Tuesday, January 22, 2013

"Dog" store in Harajuku

I came across this store, while walking around Harajuku. It's called DOG. I liked the fact that I couldn't really label it, or name it's target group; I guess both men, women, superheros and everything in between.

Really artistic and imaginative. Take a look:



 This guy's head is made up of small bunnies and piggies.




 I'd love to wear this helmet and ride a bike in any city (except Tokyo).



This handsome guy lured me into entering the store. Would you enter if you saw him or would he appall you?

"Dog" store also appears in Muse's video "Panic Station" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uBK5kvakD8


Website is www.dog-hjk.com and address is Jingumae 3-23- 3 Trinity Bld. B1F

Shinokubo and Gangnam Style cosmetics

Dinner tonight at Shinokubo (the Korean town of Tokyo), with Chijimi and yummy Hottoku! Korean food is so SO  delicious!!! Especially Hottoku, Chijimi, Toppoki and Kimuchi.

I think I'll eat there every second day and swim back to Sweden to burn it off.. 

Also, found a store with cheap korean cosmetics. Snake eye serum, collagen masks etc. BB creams always make nice and useful gifts to girlfriends :) 

The grand finale was the "Gangnam style" plastic bag! Its a keeper, for future memories of Asia :)



Friday, January 18, 2013

Absinthe bar in Ebisu

Visited Tram bar in Ebisu today.  Tram bar is an Absinthe specialty bar with a big variety of absinthe and also lots of cocktails (and non- absinthe too). It's a wonderful retro French styled bar with leather couches, stylish waiters and good music. I really recommend it, maybe not so much for an evening with friends, as for a romantic date or a heart to heart discussion and catching up with a best friend.

Its address is Ebisu Nishi1-7-13 2F




And, I LOVE ABSINTHE :) 

Also, even if you don't like his music, you really have to taste Marilyn Manson's 
absinthe brand "Mansinthe"  with 66.6 % alcohol and wormwood (5 stars for the name and percentage haha). It was the barman's recommendation, as I didn't know which one to try. I had never tried absinthe before, but I will prefer it from now on. It's difficult to describe it, but was a really refined and herbal/woody (?) taste. 

Apart from that, I really don't understand what all the fuss with the effects of absinthe is. It is a really refined and better tasting herbal liquer, better than Raki, Tsipouro, Pastis or Grappa mixed with water. Not that I drank enough to be drunk though. 



My friend who got an absinthe cocktail, said it made her a little dizzy. I drank it pure with water but didn't feel any effect at all. Maybe just a little bit, but less than from other spirits.

And extra points for this in the WC  :)




The menu:








The bar:






Saturday, January 12, 2013

Toilet paper rolls in Japan

In Japan, even the toilet paper is very polite: when you finish it, it writes something like "thank you for your preference every time" :D I ♥ Japan



Sunday, January 6, 2013

Hidden shrine in Ginza

These photos are from a very small, almost hidden shrine in Ginza, behind the Shiseido parlor and cafe. I especially liked it because it's dedicated to love :) Can you find it? it's somewhere you wouldn't imagine (like love, maybe?)  ;)

And here's me wearing the Glad News shoes I discovered that day in Shibuya 109. They are spiked, with cat ears design and fluffy ponpon tails at the back.