Heya guys, Just a log of the different things I snacked on in Tokyo. Seriously that place is just full of wonder! You can also read my post on weird things I consumed in Tokyo’s vending machine/conveneince stores here. Remember – the trick to trying a lot of different things is to SHARE EVERYTHING! OtherwiseContinue reading #2096 | Tales from Tokyo: Snack city
To be precise, Tokyo Convenience stores AND vending machines. But the title was getting too long. Tokyo is so well known for its convenience stores, which are amazing, but it’s my fourth trip to Japan this time round and I still haven’t tried most of the offerings instore because I don’t understand them. So IContinue reading #2091 | Tales from Tokyo – All the weird things I consumed in Tokyo Convenience Stores
It’s very hard to quantify why and how I love Tokyo, but I do. Actually, I adore all of Japan, at least the bits that I’ve seen, but Tokyo was my first foray into the country and so holds a very special place in my heart. Tokyo to me is a little like New YorkContinue reading #2085 | Five Strangely Geeky Things to Freak out over in Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan All pictures are taken on a Nikon D750, lenses – nikon 35 f/1.8 and 85 f/1.8So I was in Tokyo in April on a work trip for Klook Travel, with my sister along as my photographer/videographer, also her specialisation in university. Her first time in Japan, so the whole trip was a bamContinue reading #2082 | Tales from Tokyo: Harry’s Hedgehog Cafe, Harajuku
DisneySea Tokyo Tickets booked on Klook – fuss free, no queue, instant confirmation. Occasionally discounted. More here. Konnichiwa and all that. Hello from DisneySea, the most alternatively happy place on earth (the happiest being disneyland), best theme park in the world, the place where wardrobes are taken seriously and intensely. I suspect this is moreContinue reading #2080 | Tales from Tokyo – BEST DRESSED KIDS OF DISNEYSEA
Tokyo, JapanAnother day, another beautiful Airbnb. We stayed in this gorgeous traditional meets modern apartment in Shin-Okubo, Tokyo, on our recent Japan trip. Shin-Okubo is better known as Koreatown in Tokyo, which is strange because anything korean related only spans one small street. That said, it is a wonderful area in Tokyo, not subject toContinue reading #2049 | jemma for airbnb: totoro in shin-okubo
Osaka, Japan. airbnb.com/jemma All photos taken with the Nikon D5500The stuff my childhood was made of: Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Laputa, My Neighbour Totoro, and so on.. there’s something about Studio Ghibli’s charm that endured all the way through till adulthood. A friend of mine wrote her thesis on how Miyazaki specialises in creatingContinue reading #1963 | Jemma x Airbnb Osaka: All your Ghibli Dreams come true..
Grid Checkered Dress c/o MDS Collections | White Lindee Workbag c/o Sandytrove | Nude Loafers: Zalora SGOsaka, Japan. All photos taken with the Nikon D5500Osaka is weird. It’s no Tokyo, that’s to be sure, but neither is it stuffed and sewn with culture, like Kyoto. Instead, walking along the streets of Osaka, giant plastic figurinesContinue reading #1957 | Osaka Diaries
Me trying to sneak a pic with a rather unimpressed owlOsaka, Japan. All photos taken with the Nikon D5500The one regret I had from my time in Tokyo was being unable to hit up an owl cafe. A classic example of too much to do, too little time. It was something at the top ofContinue reading #1956 | Owl you need is love – Owl Cafe, Osaka
Osaka, Japan. All photos taken with the Nikon D5500One of the things I love about my relationship with Airbnb is how game they are for unconventional methods of collaboration. When they heard that I was headed to Japan again, they threw me a little challenge: doing a day in Osaka for 50SGD. That’s less thanContinue reading #1954 | The Airbnb x Jemma’s Broke Student’s Guide Challenge – A day in Osaka for $50.