Day 6 - Arriving at Nagoya

Hello it's me again ^o^

It was really hard to leave Kyoto Q______Q I like the town and the hotel so much there... but Michi really wanted to have some time in Nagoya. So we had three night stays there.

outfit pic ^^°

Michi coming from her favourite backery in Kyoto

my heavy luggage

So we went with the Shinkansen from Kyoto to Nagoya.
We tried to explore the area around the train station and around our hotel... but Nagoya is not our favourite town.....nothing special...
Kiki even felt a bit uncomfortable and stressed in Nagoya...

The best thing we found that day was a super great 100Yen shop combined with a drug store where I bought some super nice items!

strawberry Pockys *o*, new lashes, new bigger lashes case, deco rhinestones, very light powder and very pink rouge <3

The next day we used for a visit of the Nagoya castle... so.... very tourist like tour ^^°
bye bye ~chu <3

Day 5 - Meeting Makoto in Kobe

Hello everybody ^o^

Finally I have some time to blog again. 

Right now we're already in Tokyo and had so much fun the last days <3 <3 <3 So I had no time to blog ^^°

But one after the other....
I will tell you about every day seperate!

On the 5th day of our stay in Kyoto we wanted to visit Michis mail-friend Makoto in Kobe.

my outfit

in the train... with 45min delay.... JR-Lines feels like DB -.-°

Makoto was so nice and waited one our for us at the station ^^°...
Then we went into a Okonomiyaki restaurant. I've never tried Okonomiyaki before. But it's suuuuuuuper delicious ^o^

the entrance

Michi and her mail-friend Makoto

the small restaurant

our food <3

Afterwards we went through Kobe and Makoto showed us the china-town of Kobe and some arcades and the port and a temple with some rituals and so on .... ^^

Kobe's China Town

the port

relaxing at the port^^°

view from the window of a café

Makoto gave all of us presents o.O OMG we felt so embarresed^^°.... but Michi also had a present for him! German beer! ^v^

the presents (a fan, cookies, wind chime)

So all in all the day was not very special but nice ^^

The next day we changed hotels and travelled from Kyoto to Nagoya. The second part could start!

bye bye ~ chu <3

Day 4 - International Gyaru Meet Up in Shibuya

Hello gals ^o^
The 4th day was my highlight day until now ^o^

Charlotte and Rox organised a Gal Meet Up in Tokyo (Shibuya).
I planned to go there from Kyoto with the Shinkansen!

First I had to get my Japan Rail Pass. So I can use every JR-Line train including the Shinkansen for free for one week.

It took some time... so I had to gulp my breakfast down to get the train I wanted to take.

I was on time... but all the trains were stopping in Kyoto due to heavy rain.... so I was sitting 45min in the HIKARI Shinkansen to wait for the start....
I felt like using the Deutsche Bahn  (German railways)....'cause they are always late.

nervous and alone in the train..... ^^°(still without lenses)

my outfit (I forgot to take a real outfit shot in front of a mirror ^^°) in coorperation with some items of Kiki ~thank you for your belt, bag and foxtail <3 <3 <3~chu

 And so I arrived around 40min too late in Shibuya Q______Q I was so damn nervous!!!!

The meet up should start in front of SHIBUYA 109. But arriving 40min too late....all the girls were already gone.....

Shibuya 109 -  the most famous Gyaru shopping center

So I had to search for them!!!

I went into Shibuya 109 and searched on every floor. I finally found them in front of GLAD NEWS store.

I was so relieved!!!

We were strolling through the shops and a camera team escorted us. They had the permission to film in Ma*rs, D.I.A. and Tutuha (if I can remember correct^^°)

I did not know anyone of the girls before (except Rin but she did not stay for a long time so I have no photo with her...) but they were all super nice and cute and all looked soooo gorgeous *o*

I did not buy anything ^^°... so we left Shibuya 109 and the camera team wanted to film us again XP

here you can see the camera team on the stairs XP

Afterwards we went to a game/purikura center to take puris together ^o^
The center was so overcrowded with people and schoolgirls and it was so hot inside despite air condition.
But it was so funny <3 <3 <3

super long line in front of the puri mashines ^^°

<3

We were so many girls (and boys) in the puri mashines ~haha we had to squash on the photos *lol*

Afterwards I bought a tapioca drink...sorry no photo^^°

And then we entered a gyaru cafe.

We had to use the elevator to the 7th floor and entered a very small room. I wouldn't have expected a café inside o.O The waitresses were gals and on the tables all sorts of gyaru magazines were laying out.
You can imagine it like a maid café but with and made for gyarus ^o^ cho kakkoi ~haha

actually it was not allowed to take photos... ^^°

It was really so super nice...the time was flying ...

I get to know some of the girls better and we played silly games and drank a coke. 

Laura and me (~haha she has the same name like me ^^°)

the rest of us in the evening (before I had to leave)

Shibuya at night (evening ^^°) and then I had to get my Shinkansen back to Kyoto

Was it worth while, to come to Tokyo for that one day and to meet some gaijin gyaru?

YES, IT WAS <3 <3 <3

The only thing I brought with me from Tokyo is that Ma*rs advertisment catalouge.^^°

If you want to see another perspective of our Japan journey, I recommend Michis blog
http://dreaming-of-sakura.blogspot.jp/
She blogs every day and tells you more about cultural and culinary stuff !

bye bye ~chu <3

Day 3 - blah...Kyoto again^^°

Hello everybody ^^°

I'm so sorry for not blogging for 3 days. But I knew that I could not manage to blog every day from Japan ^^°.....

Actually I disturb Kikis and Michis sleep when blogging so late.....

Now I will shortly tell you about our third day! (already 3 days ago XP)

Michi was on her guided Kyoto tour and Kiki and I had free time to do what we want....soooooo we went shopping in Kyoto again.
We found the way to the passages on our own without Michis help ^o^

in our breakfast café

outfit

By the way: I want to show you my new nails. No... they are not from Japan... I had an appointment already in Berlin.

simple and a nice length to handle, white flowers match every outfit

On the way we made a brief stop at an ashtray. This is very important for Kiki as here in Japan it's not allowed to smoke in the streets wherever you want! And in some towns ashtrays and smoking areas are rare!

Soooo many people are wearing those rubber slippers (crocks alike) here in Japan....^^° this is a complete shop for the different styles and colours and accessories for these shoes ^.^°

Actually Kiki wanted to buy lashes and brown shoes and a brown bag and.........
in the end of the day I was the only one who bought something.... -.-°

a simple but cute blouse at the same shop where I bought the platform chucks the day before

nail polish and a lashes case at a 100Yen-Shop ^o^

The day was really relaxing an we had a lot of breaks to eat and drink something.

~haha pidgeons like at home in Berlin *lol*

I defenetly wanted to take purikuras that day!!!!!
But neither Kiki nor Michi are puri fans....... so I had to do them alone ^^°

my first puris in Japan

In the evening when Michi came back from her tour I noticed that the "International Gyaru Meet Up" would be the next day in Tokyo.... I really thought it would be impossible to go there because we were not even in Tokyo (Kyoto is far away...) and Kiki defenetly did not want to go there... and actually alone I'm too shy Q_____Q

But Kiki and Michi convinced me to take the chance and go to Tokyo the next day.
They were searching for the Shinkansen I could take and were soooo cute <3 <3 <3
Thank you so much <3

So the next day I took the Shinkansen and went alone to Shibuya (Tokyo) to meet a lot of Gaijin gyarus ^o^ I was soooo nervous >.<°

I will tell you what happened in my next post ^o^
bye bye gals ~chu <3