Took a train to Otaru!
Ikebana #9 For Kiki’s arrival
I again did this all on my own, bought the flowers, trimmed ‘em and designed it all alone! I also added a cherry blossom branch because all the cherry trees are just starting to bloom in Hokkaido.
My parent’s first Onsen!
Ikebana #8
I bought these flowers and did this all by myself!! No help at all from my teacher! Gasp!
It is to welcome my parents who are arriving today!
A treehouse in the woods near Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.
Submitted by Joel Allen.
I WANT TO GO.
lookbookdotnu: Icing Blue part two (by Ivy Xu)
THIS IS A GOOD LOOK
You should start collecting pictures of fashionable Japanese girls, so we can recreate their outfits. This one would be especially easy to find. I already own a sweater just like that!
This is very tough to answer because I have to admit I haven’t done as much shopping in Hokkaido as I’d like.
But I’ll give you the basic rundown!
Thrift stores do exist, we refer to them as ‘recycle shops’. The main chain of them in Hokkaido is called “Hard Off”, they also have stores that just sell used books called ‘Book Off’.

Yes I have made many a joke about the name.
There are a ton of little consignment type stores too, but for the most part the ones in my town seem to cater to older women. I guess that’s the case in Victoria too though.
The main best mall is of course the Sapporo Train station. It’s gargantuan. It actually consists of three malls in one. But really its more like 5 malls. HUGE
Then there’s the Tanuki-kojo-which is this adorable covered strip of stores, lot’s of little boutique type places. -Also that’s where the club ‘Mole’ is- where we went once on cross dressing night. It was INSANELY COOL. Hoping to go back there and see Kyary in June.
I usually shop at the Hard Off and at Shimamura. Mostly because I’m cheap. Shimamura has everything you could want to put on your body at really good prices-although it can be pretty cheap sometimes.


And now you know how I dress myself! Thanks for the question!
This is for my sister, you should follow this blog. And take note of the delicious-so that we can go ourselves!
There was a coffee tasting seminar at Yokoi Coffee last weekend. I went to one of their monthly public cuppings a few weeks back, this tasting seminar was a more intensive version of that.
Mr. Yokoi first explained the history of specialty coffee, then had the participants do a blind…