hello to all of those 1st time commenters! I appreciate you guys coming out of the wood work and waving hello! I hope this blog continues to be a fun place you guys can stalk :good: heeheehee
So I was thinking, how can I update without loading all 3GB worth of photos or boring the crap out of people with psycho long paragraphs??? So I figured I’ll just post stuff by relevance OKAY, so here’s 5 things I did or LOVED!
- Cher Store!
It was a tiny little boutique on a side street in Harajuku packed to the fullest! It was so surreal shopping there! The sign is smaller than a license plate! I tried on a few things and ended up purchasing a lovely long cashmere cardigan. It’s the most expensive article of clothing I’ve ever bought and it was a dream come true! I also got the smaller Cher eco bag & another large bag with my purchase :P. Wish I had remembered to take more photos :( :( I was just too excited at the store!
- Mt. Fuji
Stayed at a beautiful ryokan where each of their only 6 rooms had a private onsen and ofuro. It was the Onsenji Yumedono located in the Kawaguchiko area. The miracle that I was able to even get tickets to the area using my total fail Japanese was enough to make me shrill with success and glory.It was total relaxation and So beautiful there. - Shibuya 109
It was so surreal just being there. It was better than I imagined. A lot of the shops have current magazine issues opened to some page where their clothes were featured which I thought was cool and wonderfully shameless! The stores are so open there! Each one flows into the next. No huge cold entrances like US malls. It felt more like a giant party than shopping! Maybe that’s what made it so easy to spend, hahaha, more on what I bought later. I was too busy shopping to take photos. I kinda hate living through a camera lens so I tuck it in my bag & forget so easily! - 着ぐるみ
My friend took us to ドン キホーテ in Kabukichō and amongst the craziness I ended up in the kigurumi section. She immediately encouraged me to get 1 because they are “so cute and fun”! AS IF I NEEDED CONVINCING! My ギャル ラブ was already screaming BUY IT from within! She helped me pick one out. Tough decision! Every style I had ever seen was there. It came down to Marie, Hello Kitty, generic cat, and Pooh. Then I saw リラックマ and knew that was the one I wanted. YAY for San-X kigurumi - Purikura
プリクラ! So awesome to finally be able to get some of my own! Tragically I lost a lot of sheets when packing up to leave. *devastated* But at least none of them were the ones I took with my friend! Mike once stomached 3 separate trips in 1 day to various arcades for プリクラ. So nice of him… you can tell he’s less than enthusiastic in some… he really hated the ones that required him to squat down to fit on screen, hahahahha! That’s LOVE!
OKAY, well maybe this has still been a bunch of photos and overwhelming text. SORRY!!! Thank you to everyone who has sent congratulations cards. I truly appreciate it. I haven’t even gotten a card from any family yet, so dear friends… it means SO MUCH.
Till the next update~~~ more to come
Tags: japan trip, travel
58 Responses to “I’m Back From Japan!”
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i’m a little late but….
OHYMYGOSH CONGRATULATIONS!!!! :biglove: !! :D i am just so happy and excited for you!! :) you guys are just too cute together (as evident in the purikura ^^) so please cherish each other forever and ever! :D YAYYY~!
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omg jen! welcome back!!!
i love your photos~~~ glad you had a good trip :D
hahahaha you took so much purikura but your photos are so cute XD
too bad i’m at uni atm ewwwsssss
come back to msn/gmail soon! -
*HIDES IN CORNER OF YOUR ROOM
hahaaaaaaaaaaaaa i see u -
Congratulations on your nuptials! Japan looks like a blast ~~ so kawaii and sugoi!! Looks like a honeymoon of a lifetime :) :)
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I THINK YOU SHOULD POST all the photos on facebook or smth and crash their server
hahahahahaa
man i wish i did more when i was in japan lol ;_; -
Awesome!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
So many great things! Your photos are fantastic, and you’re a purikura posing master :D This looks like a dream come true and I’m glad you had such a great time.
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LUCKYLUCKYLUCKY! =]
I’m so jealous! Of everything.
Right down to the Tralala bag. XDAnd I love that the Ayumi all singles thing was advertised on Shibuya 109…I’ve been drooling over that for weeks now. Mine hasn’t arrived yet. ;_;
The PuriKura are so cute! I saw ads for Jewella Eye in Popteen~
SO LUCKY! XD
Anyway~ I’m glad you had such a great time there! It sounds like the shopping was so amazing!
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Wahhhh!!! I was wondering when you’d get back!!! I am SO glad you had a great time, and I totally feel ya on the “perfection” aspect of it all :)
& wow, you got to stay UP there on Mt. Fuji!! Lucky!!
