by senoritamaja | Mar 27, 2016 | Japan
Just FYI kawaii means cute in Japanese and younger people use it a lot to describe something that’s sweet. But basically because everything is small and cute in Japan they use it a lot. For example these two girls from the video- soon after I stopped filming...
by senoritamaja | Mar 26, 2016 | Japan
And finally, the blog that my mother has so desperately been waiting for…and I have to say I’m pretty excited about it myself. National Geographic if you’re reading this and like any of my photos, I’m totally available. Kyoto is where you go if...
by senoritamaja | Mar 26, 2016 | Japan
We were so shaken and stirred by the maid-o cafe (or perhaps it was the latest round of “guess the food by putting it in your mouth”), that we needed to get away from the mania of tokyo quick-sharp and a normal train just wouldn’t do the job. We...
by senoritamaja | Mar 26, 2016 | Japan
Everyone who guesses a food correctly gets a drink from me on my return: can you name every type of fish on this plate? before after pickle pick n mix ...
by senoritamaja | Mar 25, 2016 | Japan
On a scale of one to seriously weird, our next activity was about a seven and we were extremely excited to see what all the fuss was about. Having met up with Takae, who was back from her business trip to India, I insisted she take us to a maid-o cafe. Maid-o...
by senoritamaja | Mar 25, 2016 | Japan
So Tokyo isn’t all neon lights, smiley faces and cartoons. East Tokyo is the older part of town, which had its hay day before WW2. Asakusa at its prime (3-4 centuries ago) was the place to be, where you could find anything from kabuki, a popular Japanese theatre...
