The notorious HK skyline Hong Kong was a delightful little dreamland, and I cant get it out of my mind. I liked how laid-back it was, whilst being completely exuberant and animated all at once. Where...
I adore Hong Kong. Lost in Hong Kong. My view from the swanky hotel room. Im back from Hong Kong, and it was a complete dreamland: the food, the sights, the shopping, and especially the energy....
The 9/11s are taking our job of taking over VivMos blog very seriously. While shes away on her honeymoon in Lanzarote, VivMo promised culture, and culture is what we are going to give you. It is for ...
Utsukushi-No-Yu, my favourite local super-sentou. While VivMo (aka Vivian, your favourite blogger) is on a late Spring Break trip to Cancun, we have been asked to blog in her absence. Filling VivMos ...
Hong Kong Im leaving for Hong Kong in a few hours. I want to swim, see pandas, and eat dim sum. The 9/11s and myself While Im busy feasting on delicious fare, shopping and making friends with giant b...
I love running in the streets of Tokyo Ever since I joined the ranks of the cross-country team of my American high school back in my teenage days, Ive been an avid runner (Yes, I once was an exchange...
Tanabata Festival, summer 2011... aka the infamous Osaka summer. Those scorching hot, languid summer days are fast approaching, and in a mere few weeks Ill be waking up to the sounds of cicadas. Ive ...
Inokashira Koen, Kichijoji Inokashira Koen is my favourite park in Tokyo. Its located in the neighbourhood of Kichijoji, a lively area which is quite similar to Shimokitazawa: lots of secondhand...
Nerding it up. One of my goals while being in Japan is to visit all 47 prefectures. I barely visited half so far, but its a good start and I believe it can be achieved. I printed out this map and col...
My first time in Tokyo, 2008. I had a fringe. I remember my first trip to Japan: I hopped on the ferry from Korea, and crossed the pond to Fukuoka. It was the very first city I saw, and I immediately...
Prized possessions Sometimes I write useful information posts on this blog about living in Japan, and this entry is one of them. Today I took the most uneventful trip to the Tokyo Regional Immigratio...
This sums it all up Golden Week came and went, and my city holiday turned out to be great. Two years ago, when I lived in Shikoku, I also spent GW in Tokyo, as a visitor, and it was a memorable time ...
I deejayed with the 9/11s The perfect way to end a rainy Golden Week happened last night at Shibuya Trump House, with a little deejaying fun and a performance by the excellent Drums of Death, the Lon...
Enoshima Beach This morning, feeling quite ambitious, my friend and I decided to brave the Golden Week crowds and the dubious weather for a day trip in Kanagawa prefecture, to visit the ancient capit...
Vivian & Nick, Osaka!! And, another goodbye in Japan, my dear friend Nick is leaving the country after a pretty long stint in Osaka. Even though I lived in Osaka for only a few months, we forged ...
A rainy day in Tokyo is never boring, and today I headed out to the beautiful Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery to catch "Gosse de peintre: Beat Takeshi Kitano", the latest exhibit by famed Japane...
Golden Week 2011: Thats what I did. Golden Week just rolled around, which means a string of (non) consecutive public holidays, including the Emperors Birthday, Childrens Day, and Greenery Day. It als...
Click here to read my Haçienda article for Tokyo Weekender! (or the bits I can remember) Again many thanks to the Haçienda crew and Tokyo Weekender (and my HMS Control friends for sharing their highl...
This weekend, we kicked off Golden Week (and summertime!) with the Haçienda Oiso Music Festival, in the beachside city of Oiso, about two hours south of Tokyo. The festival headlined ex-Joy Division ...
In Japan, meishi 名刺 (business cards) are very important, and the exchange is more ritualistic and formal than other places in the world. The vast majority of Japanese people own a business card, rela...
I like this bowl. Yakisoba is a delicious Japanese dish, made of fried noodles and vegetables, and any meat or fish you like. Its very easy to make, not to mention cheap. Surprisingly, the ingr...
April in Tokyo has brought all sorts of randomness, with extreme weather changes, friends (as well as sakura) coming and going, a perfect balance between work and play (both very hard), and lots of f...
Horsing Around What happens when you mix foodie blogger Sophia of Fashimi and Vivian from Lost in Translation in Tokyo for a week? Answer: gourmet indulgences, shopping, cocktails, nail polish, playf...
Tonight, my friends Mike, Matthew and Jake of HMS Control (or the Control Boys, as I like to call them) are throwing the fifth edition of their ever excellent acidhouse/Madchester party, Control. The...
Chocolate mini cupcake. I think I ate more than three. In the past few years, a few popular clothing chains have had shops popping up in Japan: H&M, Top Shop, Forever 21, Abercrombie & Fitch,...
Vivian + kimchi, my long lost friend(nails, NARS in Tokaido Express) Although I reside in Shimokitazawa, I tend to go out mostly around Shibuya, therefore missing out on lots of local fun. Shimokitaz...
Hanafubuki. I want to bathe in sakura Hanafubuki 花吹雪 is a Japanese word which literally means "falling of cherry blossoms". Its one of my favourite Japanese words, as I like the sound and esp...
Mid-meal, still enthusiastic Sushi is by far my favourite Japanese fare, and I think I may have found a little bit of heaven, tucked in the streets of Umegaoka: Sushi no Midori Sohonten, introdu...
Animal print, cocktails, friends, Tokyo skyline: blissful My dear friend (and food enthusiast) Sophia is visiting from Australia, and this week has been a complete haze of cherry blossom flowers, sus...
Keeping it classy. Its a well-known fact amongst my friends that I tend to get a bit picky when we choose a place to eat. Even though I truly enjoy drinking cheap canned cocktails outside convenience...
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