I hope we can catch up with each other soon! :heart: Now I finally have someone to gush with about Japan!
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Uwaaah~ I am so jealous of you being able to go to Japan. I’ve always wanted to go there and still plan to some day haha. I’m glad you got to meet up with your friend and had an awesome time with your Hubby~ =) Maybe you could go to Japan for your guys ~anniversary~ hehe.
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Welcome backkkkkk~~~
I’ve been a silent reader for quite a long time now, ever since February this year? lol BUT CONGRATULATIONS~!
Anyway, Japan looks really fun and I’m glad you enjoyed it. Looking forward to your next set of photos! =)
Btw, I actually saw 2 people on the bus the other day with the cher eco bags, and I immediately thought of you when I saw it. XD
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Glad you’re back :D So happy to know that you got such a splendid time there :D
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I’m glad to hear that you are back and save. :D
AND that you had SUCH a GREAT TIME!! ^^
AWW so many SWEET PICTURES!
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post EVERYTHING.
Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ it makes me so excited to see how much fun it is there!
im so jealous, yarrrrr!!! -
OOOH SO GLAD MY CARD ARRIVED SAFELY! XD
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Wow! It all looks so amazing. :D Congrats once again! :) My sister just left for Tokyo, she’s studying there for nine months. I hope to get the chance to go and visit her!
What ethnicity are you, Jenny? In the last few photos you look Japanese! :p
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Oh, Japan! I wish I could be there in a blink, but it’s 25 hours by plan! LOL! It’s so wonderful: you are married, you’re just back from Japan, so many wonderful news! Please, share the photos!!! I’m dying to see them! :D
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JEN-SAMA OMEDETOUUU~~~
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oh Japan is so cool! might go there for a graduation trip! :) everything looks so nice! love purikuras haha!
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Welcome back. I’m a regular reader but I never say anything so— Congratulations on your marriage!! You and your husband look so cute together : ) Japan sounds so amazing too!! :D You’re so lucky, and it’s nice to see things are going so well for you now : )
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Ahhh!!! How nostalgic!! I stayed in Japan (Chiba to be exact) for a while in 2006 and hung out in Shibuya and Harajuku almost every single weekend. Seeing all this makes me so restless to go back!
So happy you had a great time!! Good luck with everything!!
By the way, I’m a long time lurker (though I’ve commented before) and wanted to mention that your blog is totally my favorite!
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can you say ‘the most amazing post EVER’?!?! ahh i am so jealous.
ps – i have a pikachu kigurumi :9
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cher, 109, kigurumi touching kigurumi, arcade purikura…………..!!!!!
I cannot exclaim my exclaiments!!
I don’t care if you post about your trip for the rest of the year!
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Woot! I love this blog! Let’s be friends!
Haha, of like the 50 Cher bags in the US, I think you have about 75% ;)
The bearsuit is the bee’s knees, by the way.
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Eeep welcome back =O I knew it would be an awesome and flawless trip ;D
Love all the pictures XD Especially the purikura ones! Mike is a good sport indeed ^^v
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ZOMG SO JEALIZ! XD
esp of your CHER BAGS. *sigh* ONE DAY! loli’d send you a card if i had your new address! x_x
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YAYAYAYAYAY! It’s great to see that you’re back! I was SO excited to finally receive your postcard! Lol – cos’ the letter you sent came before it? Hahaha – so lovely! AND THEN! To top it off, I received the post-card from Japan! HOHOHOHO! So fantastic! Thank-you for sending you wishes back to us – even on your honeymoon!
You’re so sweet!
(￣(ｴ)￣)ﾉ>ﾟ*)))>彡”ｵｻｶﾅﾌﾘﾌﾘﾊﾞｲﾊﾞｲ♪
You should be seeing a little envelope surfing to your letterbox any time now! Yay!
Can’t wait till you update more! Looks like SOOO much fun! And yay for purikura! *dances about!*
xoxo
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I’m freaking out just looking at these pictures. I can’t even imagine what you must be feeling! I’m so glad you got to experience it. Those pictures of you and Mike make me smile, especially the ones where he has to squat to fit on the screen XD Congraduations once again!
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YAY! glad to hear you had fun!
