Japan
All my posts about Japan including my 3 trips in 2006, 2008 and 2010.
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Tokyo Shopping Update
It’s been a while since I posted some Tokyo links but with my own Japan trip only a few months away, here’s some things I’ve…
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Bridge of the Brocade Sash
“I lay down in a state of happy exhaustion, and not for the first or last time could hardly believe I was in Japan” I…
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Tokyo Shopping Guide in print!
I am so pleased to finally announce the print version of my Tokyo Shopping Guide. It’s by far the most popular thing on my site…
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Ghibli Museum
I’m a massive fan of the anime films of Studio Ghibli (creators of Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle, Princes Mononoke etc.) so…
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Tokyo Extras: Souvenir Stamps
When we were planning our second trip to Tokyo, we kept reading mentions of souvenir stamps. These are large custom stamps situated at major attractions…
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Tokyo extras: Mori Art Museum
A few extra Tokyo posts coming up that don’t fit into the main shopping guide. Although we were organising everything ourselves this time (last time…
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Tokyo Shopping Guide: Kiddyland
Kiddyland is basically kawaii heaven – a place to find all your favourite kawaii characters in one place. The main store in Harajuku has 5…
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Tokyo Shopping Guide: Loft
Loft is one of my favourite Japanese shops – arriving in Tokyo after a long day’s travel I decided to have a quick look in Loft…
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