A Day in Heidi's Village

Last June 2, we visited Heidi's Village in Sutama. It was inspired by the Japanese anime "Heidi, Girl of the Alps" back in 1974, which I was able to watch on TV when I was in my early grade school days.

OUTFIT: Pink and Floral (Forever21 Floral Sheer Top, Shorts, and Shades; Unbranded Pink Cardigan, H&M Feather Earrings, D&G watch, Shimamura wedges from Japan)

The place is a huge garden, and it's being used a wedding place too. The best time to be there is during the start of spring, when there are lots of tulips. When we got there, most of the flowers were already withered. The garden was in transformation because they were replacing the withered flowers with new ones. Some roses we saw were still buds about to bloom soon. Here are some of our photos:

 church for weddings

 there's a viewing deck at the top of that tower

 garden wedding venue

 when you're lazy to walk around the village...

 me and my cousin

 Super love my Forever21 aviators and H&M feather earrings!:)

 flowers!

 HDR using Camera 360 app on my iPhone

 just like a kid...

 Peter and Heidi stuffed toys...so cute!!!

 red roses at the background

 emote like that! LOL!:))

 photography on iPhone. autofocus baby!:)

 Pink flowers to match my cardigan :))

 fountain at the background (which we kinda covered lol)

 view from the top

 water mist! brrr!

 Yuki (goat) and Joseph (dog) plus my cousins

quiet on the "set" haha

 Heidi and Lolo Alp

 Me, Kensuke, Tita Mama, Cherry, Nanay (Grandma)

 the background matched my top!:))

The last look before leaving...

 lomofied!:)

Our habit in the car: Photo Ops! haha!

The Love for PINK!:)

Since I was a kid, I've been a Hello Kitty fan. Maybe it's one of the reasons why PINK became my favorite color. And look what I've got from Harajuku last week:

Hello Kitty fashion eyewear!:))

and not to mention, I was wearing pink pajamas here too!:))

Last Sunday, we attended a birthday party of a 2-year old boy in Matsumoto. To look a bit younger, I decided to go PINK casual :)

Outfit: PINK CASUAL (Forever 21 Aviator, Forever 21 High-Low Lace Top, Pink Tank Top from my cousin, Forever 21 Pink Bangles, Forever 21 Denim Shorts, Love Junkie Cardigan, D&G watch, Coach Poppy Bag, Every 777 Wedges from rakuten.com)

The wedges I was wearing was my first ever online purchase from rakuten.com. This pair just cost me around 2,500 yen but the shipping fee was an extra 1,500 yen.

My pseudo-mom slash tita mama always checks our outfit before leaving the house. Haha!

 Pls. excuse my fat face! haha!:))

 Tita Mama is obsessed over LV! Bags, wallets, key holder, etc!

 My cousin was wearing: Momo Mullet Dress, Salus Wedges from rakuten.com, Coach Poppy Sling Bag, and Forever 21 sunglasses

 another full body shot. I just love brown, black, and pink stuff!:)

At the party, we played BINGO and our entire family won prizes. It was a simple yet meaningful celebration for the birthday boy and his parents.

Cookie: the birthday boy :)

 I was finally able to try the 0% alcohol beer from Asahi! It didn't taste good though!:))

she's like a sister to me :) 

It's been our hobby to take vanity shots while in the car haha! It actually makes us dizzy while on the road!:))

 Forever 21 shades!:) Mine looks like RayBan though haha!

It was my 3rd to the last weekend here in Japan. Got 2 weeks left and I don't wanna go...

and I also wore my favorite pink lipstick: NYX Milan matte lipstick!

there's a certain angle that makes me look like Kim Chui LOL!:))

You Gotta Love HARAJUKU!

Harajuku is my second most favorite shopping place in Japan; first of which is Shibuya. And since we're a family of shopaholics, just two weeks after our Shibuya trip, we went to Harajuku to go shopping again.

Outfit of the Day: Spring (Cryx Closet Jacket, Xo Xo Shades, Forever 21 Tank Top, Love Junkie shorts, Forever 21 belt, Avail wedges, D&G watch, Coach bag)

We stopped by the Service Area along the Express Way to have coffee/tea at Starbucks. Then we found Mochi! It's quite pricey though. It tasted like espasol in the Philippines. Yummy!:)

Along the way, we were listening to Japanese songs in the car. And since we couldn't  help but sing, we used our iPad and iPhones to download lyrics and sing along with the music. It's like karaoke-on-the-go!:)) So funny that my uncle who's driving us put a cigarette stick on each of his ears; but despite that, he still explained to us the meaning of every Japanese song we sang haha. And another way of killing boredom while in the car was taking lomo vanity shots! So cool that MoreLomo app randomly selects the colors. Some of my friends say I do not look like a Filipino anymore haha! Will actually change my hair color soon, I'm just doing some research on what color would suit me best.

Upon arriving at Harajuku, we had lunch at Wolfgang Puck Express. It's one of the best restaurants I've been to. It's right at the entrance of the Takeshita Street across the Harajuku train station.

what Wolfgang Puck said

  Teriyaki Burger

 Rib Eye Steak

Honey Mustard Chicken

 There's the crab and veggies pizza and some salad

 and he only ate the buns!:))

After lunch, we started our journey! There were a lot of items on sale! My favorite Japanese brands so far: Anap and Momo. I think Anap is more of casual clothes while Momo is like Forever 21. It has multiple shops along Takeshita street. There I was able to buy a high-low sheer skirt for 1000 yen only; and my cousin bought for herself a high-low floral dress which I regret I didn't buy. After an hour and a half, were done at Takeshita Street. We then walked along the main road lined with different international brands. My cousin and I shopped a lot from Forever 21 and H&M again. Haha they're actually the safest brands in terms of style and price.

 and my feet died after 5 hours of shopping haha

We left Harajuku and headed to Karasuyama to drop off my Uncle at his place. But before that, we had a Yakiniku dinner place at the nearest restaurant from his home. As usual, I overate again! Waaaah!

there's our car going out the electronic parking space

yakiniku

Then we left Tokyo and headed home. But just when I thought we can get home early, my aunt decided to go to Don Quixote in Yamanashi to buy some groceries. After an hour of shopping, we finally headed home. We got home by 12 midnight. We were all so tired!

Look at what I saw at Don Quixote! So funny!:))

 tired and bankrupt!

Got less than 3 weeks left in my stay here. I'm gonna miss Tokyo!