OMGAHH!! they have rirukuma kirugumi there?! SHUCKS! i have a kangaroo one but the tail just bothers me. >:o. well yea! THANKS for uploading the pics and sharing the special moment of your life. it cheered me up right when i was feeling down from school! YAY! XD -
wahh~ I’m really glad you had a lovely time and your pics. are amazing hehe^^
I so want to were those kigurumi xD great for fancy dress ~
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The pictures truly are saying 100 words! You and your husband look so happy in the picture too. I’m so happy for you and glad you had fun. I don’t recognize any place ^^;; but I totally recognize Mt. Fuji.
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Looks like you had an AWESOME time in Japan!! :)
The kigurumi.. AHH so cute!
Taking purikura is so fun. ^^~ -
I’m sure you’ve heard this a lot but welcome back:D
Looks and sounds like you had tons of fun in Japan I want to move there oneday haha. ^^ Also you should post the rest of the pictures -
Yays! Action packed post of awesomeness ^__^ I’m so happy for you and Mike, and that you got to go to Japan. Thank you for sharing the fun pictures! The purikura is so cute! And wow, I would love to go to the same place you went to at Mt. Fuji, definitely adding it to my travel list under Mt. Fuji.
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SWEET! I’m glad you had a great time! I hope to go there one day! I so want to visit Shibuya 109. I figured it was a lot like you described. Thanx for the sympathy about my car. Congrats again newlyweds!
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SO MUCH FUNNNNNN *O*
i cant get enough from the words & the photos
moreeeeeee kudapaiiii ;_; -
OHMGOSHH, jen i so wanna be you (>o
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wow what a lovely update! congratulations on your marriage. you sound so incredibly happy! it looks like an amazing trip, one you’ll never forget i bet ;) you two look so cute in those pictures!
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Jen!! Welcome back! I am so happy to hear that you had an awesome time in Japan^^ All those things that you bought are so adorable! Ahhh, I can’t wait to shop like that next summer! Haha, those cute photos….they are so popular in Asia. lol Mike had the same expression on almost all of them XD
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I always wanted to go to Japan, and your photos make me want to go there all the more! Glad you had a blast and got to see places and meet people that you always dreamed of seeing and meeting :)
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OMG! just reading this makes me feel all excited!!
I’m glad to read that you had a great time!!!!!!
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Wow. Haha, I’m glad you had fun!
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The kigurumi is awesome! I didn’t see any of this stuff when I was in Japan! :( What a beautiful ryokan! I had to use a public onsen!!! *yikes* More updates please!!
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Sorry about the test post! I think I know what’s the problem with my comments, some unaccepted symbols, I think… Hmmm…
Anyhows, love the kigurumi!!! I’ve never seen those before when I was there! And what a lovely ryokan you lived in with a private onsen!
More updates please!!!
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Sorry about the test comment, I think I realised what’s wrong: three alphabets of a kind not allowed? Anyhows, love the kigurumi, I’ve never seen those before! I also love your private onsen! I had to use a public one the last time I went! More updates please?!
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Sorry about the test comment! Anyhows, love the kigurumi, I’ve never seen those before! I also looove your private onsen! I had to use a public one the last time I went! More updates please?!
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Love the kigurumi and private onsen! Last time I went it was a private onsen! *yikes* More updates please!
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Love the kigurumi and private onsen! Last time I went it was a private onsen! More updates please!
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Complete jealousy. It looks like you had an AMAZING time there! That’s so wonderful! I want a magically honeymoon in Japan too!! I guess I need to find my guy first…
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Glad you had a great time! I get to go in 2012, wanted to go for my honeymoon next yr buy my fiance said I’ll shop too much lol. Your so lucky! Congrats!
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JENNY YOU ARE SO CUTE I JUST WANT TO PACK YOU IN A LUNCHBOX AND EAT YOU…
haha your honeymoon seemed SO SWEEET!!!! and your hubby is so cute squatting for you haha xD more pictures! more text! more more more!
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waa youre back were commenting together hehe
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I’m so happy for you both :)
Welcome back home to married life – this is the start of the rest of your lives together :)
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Ahhh!!!! LOOKS SO FUN!!!
YOU ARE TOOOOOOO LUCKEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Best Wishes to you and husband, I am sure that with such a great start you two will have a WONDERFUL life together!!!!
{Looking at all the japanese-shopping-goodness is making me superrrrrr jeaaaaalouuuuusssss ^_~}
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wow congrats looks like you had oodles of fun (im one of the random stalkers btw ^^;)
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I’m so happy for you!! Your trip looks like it was absolutely beautiful and full of fun! All your purchases and purikura were so adorable! And how lucky of you to get to meet your pen friend!! ^O^ (I’m jealous!!)
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Yeaaaa, glade to hear your back and congrats again!! I would’ve loved to have gone to Shibuya!