Japan Trip - Tokyo Part Three

Next stop Electric Town!

I really liked Akihabara. The shops had so many cool and cute things. 

We then took a trip to Ikebukuro where the Pokemon Mega Store is and also loads of amazing shops. 

Had to try a green tea frappaccino from Starbucks which was so good! I really wish they made these in the UK.

At every opportunity, when we went to a cafe I had a milk tea and this was the best one being a strawberry flavour one. 

Oh my goodness there was a YuGiOh themed cafe which I would have loved to go to but we had already booked to go to the Cardcaptor Sakura cafe.

Heres the overly cute and pink Cardcaptor Sakura cafe in the animate store. 

Kero shaped orange marmalade hot chocolate. 

Ice cream sunday with a clow card shaped biscuit.

This is what they gave you as a table marker. How flipping cute is this key!?

Pancakes and berry compote. 

Christmas in New York Part 2

Hey there! I thought I should put up the pictures I took in New York from my phone for you to see. They show the smaller details of what I saw like purchases, food, displays etc. Hope you like it!

I fell in love with Macy's which I didn't expect as its kind of like an American version of John Lewis or House of Fraser but I probably spent most of my time shopping here. They had really good sales and a lot of the brands you can get in England were a lot cheaper there. I would never be able to afford Ralph Lauren or Tommy Hilfiger in the UK. 

Their Christmas decorations were so cute as well, made me feel like a kid again. 

My brother and I took a trip to the Nintendo World Store as I had my heart set on buying the new Pokemon Game at the time, which was Omega Ruby. However I found out that you can't play games on the 3DS that are from a different country to your console. I needed a minute to stop crying internally but it was worth the journey to see the collection of Nintendo memorabilia and Pokemon merchandise.  

They had a really good selection of Poke Dolls so I bought a little Amaura and Ampharos Keyring. 

To continue my nerdy findings, the hotel we stayed at just happened to be down the road from Kinokuniya which is a Japanese bookstore. This definitely made up for the gaming disappointment. 

I decided to give Kobato a read as I loved the anime. Then I got the Kingdom Hearts Manga of 365/2 days as I didn't get around to playing that game. I found the Tokyo guide by Herb Lester as I have the Berlin and London version which has amazing illustrations and design. Also some cute little keyrings of Cardcaptor Sakura and Madoka Magica. 

Got a cute Rilakkuma and Korilakkuma plushie too. 

In one of the restaurants we went to for dinner I saw they had sweet potato mash with marshmallow as a side dish, which I think are yams? I just had to try it and I found it a bit weird to have sweet with savoury but I still enjoyed it. 

We had tickets to see a basketball game at Madison Square Gardens and it was AAAMAZING! I'm not really that into watching sports but basketball was so much fun! I think its because its a lot faster than most sports. The two teams we saw were the Brooklyn Nets and the New York Knicks and it ended up being a pretty close match in the end, which was really exciting. 

Got us some proper American milkshakes and club sandwiches! Very happy! 

We did have a little look in Saks on Fifth Avenue and they had some costumes on display. Here are a few that I especially liked. 

Macy's at night! I took lots of pictures of the window displays but this was the only one that didn't come out really blurry. 

That's all for New York! Hope you liked my little collection of photos! 

November Favourites

Headphones upgrade! One of my first posts was on iLuv Headphones which are a budget pair of headphones that look cute in the pastel tones they have but I recently found that I couldn't wear them for too long as they put too much pressure on my ears. Unless they were meant for kids or something I don't know why its like this. I decided to spend a bit more money and get some proper headphones and these were the result. I originally saw these Philips Citiscape Frames on the urban outfitters site where they also had them in a tortoiseshell colourway which I spent too long deliberating on whether I should spend the money on and they sold out. Annoyingly, I couldn't find them anywhere else so I got these black ones which I love as well. They are styled on sunglasses (hence 'frames') which I think is a really cool feature. They have a denim style fabric on the band which I believe adds a bit more comfort. Its safe to say I don't have the same problem with these as with my previous headphones. 

Also loving the packaging it came in and the pattern inside to compliment the headphones shape.

Secondly are the new gift sets Benefit have brought out for Christmas. They knock down the price it would cost to normally buy the items inside separately and give you it in a pretty tin. It has really smart packaging and you also get a little booklet with tips for putting the make up on.

Nerd mode activate! It was my birthday this month so I went a bit mad with the anime/manga/gaming habit I have. I bought Pokemon X from Argos who give you a free poster with the game that is double sided. I love the brush stroke style on the first side. With Madoka Magica I had only seen the first episode of the original version and thought it was interesting. I read a few reviews that said it wasn't like the usual 'magical girl' anime and was intrigued. I was really impressed when I watched it (marathon style) and I loved the music. I definitely recommend it if you like anime.