The Rest of My Japan Trip

Lololol this is basically going to be a post composed of random pictures I took in Japan...nothing terribly detailed like my first post on my adventures in Japan, sorry! If you have any questions about a picture that you see feel free to leave a comment below.

Went to a museum...actually I got dropped off at the wrong museum T_T The one I wanted to go to was an hour away so I decided to just spend my afternoon here. It was actually kind of interesting so it wasn't a big deal.

Delicious matcha dessert my aunt and I got by Asakusa.

Bought ice cream at a booth in Asakua. There were so many tourists crowded around this ice cream store since they sold really unique flavors: vanilla, green tea, vanilla and strawbery, vanilla and chocolate, vanilla and green tea, grape, sweet red bean, chocolate, strawberry, black sesame, blue berry yogurt, marron, mango, custard pudding, cookies vanilla, rum raisin, white peach, fully ripened melon, chinese style almond jelly, chocolate and banana, purple potato, mandarin orange, buckwheat, pineapple, bean powder, and french vanilla. I went with red bean ice cream; it was really good!

Katsu: So. Freaking. Good.

Omurice.

Calpis! I drank this almost every day in Japan :P That and matcha green tea.

I forgot what this dish was called but in addition to this mystery dish we also ordered monjayaki, which I specifically ordered in honor of Tonari No Kaibtusu-Kun lol.

Chocolate and matcha green tea ice cream.

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Went to some stained glass/church museum. It was boring.

Hot soba :D

Ghibli exhibit at the Nasu Teddy Bear Museum. SO GOOD. If you are a Miyazaki fan and in Japan, be sure to check out this special exhibit before it gets taken down!

Giant Totoro!

My aunt and uncle took me on a road trip and this is the hotel where we stayed at. They slept on two twin bds while I got to sleep on the tatami mat.

This hotel was super fancy and it must have been expensive...there was a buffet-styled breakfast/lunch/dinner offered there and the food was of the best quality possible. I had so many plates of sashimi!

My relatives also took me to a zoo where there weren't any cages for the animals. I love lions so I freaked out when I saw a bunch :) Look at how close I was to him!!!! Okay I used a pretty good lens and zoomed in but still....!!

I also got to feed a giraffe. It was overall a super fun experience.

Udon noodle soup with mochi.

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The best thing I have ever had at Starbucks: a chocolate brownie matcha green tea cappuccino. Too bad it's only available in Japan :(

And on my second to last day in Japan I ate takoyaki. The two guys working there were SUPER cute..too bad I was too shy/embarrassed to ask for a picture with them >:(

Hope you enjoyed reading this post!

Japan Day 1 and 2

I' nthinking of just throwing a bunch of pictures together for my Taiwan posts because I don't remember anything anymore haha. So while I still remember some of the things I did in Japan, here is a brief outline of what I did!

June 19: Arrival
-waited at the Narita Airport for two hours until my aunt and my uncle came to pick me up
-went directly to a large mall, where we ate sashimi. Left my phone and camera in the car so no pictures :(
-Bought some green tea Kit Kats and curry at a small grocery store. Also went to Daiso, where I bought a few things (mainly stationary; will be revealed soon)

-Went to another grocery store and picked up some aloe vera yogurt

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-Bought some donuts at Mister Donut. I picked out a calpis flavored donut :O I forgot to take a picture, hence the stock photo. I got the blue star one.

-Went back to their house, where I then ate some fruit and a donut. Note: yellow kiwis are freaking amazing!

June 20: Ghibli Museum
-Drove for about an hour to visit my aunt's friend. Ate two donuts on the way there

-Didn't realize my aunt's friend was going to prepare a huge breakfast for us to eat. Even though I was already full from eating two donuts (I usually eat one...), I couldn't NOT eat the food that she got up at 5 am to make T_T It was really good but I definitely ate wayyy too much. In addition to the Japanese soup thing, a thick slice of toast, a giant piece of chiffon cake, and an apple tart, she also made me a cup of coffee; she roasts the coffee beans herself and sells them to other people. The coffee was so freaking amazing. I'm not a coffee person at all (I love matcha green tea to death) but I honestly could not stop drinking the coffee that she made. It was the first time I was able to drink black coffee without cringing :O

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-My aunt then went to work while my aunt's friend and I headed off to the Ghibli Museum~!

Side note: Honestly, the Ghibli Museum was freaking amazing. Photography isn't allowed inside the museum, but trust me- if you ever find yourself in Japan, make sure you go to the Ghibli Museum. It was an unbelievable experience  and I plan on going to the Ghibli Museum every single time I travel to Japan. My love for Studio Ghibli and Miyazaki grew a thousand time stronger, which I didn't think was possible since I was already a Ghibli fanatic prior to visiting the Ghibli Museum. I spent about an hour and a half exploring the museum (it's sort of small so an hour and a half was more than enough time) and taking pictures outside, and then about half an hour looking through the gift shop. I'll reveal my purchases in a separate post.

-Went to eat a mini lunch at a cafe near the Ghibli Museum; I ordered a cup of coffee and a quiche while my aunt's friend ordered a cup of coffee and toast
-Then we headed off to a large mall. We went to a few different stores but didn't buy anything

So good...wish I used my DSLR instead of my iPhone to capture its utter perfection

This cappuccino was surprisingly really really good

-Stopped by a crepe/ice cream store inside the mall. I ordered a cup of cappuccino and the most amazing crepe in the world! It was filled with sliced bananas, whipped cream, drizzled chocolate sauce, and matcha green tea ice cream ^^ My aunt's friend also had her very fist crepe and loved it to death haha. We stayed in the store for a while and just talked
-Then we went to a different department store/mall and walked around some more

Beard Papa!!!

-On our way out off the station my aunt's friend stopped by Beard Papa's and bought me some delicious cream puffs
-As we waited for my aunt to pick us up, we went to a grocery store and my aunt's friend bought a few groceries
-My aunt dropped off her friend at her house and then we went back home

Hope you guys enjoyed reading this! Thank you for being so patient and putting up with my late posts :) And I promise, the giveaway post will be up soon!