Viktoria turned 20 today really (the 24th), but we celebrated it on Saturday. First up was "keeki tabeoudai" (=all-you-can-eat-cake) for lunch. It's pretty amazing. We paid around 1500¥ for 90 minutes during which we could eat as much as we wanted. They had around 50 types of cake or so, pasta, curry, soft ice cream, a white chocolate fountain, ( Read more... )

My mailfriend Yuichi was on a business trip to Kyoto (he lives in Tokyo) last weekend, but he had a couple of days free so we decided to hang out a little! Viktoria also decided to join us ( Read more... )

Sorry if that made anyone feel uncomfortable, haha ( Read more... )

I will be doing Christmas Cards this year. So if you want one - feel free to comment here. Comments are screened for your convenience. It is also ok to request a favored motif if you have one (like your character, or something you like about the holidays) - within reason of course! :P ( Read more... )

Today was Culture Day (bunka no hi) in Japan. So we were free from school. But the principal had planned an excursion (for those who wanted) to Kurama to look at the colourful autumn leaves, and to enjoy the beautiful nature. Not to mention dying of exhaustion in the progress. Having a cold + deciding to climb a mountain = maybe not the smartest ( Read more... )

Had an eventful weekend even if I didn't plan so from the start. But it was very nice to get out of the room and have some fun. A nice break from the monotony of waking up - going to school - studying-studying-studying - going home - eating - studying - drawing - sleeping. It gets a bit boring. But right now I feel like it's more fun to study for ( Read more... )

No pain, no gain.

I and Viktoria went to Chopsticks (www.chopsticktattoo.org) in Osaka to do our tattoos today. We scheduled them about two months ago, and now it was finally time! I really looked forward to this.

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Also known as IKEA!

Me and Viktoria got a sudden urge to see the blue and yellow flag. To lie on soft sofas and beds. And especially to eat Swedish meatballs. So we went to IKEA. It's like a small Sweden abroad ( Read more... )

[SORRY, NOTHING YET. WILL EDIT WITH ALL THE FRICKIN' PHOTOS WHEN I HAVE THE TIME TO FIX THEM ALL *SIGH*]

Edited the last post about Nara with lots of photos though if anyone wants to take a look!

Yesterday me, Henric and Bella went to Nara which is about 40 minutes from Kyoto by train. Nara is famous for having the largest wood building in the world (Tōdai-ji), with Japan's biggest Buddha statue in it, and the deer that freely roam the city among other things ( Read more... )