osaka aquarium - osaka report 1

hathis year we stayed for 3 nights in osaka. i like this city :) the people there are diffrent as tokyo people, more rude i think :)
andre wanted to go to the osaka kaiyukan aquarim so much because he is a big fan of whale sharks, and you can see one there.

on our way to the aquarium

osaka bay area

it looks like a smiling face :)

 

light show in the night :)

next to the aquarium was a little shopping and amusementcenter - lucky me!!!! after the aquarium we spent our time there. it was nearly empty :) i think beside andre and me only 20 other guests were there. so we could do a relaxed shopping time :)

 cute little ninja tanukis

and here some puris from this day:

 

food food food - kyoto report 6

actually i love japanes food - and i try mostly everything. i love matsuri food like okonomiyaki, meat skewer, sweet potatoe sticks, taiyaki..... but sausages are strange, especially with wasabi mustard :)


during my last japan holiday i tryed much diffrent kinds of food. here some pics:

 not delicious :( they had no taste and the mustard was horrible!!!!

 mega yummy!!!! meat meat meat :)

 always good - takoyaki are really delicious

 my new matsuri love - sweet potatop sticks

 no japan trip without taiyaki :)

 my favorite drink  - aka high

 best yakiudon on earth at the hiromi-ya

 doitsu special at hiromi-ya

 omrice with tomato sauce and pesto

 ojican crepe special edition

ahhhhhhhhhhh now i want to eat all of them right now ..... i really miss japanese food. i'm really looking forward to go to düsseldorf to eat some of them :)

kurama mountain and birthday in japan - kyoto report 5

one of our best days in japan was andres birthday. we spent this day (or better 1 1/2 days) with ryo and maiko. first of all we bought a birthday cake for andre, because we wanted to gave him this cake at midnight. while andre went to a dojo for a ninjutsu training ryo, maiko and i bought a "chocolate bomb" at takashimaya. it think this was one of my best decisions ever :) the cake was soooooooooo mega delicious!!!

my boyfriend is a real chocoholic!!!! nothing it to sweet for him and he love choclate so much. this cake was def. the right choise :) but before we gave him the cake we had great dinner with some small dishes and yuzu nabe!!!

on the next day was andres real birthday and we drove to kurama. it's a nice place in the mountains near kyoto and it's famous because of the history of yoshitsune and a great onsen resort. it was cold and it snowed and not many people were around this area. for me, such places are the "real japan". and i really love it to spend my time there ;)
here some pics of kurama mountain:

 famous kurama tengu and funny merchandise :)

 

 

 

 cute little snowman

ryo in tree :)

we walked the whole day!!! steps, steps, steps. it snowed, it was cold but we walked and walked and walked.... it was soooooo stressfull!!! but a nice prize waited for me :) a bath in the kurama onsen. unfortunately i couldn't make pics in the onsen but i found a fitting pic in the internet. it was the same situation. not many people, nice open air bath in the middle of the mountains, it was dark and it started snowing. it was like you know it from animes :) 100% perfect!!!

andre was so happy. for him, this was the perfect birthday :) after the bath we went back to kyoto and had (i was still full from our lunch) dinner in an nice izakaya. our table neigbours also celebrated a birthday - and it turned out that the whole guests and the restaurat stuff sang for andre and the japanes guy happy birthday and andre got a bottle of champanger and a dessert for free. it was really a perfect day :)

 the birthday people :)

thank you my dear for sharing the dessert with me ^^

last japan shopping purchases part 1

one of the most important things for me in japan is shopping! in the beginning of my japan trips i only bought anime and manga stuff, then j-rock and visual kei stuff (but also the otaku things ^^), and since 2008 i'm totally in love with gyaru fashion. but since 2004 i love it to buy cute stuff for daily things like cups, shopping bags, socks, cosmetic, kitchen items, pens, keychains or phonestraps and sure - cute little plush friends :)

here some pics of my last bits and bobs from this year :)

                     my swimmer collection. i really love this brand!!!!

                japanes goods with traditional fabric and some lucky         
          charms. the wihte/pink cat on the left side is a glasses case.
                                        i'm so happy that i found it :)

 some new socks :)

 new friends :) thank you nicola and katrin for getting some of them

 new nail stickers - most of them are from donki

what are the typical things that you buy in japan? sure, clothes are very importan.... i really should take pics of them but i'm to lazy ^^ in the first days back in germany i made pics of all those little stuff but not of my clothes..... but i want to show them to you :) i try to make pics. next time i show you my other "small" stuff and my new beloved bag.